The American Civil War
The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to this year.
What is 1865?
This was a U.S. fort that was located in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumter?
President Lincoln declared that all enslaved African Americans in the rebellious states were free in his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on this date.
What is September 22, 1862?
Enroll or to be enrolled in the armed services.
What is enroll?
The freeing of someone from slavery.
What is emancipation?
This was the major issue between the North and South.
What is slavery?
Abraham Lincoln was elected President without the support of these states.
What are Southern?
Lincoln’s announcement was called the Emancipation Proclamation, and he issued his executive order on this date.
What is January 1, 1863?
Enlist (someone) in the armed forces.
What is recruit?
Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
What is secede?
A movement in the North that called for the legal end to slavery in all of the United States.
What is abolitionism?
Lincoln’s election resulted in seven Southern states leaving the Union and forming the
What is the Confederate States of America?
Lincoln said that this Army would free and protect enslaved people.
What is Union?
To do military service.
What is serve?
In his first address, Lincoln communicated that his main goal was to preserve this.
What is the Union?
This region relied on enslaved African Americans to perform cheap labor.
What is the South?
A prolonged armed struggle.
What is a conflict?
Say something in a solemn and emphatic manner.
What is declare?
A serious or urgent request, typically one made to the public.
What is an appeal?
After hearing about this, many enslaved African Americans ran away to meet the Union Army.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Civil War ended when the Confederacy surrendered to them
What is the Union?
A result or effect of an action or condition.
What is a consequence?
Engaged in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
What is rebellious?
The making of a law, or a particular act of making a law.
What is enactment?
To make widely known.
What is broadcast?