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Events of the
Civil War
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Legacy of
The Civil
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Catalysts of
The Civil War
People of the
Civil War
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An anti- slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher
Stowe, it exposed countless northerner’s to the
Descriptive horrors of slavery.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1857 Supreme Court Case where a Missouri
slave attempted to sue the court for his freedom.
Scott based his case on the fact that his master
had taken him to the free state of Illinois and
Wisconsin Territory, where slave was outlawed
by the Missouri Compromise. Basically, between
1834 and 1838 Scott lived on free soil while
remaining enslaved.
Dred Scott Decision
Brutal battles that divided this state as citizens engaged in
violent disagreements whether this state should be free or
slave state.
“Bleeding Kansas”
This law required citizens to catch and
return runaway slaves, actively placing
Northerners into the institution of slavery.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
1820 agreement calling for the admission of
Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free
state, and banning slavery in the Louisiana
Purchase territory north of the 36 30’N
latitude.
The Missouri Compromise
16th President of the
United States
Abraham Lincoln
General of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
General of the Union, would later become the 18th President of
the United States. His face is also pictured on the $50 bill.
Ulysses S. Grant
A pioneer American teacher and nurse who
would be most famously remembered for
creating the Red Cross Association in the
United States.
Clara Barton
After escaping from slavery, this person
became a leading abolitionist against slavery.
Fredrick Douglas
Speech in which the speech
giver dedicated a national
cemetery at Gettysburg and
reaffirmed the ideas for which
the union was fighting. He
outlined a “rebirth of this nation”
and insisted Americans to revert
back to the ideals of our
Forefathers.
Gettysburg Address
1862 law that made money available to states to
establish universities and taught agricultural and
mechanical engineering.
Land Grant
College Act
Northern Civil War strategy to
starve the South by blockading
seaports and controlling the
Mississippi river.
Anaconda Plan
Federal fort located in Charleston,
South Carolina, where the first shots
of the Civil War were fired.
Fort Sumter
Years of the Civil War
1861-1865
Describe the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln (Free Response
Question)
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(Free Response Question)
Why do many historians claim that
the Civil War was the first “modern
war?”
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Create a T Chart that outlines the advantages and
disadvantages of both the North and South.
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Describe the difference between
Guerilla Warfare and Civil Warfare.
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Marked a turning point in the war for
the North, over 55,000 troops died in
these 3 days of fighting in
Tennessee.
Battle of Gettysburg
The 17th President of the
United States, one of only
two presidents to ever be
impeached. He took over the
White House upon the
assassination of Abraham
Lincoln.
Andrew Johnson
This 19th Century innovation was utilized by President
Lincoln and the North to quickly spread messages
from one area of the country to the next.
The telegraph
All-black unit led by
Union Colonel Robert
Gould Shaw during the
Civil War.
54th Massachusetts Regiment
The battle ended with a massacre of surrendered
Federal black troops by soldiers under the
command of Confederate Major General Nathan
Bedford Forrest. Military historian David J. Eicher
concluded, “_________ marked one of the
bleakest, saddest events of American military
history."
The Fort Pillow Massacre
Describe the Emancipation
Proclamation.
Decree by President Lincoln that freed enslaved
people living in Confederate states still in the
rebellion.