Key Battles
First major battle of war
What is the battle of Fort Sumter?
President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Main issue dividing north and south
What is slavery?
Women often worked as these in the war
What are nurses?
Year the war ended
What is 1865?
Turning point battle in 1863
what is the battle of Gettysburg?
Confederate President
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Belief that states can reject federal laws
What are states' rights?
The Union blockade strategy
What is the Anaconda Plan?
Amendment abolishing slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
Bloodiest single day battle
What is the battle of Antietam
Union general who later became president of the United States
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Compromise that admitted California as free
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Famous speech by Lincoln in 1865
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Period of rebuilding the south
What is Reconstruction?
The battle that split the Confederacy along the Mississippi River
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Confederate general known for bold tactics
Who is Robert E Lee
Violent conflict in Kansas over slavery
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Freedom Promise issued by Lincoln
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Amendment granting citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
The famous march to the sea led by sherman
What is the Atlanta Campaign?
Abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown?
Supreme Court case denying citizenship to enslaved people
What is the Dred Scott decision?
Underground network helping enslaved people escape
What is the Underground Railroad?
Amendment giving voting rights to black men
What is the 15th Amendment?