Causes of the War
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
Fort Sumter
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
Lincoln’s plan required this percentage of voters to take a loyalty oath.
10% Plan
This supporter of Manifest Destiny served as the 11th President and acquired more territory in his one term than any other President in US History.
James K. Polk
What Union General was known for utilizing Total War tactics during his famous March to the Sea
William T. Sherman
The 1860 election of this president caused several Southern states to secede.
Abraham Lincoln
This 1862 battle was the single bloodiest day in U.S. history.
Antietam
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This VP became the 17th President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Which ammendment abolished slavery?
13th
Who wrote Uncle Toms cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This 1820 agreement kept the balance of free and slave states.
Missouri Compromise
On the second day of this 1863 battle, Union forces held strong at Little Round Top after the 20th Maine Regiment "Fixed Bayonets" and rushed the Southern Troops
Battle of Gettysburg
What event shocked America shortly after the Civil War had ended?
The Assassination of Lincoln
"With Malice towards none, with charity for all"
(Name of the Speech)
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and nicknamed Moses?
Harriet Tubman
This was a law that required citizens to turn in people that they suspected of being a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This 1854 law allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska, sparking violence.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This siege gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in 1863.
Vicksburg
What was the battle plan for surrounding the South and their ports to prevent the Confederacy from importing supplies
The Anaconda Plan
Johnson was impeached for violating this law.
Tenure of Office Act
This Amendment granted citizenship to people born in the United States and equal protection under the law.
14th Amendment
What state was admitted to the Union as a free state under the Compromise of 1850
California
This 1859 event in Virginia, led by an abolitionist who attempted to start a slave uprising, increased Southern fears of Northern aggression and moved the nation closer to Civil War.
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
Lee surrendered to Grant here in April 1865, ending the war.
Appomattox Court House
The capital of the Union
Washington DC
This group of Republicans wanted harsh punishments for the South and full rights for freedmen.
Radical Republicans
This amendment granted suffrage to black men over the age of 21
15th Amendment.
Commanding general of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee