Civil War (5th Grade)

This novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and turned many people against slavery.

• "Harry Potter"
• "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
• "Bridge to Terabithia
• "Gone With the Wind"

This abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry and showed that people were willing to use violence to stop slavery.

• Fredrick Douglas
• Sojourner Truth
• John Brown
• Robert E. Lee

Which side believed that slavery was wrong and should be abolished?

• North
• South

This side depended on slavery for work on plantations, thought cash crops would be destroyed without slavery, and believed the federal government could not tell them what to do.

• North
• South

The shot heard around the world was fired here and began the Civil War.

• Gettysburg
• Appomattox Courthouse
• Fort Sumter
• Atlanta

This was the turning point and bloodiest battle of the war.  

• Gettysburg
• The Atlanta Campaign
• Appomattox Courthouse
• Fort Sumter

General Sherman's mission was to take Atlanta because it was a railroad hub.  Union soldiers took over Atlanta and set the city on fire.

• Gettysburg
• The Atlanta Campaign
• The Battle of Little Big Horn
• The Battle of Trenton

Sherman began his march from Atlanta to Savannah continuing to destroy homes and killing animals.  He presented Savannah to President Lincoln as a gift on December 22.

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Gettysburg
• Fort Sumter
• Sherman's March to the Sea

This man was President during the Civil War.  He opposed slavery and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.  His goal was to preserve the Union.  He wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address.

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln gave this speech after the battle at Gettysburg.

• The Emancipation Proclamtion
• I Have a Dream
• The Inaugural Address
• The Gettysburg Address