Abolitionists
This person was a literate slave who ends up writing an autobiography, detailing their life as a slave
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This was a major reason between the division between states in the North and South
What is Slavery/States Rights?
This was the biggest disadvantage of the North during the Civil War
What was they had to fight an offensive battle? (not a good lay of the land)
This was the primary crop grown in the South during the Civil War
What is cotton?
This person was president of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This person wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was meant to show the injustices of slavery
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This was the final reason for a mass secession of states in the South
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
Made during the war, this document said that all slaves in opposition of the Union were to be considered free men
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This invention changed how much cotton could be produced in a shorter time
What is the Cotton Gin?
This person was president of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This court case decided that kidnapping people from Africa was illegal and that "it was the ultimate right of all human beings in extreme cases to resist oppression"
What is The United States v. The Amistad?
This law allowed slave owners to have their slaves returned back to their custody
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War in the shortest time
What was the battle of Gettysburg?
This person that ran against President Abraham Lincoln
Who is John C. Breckinridge?
This was the head general of the Confederacy
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This person helped rescue over 300 slaves during their multiple trips to the South
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This court case greatly aggerated people in the North because it declared slaves are not considered free if they escape to the North
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This side won the battle of Gettysburg
Who are the Union?
This person won the election of 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This general was the head general of the Union army
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This person wrote an anti-slavery newspaper titled "The Liberator"
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
John Brown raided this military arsenal for the sake of the abolitionist movement
What is Harper's Ferry?
This was where the treaty that ended the Civil War was signed
Where is Appottomax?
These groups of people were under-represented in the early 19th century
Who are African Americans and Women?
This confederate general was known for being a brilliant strategist and victim of friendly fire
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?