Abraham Lincoln
This man was an actor and southern sympathizer that shot Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
This invention saved the institution of Slavery in the United States.
Cotton Gin
This state has the distinction of being the last to succeed from the Union as well as the first to rejoin.
Tennessee
The first major battle between the Union and the Confederates was this one.
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
This commander of the Army of Tennessee chased Union forces to Chattanooga after Chickamauga.
Braxton Bragg
This is the place where the President was assassinated.
Fords Theatre
African Slaves were traded for this manufactured good from Europeans.
Guns
This group of people protested the drafts in New York, eventually targeting African Americans.
Irish
This battle will see the south invade Maryland, marking the closest the confederacy will come to victory in the war.
The Battle of Antietam
Ulysses S. Grant will earn this unfortunate nickname after losing several thousand men in battle.
The Butcher
This act shifted the focus of the war to slavery, kept border states in the union, and kept the British out of the war.
The Emancipation Proclamation
In all, about 89% of slaves brought to the new world were settled in these two regions.
Brazil and the Caribbean
This state will serve as the first battle ground for slavery as Border Ruffians tried to rig elections.
Kansas
The first shots of the civil war rang out at this fort in this state.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, this Lieutenant General will be shot, eventually dying of pneumonia.
Stonewall Jackson
Lincoln won the election of 1860 despite not appearing on this many southern ballots.
10
This rebellion resulted in the death of 55 white slave owners and family members.
Nat Turner Rebellion
This man will serve as President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
The last victory for the confederates will come at this battle.
The Battle of Cold Harbor
Grant and Lee met here to negotiate the conditions of surrender of the confederacy.
Appomattox Courthouse
Lincoln wins the election of 1864 by this margin of electoral votes.
212-21
This piece of legislation allowed runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.
The Fugitive Slave Act
In politics the southern states begin to focus on controlling this due to the influx of immigrants into non-slave states.
Senate
General Lee will put the confederates on the offensive at this battle.
The 7 Days Battle
This major general will be given command of the Army of the Potomac after the Battle of Manassas.
George B. McClellan