The End
of Slavery
of Slavery
This abolished slavery in all states.
What is the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?
Despite what Lincoln and others have said, this was the real reason that America went to war against itself.
What was the (moral issue of) slavery?
The South had military leaders, but lacked these two important military groups.
What is an Army and Navy?
This newly developed lead bullet brought unprecedented levels of slaughter.
What was The Minie Bell?
This nurse risked her life to help soldiers during the Civil War, and afterward founded the Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
This Executive Order freed slaves, but only in confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
In this speech, President Lincoln said that the Civil War was like America's Second Revolution.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The North controlled these two industries, which means they controlled most of the wealth.
What are banking and manufacturing industries?
This was considered President Lincoln's secret weapon.
What was the railroad?
This profession created overnight millionaires during the war.
What are undertakers/morticians?
About 200,000 of these men became soldiers to help the Union.
Who were African American/Black slaves?
This event secured a win for Lincoln during the presidential election of 1854.
What was the (or General Sherman's) Atlanta Campaign?
This side was more unified against the other and wanted to be their own country.
What was the South/Confederacy?
President Lincoln masterfully used this communication device, which transformed how the war was fought and won.
What was the telegraph?
In this general's famous march through Georgia and the Carolinas, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes, and killing civilians
Who was General Sherman?
These were a group of people who stood up against slavery.
Who were abolitionists?
Lincoln's primary goal for the Civil War was not to end slavery but to do this.
What was to unify America?
What was 9 million?
This invention let civilians back home know what truly happened on the battlefield.
What was the camera?
This predated today's military dog tags to identify dead soldiers during the war.
What is pinning written names on uniforms?
Many slaves from the Union states were freed by this group.
Who were the union military leaders (generals, officers)?
This was Lincoln's role in the Civil War.
What is the Commander-in-Chief?
This side had the better, more skilled commanders at first.
What was the South/Confederacy?
This new technique allowed the bodies of dead soldiers to be preserved to be taken home to loved ones.
What is embalming?
Some states that were part of the Union but still allowed slavery were collectively called this.
What were Border States?