Events of the Civil War

What was the order given on Jan. 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves?

• Ft. Sumter
• Battle of Bull Run
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation

A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of famous battle of the Civil War.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation
• "Four score" speech

The first battle of the American Civil War and signaled the start of the war. 

• Ft. Sumter
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Bull Run

The two battles, both fought near Manassas Creek and both won by the South.

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Ft. Sumter
• Battle of Bull Run

It was the bloodiest battle in American history, Union victory there led to the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.

• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Antietam
• Ft. Sumter

A 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. Union Army won.

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Bull Run
• Ft. Sumter

A march of Union army troops from Atlanta to the Georgia coast, destroying Confederate supplies and towns along the way. 

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Trail of Tears

The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.

• Appomattox Courthouse
• Ft. Sumter
• Bull Run
• Missouri Compromise of 1850

The agreement where Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state to keep balance in the Union. 

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

Agreement where California becomes a free state and the territories of Utah & New Mexico get popular sovereignty, (state gets to choose to be slave or free)

• Missouri Compromise of 1820
• Dred Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act