Vocabulary
The murder of a public official
What is assassination?
He was the President of the Union elected in 1860 and 1864
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The first battle of the Civil War was located in this state
What is South Carolina?
This was the most popular cause of the Civil War
What is slavery?
Kentucky - border, Union, or Confederate state
What is border state?
A person who fights to end slavery
What is abolitionist?
He was chosen as president of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This battle was the single most deadly day in American war
What is Antietam?
This group of people led escaped slaves to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
The official statement from President Lincoln freeing the slaves in Confederate states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Another word for being granted freedom from slavery
What is emancipation?
After serving as commander of the army, he was elected as president of our country
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
This battle was the most northern battle fought during the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
He wanted to seize weapons at Harper's Ferry to start a slave revolt
Who was John Brown?
Military leadership advantage - Union or Confederate
What is Confederate?
To break away from and form your own nation
What is secession?
He ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election and lost.
Who was George McClellan?
The victory here led to the Confederacy being split into two by the Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg?
This is the title of the best selling book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The political party Lincoln belonged to
What is the Republican Party?
The time period that refers to the reunification of the Union after the Civil War
What is Reconstruction?
After Lincoln was assassinated, he became president
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was killed during this battle
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
In the Missouri Compromise, this state was added to the Union as a free state
What is Maine?
This number amendment ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th?