Civil War

This made abolition thecentral goal of the war.

This made involuntary servitude illegal

The speech lasted just two minutes and waswritten on the back of an envelope by Lincoln.

His court case resulted in saves being legally counted as property and had no rights in America

He sympathized with theconfederacy and assassinated Lincoln

Name used to refer to the Ku Klux Klan, and alsoknown simply as the Klan

Refers to the era in AmericanHistory when the country was being put back together after the war

Asystem of agriculture where former slaves work the land for a share of the crop

He died as a result ofcomplications from being shot from his own army, onaccident

The informal network of secret routes and safehouses that escaping slaves would follow 

It was the single bloodiest day of the AmericanCivil War 

The commander of the Southern army during theAmerican Civil War.

This book influenced the Civil War by shedding light on slavery.  

Near Charleston, SC, this is where the Civil Warbroke out in April of 1861.

More people died during this battle than anyother during the war

“So this is the little lady who started thisgreat war.” 

He escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist and even met with President Lincoln 

This man was elected to become our 16^thPresident.

The president of the Confederate States ofAmerica

His presidency was marred by corruption andscandal, but he supported civil rights for blacks.