Battles
The first battle of the civil war.
What was the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This man was elected president of the Confederacy
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
What was the Republican party?
Describe the Confederacy's plan to win the war.
The South's plan was to fight a defensive war, to break the naval blockades, fight off union invasions, and to line up some foreign allies such as Britain or France.
What war was called " The rich mans battle but the poor mans fight"?
The Civil War
Name the general of the Confederacy who surrendered at Appomattox courthouse
Who was General Robert E Lee?
Name the Union general who met the confederate general at Appomattox courthouse.
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
Lincoln won how many elections as President
Two
What was the Anaconda Plan by Winfield Scott.
Name the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What was The battle of Antietam?
This was the capital of the Confederacy.
What was Richmond, Virginia?
What were three of the resources the Union had the Confederacy did not.
Weapons, factories, larger population, textiles, workers, railroad tracks.
______ was the year Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. This was the document that __________
1863.
Freed the slaves.
Tell me the name of the submarine used by the Confederacy and the name of the boat it tried to bomb
The Hunley and the Housatonic
What was the name of the battle in South Carolina that the Union won and started a town for slaves that were left behind?
Battle of Port Royal Sound.
Robert Smalls escaped from ______ using _______?
Charleston, a stolen boat.
What was the name of the town that the Union started in South Carolina that was to help slaves left behind learn how to live without their masters.
Mitchelville
What were the Civil War amendments?
They were the three amendments that Lincoln created at the end of the civil war, 13th, 14th, and 15th.
Who was known for his "March to the Sea" and what was the name of the this type of strategy?
William T Sherman and it was called "Total War"
This battle was known as the turning point of the war and had the most casualties
Battle of Gettysburg
Who used the "20 slave law" and what did it mean?
The men of the Confederacy used this law and it meant that if you had 20 slaves or more that you couldn't be drafted to fight in the war.
What were the rules in the Union for men being drafted to fight as of 1863?
ages 20-45
no married men until all unmarried men had been signed up in a town. They could hire a sub or pay $300 dollars.
What was the name of the man who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What were the terms of surrender that Grant gave to Lee at Appomattox?
Surrender your weapons and public property, keep horses and mules if soldiers already owned them. He allowed them to go home peacefully.