People
Battles
Government Documents
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
400

This man was the Union president during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

400

Took place in Pennsylvania, and was the last Confederate attempt to fight in the Norty

Battle of Gettysburg

400

This was the document that put in place the idea that slavery couldn't go North of the 36th Parallel

Missouri Compromise of 1820

400

When prices go up and money becomes worth less

Inflation

400

This man served as the first commander of the Union army and was the Democrat nominee for the 1864 presidential election

George McClellan

800
Commander of the Union Army starting in 1864

Ulysses S. Grant

800

First official attack during the Civil War

Battle for Fort Sumter

800

Decision that ruled slaves had no legal ground to sue since they were not actual citizens

Scott V. Sandford

800

Performing actions against one's own country

Treason

800

Preston Brooks used this against Charles Sumner after speaking bad about a family politician, got mailed more of these soon after

A Cane

1200

President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

1200

Bloodiest day in American History

Battle of Antietam

1200

Site where the treaty to end the Civil War was signed

Appomattox Court House

1200

People who were against the War in the North

Copperheads
1200

This was used in the North and South to call able-bodied men to fight in the War

The Draft

1600

Main leader of the Confederate Army

Robert E. Lee

1600

First large scale battle where people picnicked next to the battle

Battle of Bull Run

1600

The Compromise of 1850 brought this state in as a free state

California

1600

A cost put on someone's yearly salary by the government

Income Tax

1600

This was the state that created mass chaos before the Civil War, often "bleeding"

Kansas

2000

This person was a former Union commander who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election and lost.

George McClellan

2000

Name of the two ships that fought the first ironclad vs. ironclad battle

Monitor and Virginia

2000

Document that outlawed slavery in Confederate States, but not Southern States

Emancipation Proclamation

2000

Someone willing to give their life up for their country

Martyr

2000

This was the name of one of the most famous African American Regiments

54th Massachusetts Regiment