People
What president wrote the emancipation proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first battle of the civil war?
Fort Sumter
What was the main cause of the Civil Was?
Slavery
What job did most woman have during the war?
Nurses
What kept a lot of former slaves living in poverty
Share cropping
Who accepted Robert E Lees Surrender?
Ulysses Grant
What battle during the civil war is known as the as the turning point of the war?
The battle of Gettysburg
What was it called when the states in the South left the Union?
Secession
What killed more solders during the war than the actual war?
Diseases
What Amendment ended slavery in the United States?
The 13th Amendment
Who escaped slavery and became a very famous speaker and writer?
Fredrick Douglas
Which battle gave the union control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
What document freed slaves in the confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What helped move soldiers and supplies fast?
Railroads
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln got killed?
Andrew Johnson
Who helped free slaves by using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What state did the Battle of Gettysburg happen in?
Pennsylvania
What was the North fighting for?
To preserve the Union
What problem made it hard to travel and fight in during the war?
Bad weather conditions
What group was very cruel to African Americans and would intimidate them?
The Klu Klux Klan
Who led the army of northern virginia?
Robert E Lee
Where did Robert E Lee surrender?
Northern Virginia
What did the South think the states should have more of?
More individual state rights to choose if they want slavery or not
What allowed messages to send quickly during the war?
The telegraph
What were the three amendments that gave African Americans more rights after the Civil War?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.