People
The president of the U.S.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This city was the most important city to the Union
What is Washington D.C.
The uniforms of Confederacy were what color?
What are Gray?
Population of the Union
22 Million
The first actual battle of the Civil War
What is Bull Run?
The war began this year and the war ended this year.
What happened in 1861 and 1865?
Republican Candidate in the 1860 Election
Abe Lincoln
Who is John Brown
The first MAJOR battle of the war was fought here
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
This Confederate General was accidentally killed by his own men.
Who is "Stonewall" Jackson
A part of the Anaconda Plan that prevented the Confederacy from trading.
What is a Blockade?
This battle gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
True or False:
There were 2 "Battle of Bull Runs"
True
Primary cause of the Civil War
What was Slavery?
This women founded the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
Capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA
The capital city of the Confederate States
What was Richmond, Virginia?
This declared slaves in rebellion states to be freed in an effort to deprive the Confederacy of its workforce
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
African Americans were more likely to vote for this political party.
Who were the Republicans?
The president at the beginning of the war and the president at the end of the war.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The idea that people should have the right to decided whether to be a slave or a free state.
What is Popular sovereignty?
This women risked her life multiple times by going into the south and helping slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
Single bloodiest Day of the Civil War?
Where is Antium
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
Lincoln's suspension of the "writ of habeas corpus" in D.C. was intended to do what?
Gave Lincoln more control of Washington D.C., to help the war effort, put US into War Time life, Save the Union, etc..
In 1862, the battle between these two ironclad ships ended when neither side could destroy the other. Names of the ships?
What were the Monitor and the Merrimack?
This 1863 document ended slavery and stopped European support in the South.
What is the emancipation proclamation?
Made California a free state, introduced the Fugitive Slave Law, Abolished the slave trade in D.C., and more...
Compromise of 1850
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman
The bloodiest 3 day battle of the Civil War and a couple of months later the President spoke there.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This act strengthened a previous law and effectively made all people slave catchers.
What was The Fugitive Slave Act?
Destruction of railroads, industries, homes and farms in Georgia & South Carolina was called what?
What was "Sherman's March to the Sea?"
Slave states that remained in the Union were known as what?
What were the border states?
Best Selling Book about the horrors of slavery
Uncle Toms Cabin
The head Union General who later became a president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee surrendered where? And on What Date?
What is Appomattox Court House in April 1865?
The first state to succeed from the Union?
South Carolina
Including population, the Union had more of what 2 things that helped win the war?
Industry, Railroads
First shots of the Civil War were fired here (Fort & state)
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
First All Black Military Regiment to see combat
54th Mass.
"Bleeding Kansas"