The Civil War (Vocabulary)

president of the Confederate States of America from 1862-1865 during the Civil War.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Harriet Tubman

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

19th century Southern politician from South Carolina who supported slavery and states' rights.

• Jefferson Davis

• Confederacy

• Union

• John C. Calhoun

the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 1861, starting the Civil War.

• Union

• Confederacy

• John C. Calhoun

• Ulysses S. Grant

the war (1861-1865) fought between the United States and the Confederacy, the 11 southern states that had seceded from the Union.

• Confederacy

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Civil War

• Union

the 16th president of the United States (1861-1865). He led the Union during the Civil War and brought an end to slavery in the United States.

• Robert E. Lee

• Harriet Tubman

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

a U.S. abolitionist who helped many slaves escape to the North through the Underground Railroad in the 1850s and 1860s.

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

leader of the Union Army during the Civil War and later the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877).

• Harriet Tubman

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

a presidential proclamation and executive order made by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It freed all the slaves in the Confederate States and territories.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Harriet Tubman

commander of the Confederate troops during the Civil War. He surrendered to the Union forces in 1865, ending the war.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Harriet Tubman

the portion of the United States that remained loyal to the federal government during the Civil War.

• Confederacy

• Union

• John C. Calhoun

• Ulysses S. Grant