Civil War

This group of people served on the Union side

• African Americans

• women

• Native Americans

• immigrants

This group served as nurses and spies during the war

• African Americans

• women

• Native Americans

• immigrants

This event started the Civil War

• Gettysburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• shots fired at Fort Sumter

• surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

This was the first battle of the Civil War

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• Antietam

This was the bloodiest DAY of fighting during the Civil War

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Bull Run

These two battles were fought in the North

• Bull Run and Antietam

• Vicksburg and Gettysburg

• Antietam and Gettysburg

• Appomattox and Antietam

This battle is considered the turning point of the war

• Vicksburg

• Appomattox

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

This was the last battle and where the Confederates surrendered

• Bull Run

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

This battle split the Confederacy at the Mississippi River

• Vicksburg

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

This allowed African Americans to fight in the Civil War on the Union side

• Gettysburg Address

• 13th amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Dred Scott decision