Civil War Flashcards
This amendment stated that slavery was illegal
13th Amendment
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote
15th Amendment
This amendment stated that everyone born in the US is a citizen and that states must treat everyone equally
14th Amendment
Leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War
Robert E Lee
She began the Red Cross and was a nurse during the Civil War
Clara Barton
An abolitionist and women’s rights activist during the Civil War
Sojourner Truth
Commander of the Union Army during the Civil War
Ulysses S Grant
An escaped slave who worked with abolitionists to end slavery
Frederick Douglas
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Most successful generals of the South
Stonewall Jackson
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
First and only president of the Confederate States
Jefferson Davis
Person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Document that freed slaves in the Confederate States and eventually all the slaves when the war was over
Emancipation Proclamation
Political Party that Stephen Douglas was part of
Democrat
Political Party that Abraham Lincoln was part of
Republican
Political Party that John Breckenridge was part of
Southern Democrat
Political Party that John Bell was part of
Constitutional Union
Speech given to dedicate the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Address
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a slave who was kind and intelligent
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The law that states that slaves who run away must be returned to their owners
Fugitive Slave Law
Law that admitted California to the Union and allowed territories to decide on slavery
Compromise of 1850
Most violent slave revolt that happened in 1831 when a slave from Virginia believed that god told him to end slavery
Nat Turner Rebellion
John Brown and his gang tried to start a slave rebellion which increased anger between the North and the South
John Brown’s Raid
