Vocabulary
Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin-an anti slavery novel by Harriet Becher Stowe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin
Kanas-Nebraska Act
Kanas-Nebraska Act-Formed the territorys of Kanas and Nebraska.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act
Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas-An american pollitian from illinois.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas
Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act-Stated that any runaway slave caught would be sent back to their master.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln-Was the 16th president of the United States, and was the president during the civil war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America-Was created when southern states dropped from the union and made their own country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_states_of_america
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_states_of_america
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
States' Rights
The States Rights were the rights that the government had over the states.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. It is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort sumter on April 12, 1861.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was an American career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
Border States
Border States were slave states that did not declare their sussecion from the union.
Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run is also known as First Manassas was fought on July 21, 1861. Prince William County, Viginia, near the city of Manassas.
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack is aslo called Battle of Hampton Road. Happened on March 9, 1862. Was the naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
George McClellan
George McCellan was the Democratic Canidate During the civil war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant lead the union army to defeat the confederate army during the second half of the civil war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. It was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and was fought in April 6-7 in 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Sherman was an American soldier from Feb. 8, 1820 to Feb. 14, 1891.
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam is also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. Was fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was made by the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. It freed the slaves but did not give them their rights.
54th Massachusetts
The 54th Massachuetts the first all black regiment.
Clara Barton
Clara Barton was a pioneer teacher that turned to nursing when her husband joined the army.
Green Back
Green Back is another term for money.
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was the biggest battle.
George Pickett
George Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Cival War.
Siege of Vicksburg
Was the Union troops first victory.
Shermans March to Sea
Was a march to the coast through georgia to destroy confederate supply companys.
AppoMattox Court House
Was the sight of a big battle.
John Wilks Booth
John Wilks Booth is the horrible man that made history by killing our heoric president, Abraham Lincoln.
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment it outlaws slavery except as a punishment.
Reconstruction
Was the Reconstruction that was left after the civil war.