1. Civil War Study Guide

2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin A book written by Harriett Beecher Stowe
that discussed the
cruelty of slavery

3. John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
Tried to start a
Slave rebellion by
attacking a U.S. Army
post

4. Gettysburg Address
A speech given by
Abraham Lincoln

5. 13th Amendment Said the slavery would not be allowed in the
United States

6. 14th Amendment Declared that the states could not limit the
rights of citizens

7. 15th Amendment
Gave all men the right
to vote

8. Appomattox Court House
The town where General
Robert E. Lee
Surrendered to General
Ulysses S. Grant

9. Fort Sumter
Marked the beginning of
the Civil War

10. Gettysburg A city in Pennsylvania Where the
Union defeated the Confederacy

11. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s soldier’s
march to Savannah

12. Atlantic Campaign
The Union began this attack
because it was the center for
southern supplies, factories and railroads.

13. Abraham Lincoln
Freed the slaves because he hoped they would fight
for the Union.

14. Robert E. Lee
General of the Confederate Army.

15. Ulysses S. Grant
General of the Union Army

16. Jefferson Davis
Was the President of the Confederate States

17. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Became known as “Stonewall Jackson”
because he was like a stone wall in battle; he never backed down.

18. sharecropping took the place of slavery, and was where poor farmers
used a landowner’s fields.

19. Jim Crow laws
Southern states passed these laws to keep African Americans separated from other Americans.

20. North
also known as the
Union and the Yankees

21. South
also known as the
Confederacy and
the Rebels.