Civil War 1
Who is President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What new state was created by secession
West Virginia
Which battle started the Civil War
Fort Sumpter
Which ammendment ended slavey?
13th ammendment
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What treated wounded soldiers?
Women who supported the Civil War
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What was the biggest Southern advantage?
great strong leadership
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
An abolitionist who spread his idea passionately through his newspaper.
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
What happened after Dorothea Dix took over as Superintendent of Nurses
What did Clara Barton establish
Red Cross
Who won the civil war?
Union- Blue Yankees of the North
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
What did the 14th ammendment do?
Granted former slaves citizenship
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
Did the Confederate states elect their own president. make their own constitution, form their own army, and create their own money?
Yes
What did states' rights mean during the Civil War?
That a state should be able to choose whether they are a free or slave state.
What did the 15th ammendment do?
Gave former slaves the right to vote
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederacy
What were the state laws that limited the rights of former slaves?
Black Codes
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg
Where did General Robert E Lee surrender
Appotomattox Court House
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
They want to keep their cheap labor for farming on plantations, and they felt they were treating their slaves better than the workers in the Northern States.