Civil War People
The president of the U.S.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter?
It could fire faster, more accurately, and further than the musket it replaced
Ownership of human beings, it was the primary cause of the Civil War
What is slavery?
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secede? (officially leave the United States)
The president of the C.S.A.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The collection of 11 Southern states that seceded
What is the Confederacy?
Steam-powered boats with stronger hulls
What are ironclads?
The movement to end slavery
What is abolition?
The bloodiest single-day battle of the war
What is Antietam?
He chose his home state of Virginia in working as a top Confederate general over the Union
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The first major battle of the war was fought here
What is Bull Run?
The uniforms of Union and Confederacy were these two colors
What are the Blue and the Gray
This famous speech helped start healing the wounds of the Civil War for both the North and South
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The bloodiest 3-days in American history
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
He became president after the Civil War
Who is U.S. Grant?
On April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered in this settlement in a house owned by a farmer named Wilmer McLean
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
Clara Barton started this American organization when she was a battlefield nurse, trying to help wounded soldiers
What is the Red Cross?
This declared slaves in rebellion states to be freed in an effort to deprive the Confederacy of its workforce
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The War ended this year
What is 1865?
Three of the 4 Union generals had a last name that started with this letter, though they are were unsuccessfully fired by President Lincoln
What is M? (McDowell, McClellan, Meade)
This new state broke away to join the Union after its former state joined the Confederacy
What is West Virginia?
Both Union and Confederacy lacked these types of antimicrobial medicines
What are antiseptics
Sherman and Grant used this tactic of not only fighting the army, but destroying the civilian's ability to support the army
What is total war?
The War began this year
What is the 1861?