Civil War Review- 5th Grade

The process by which Congress tried to rebuild the South and reunite with the Union.

Emancipation Proclamation...

This was the first battle on Northern soil.

A person who takes action against slavery

The South thought this battle would make the North ask for peace.

Which battle was the bloodiest day in US military history?

People showed up to this battle with picnic lunches.

What was the imaginary line called for the Missouri Compromise?

What was the capital of the Confederates?

When President Lincoln was elected in 1860...

Who led the South in many battles?

After this battle, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Who was the Confederate's president?

What were the North and South disappointed about?

Missouri wanted to become a state and be a slave state. Compromise that Missouri would be slave and Maine would be free.

Author who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1851 that changed the way people thought about slavery

To describe the North in the 1800s...

What was the first major battle of the war?

Missouri was a slave state.

California was admitted as a free state; the sale of slaves in the Wash. DC was stopped. Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

This battle was a turning point in the war because the South lost 1/3 of their army.

This is also known as the "End of the Illusion".

The North had better leaders/Generals during the Civil War.

Battle that took place in Pennsylvania; South lost; South tried to charge up the hill

A former slave who wrote a book about slavery and gave powerful speeches; also escaped to NY.

This battle caused people to realize the war would not be over quickly.

A holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people. Known as "2nd Independence Day"