Battles
This battle was the bloodiest battle of the war, Lincoln gave a very influential speech at the battle field of this battle
The battle of gettysburg
The president of the United States of America during the war
Abraham Lincoln
This was a temporary solution to balance out slavery, it outlawed slavery above the 36ยบ 30' latitude line
The Missouri Compromise
The fall of what southern city ultimately caused the end of the war
Richmond, Virginia
what battlefield has been turned into a national cemetery
Gettysburg
This pivotal union victory allowed Lincoln to release the emancipation proclomation
The battle of Antietam
Commanding general of union army and the 18th president
Ulysses S. Grant
Popular sovereignty heavily influenced what violent actions from 1854-59
Bleeding Kansas
What famous stage actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
What was the theater lincoln was at
Fords Theatre
The invasion of what fort marked the beginning of the civil war
Fort Sumter
The confederates leading general
Robert E. Lee
Harriet Beecher Stowe published this important anti-slavery novel which made many northerners abolitionist
Uncle Toms Cabin
Where did Lee surrender his army
Appomattox Court House
What was Ulysses S. Grant's nickname
Unconditional Surrender Grant
Northern citizens rode out to watch this battle unfold
The battle of Manassas, or first battle of Bull run
This abolitionist helped recruit African-Americans to the war and make the war about slavery
Frederick Douglass
This controversial act in 1850 made it so escaped slaves had to return back to the south even if they were free
The fugitive slave act
What amendment finally ended slavery
the 13th amendment
This abolitionist and escaped slave led a raid to free slaves during the war
Harriet Tubman
What battle was Abraham Lincoln present for
The battle of Fort Stevens
This controversial general and political leader ran against Lincoln in 1864
This controversial general and political leader ran against Lincoln in 1864
This newly founded political party was founded to prevent the spread of slavery
The republican party
What laws were placed after the war that caused segregation
Jim Crow Laws
What was the percentage of African Americans in the union by the end of the war
10%