Leaders
The man who gave the Gettysburg Address
Who was Abraham Lincoln
Where did the first shot of the war occur?
What was Fort Sumter
A man who escaped slavery and was a leading orator and writer who became a prominent abolitionist leader.
Who was Fredrick Douglass
A compromise that addressed the issue of slavery in the western territories.
What was the Missouri Compromise
What are Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
What are the Border States
The Confederate general who surrendered at the Appomattox Court House
Who was Robert E. Lee
The battle in which "Stonewall" Jackson received his nickname.
What was the First Battle of Bull Run
Who was Harriet Tubman
A period of intense violence in the Kansas territory after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was Bleeding Kansas
A place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position.
What is an entrench
Represented Mississippi in the House of Representatives and later became the president of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War
What was the Battle of Gettysburg
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a powerful anti-slavery novel.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe
5 laws were passed by Congress to address the issue of slavery in the new territories.
What was the Compromise of 1850
To formally join a military force
What is to enlist
The general who led the Union to victory at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Who was George G. Meade
The bloodiest single day in American history
What was the Battle of Antitam
The founder of the Liberator and the founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
Allowed the residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they were going to allow slavery.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is total war
The general who led the Union to the Battle of Antietam.
Who was George B. McCellan
What battle did General Ulysses S. Grant invade in Tennessee?
What was the Battle of Shiloh
A radical abolitionist who advocated for armed insurrection to end slavery.
Who was John Brown
Ruled that enslaved people, even if residing in a free state, had no right to sue in Federal Court.
What was the Dred Scott Decision
A legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court.
What is the Habeas Corpus