Causes
The primary reason the Civil War was fought was states' disagreements over ________________.
Slavery
President ________________________ led the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
The general of the Confederate Army for the entire duration of the war.
Robert E. Lee
The Bloodiest day in American history.
Battle of Antietam
The Civil War began when Confederates fired on Fort _______________ in South Carolina.
Sumter
11 southern states seceded in December of 1864 after the election of _________________.
Abraham Lincoln
A senator from Massachusetts who was beaten with a cane by another congressman before the Civil War.
Charles Sumner.
A Confederate General who was killed by friendly fire.
"Stonewall" Jackson
The last time the Confederacy tried to invade the Union. Often called the turning point of the war, and the most important battle in American history.
Battle of Gettysburg
The Confederate capital city was _______________, ______________.
Richmond, Virginia.
The ________________ Compromise added Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state, in 1820.
Missouri
A radical abolitionist who wanted to give guns to slaves to encourage a slave rebellion.
John Brown
A Union general known for his impressive facial hair.
Ambrose Burnside.
The Civil War lasted from
1861-1865
The _________________________________ allowed slavecatchers, bounty hunters, or police officers to capture escaping slaves in free states and return them to their enslavers.
Fugitive Slave Act
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis.
A Union General known for his March to the Sea.
William Sherman.
The Siege of ________________ decided who would control the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
Name at least 5 of the 11 states that joined the Confederacy
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Lousiana
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee
Between 1854 and 1859, the states of ___________ and _____________ fought a mini Civil-war over slavery when they joined the union.
Kansas and Nebraska
The vice president of the Confedracy
Alexander H. Stephens
The general of the Union army from 1864 until the war ended in 1865, as well as 18th president of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
Sherman's ______________________________ was very destructive, but helped end the war quickly.
March to the Sea.
A state that allowed slavery but did not join the Confederacy was called a ______________.
Border State.