Causes
This event marked the official beginning of the Civil War
What is Battle of Fort Sumter?
The 4 Border states belonged to this side
What is Union?
This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Battle of Fort Sumter occurred in this state
What is South Carolina?
Slaves were freed in these states after the Emancipation Proclamation
What are Confederate states?
This was the first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina?
This side was trying to control the Mississippi River
What is the Union?
This was the main general for the Confederacy especially in the Virginia area and led the Battle of Antietam
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This side was having more success in the early part of the war in the area around Richmond and DC
What is the Confederacy
This person issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was the original reason the Union was fighting in the Civil War?
What is to preserve the Union?
These are the 3 main advantages of the Union during the Civil War
What are Railroads, Population, Industrial Economy, Established Navy?
This was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This battle is the single bloodiest day in American History
What is Battle of Antietam?
The Proclamation was issued after this event
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This was Lincoln's view of slavery when he was running for President
What is he would allow slavery to exist where it currently was but did not want to let it expand?
The Confederacy was trying to get help from these two countries
What are France and Great Britain?
This was the Union general who led the first major battles of the war to capture Richmond and also led the Union at the Battle of Antietam
Who is George McClellan?
These were the names of the 2 ironclads who fought in battle against each other
What are Monitor and Merrimack?
After the Emancipation Proclamation, these were the two reasons the Union was now fighting in the Civil War
What are to end slavery and preserve the Union?
This is the reason South Carolina declared their secession?
What is the Northern states breaking laws in Constitution (Fugitive Slave Act) so they did not have to follow the Constitution either?
These are 2 major advantages of the Confederacy during the Civil War
What are: Homefield Advantage, Fighting Defensive War. Motivation to Win, or Experienced Leadership?
This was the Union general leading the Union army around the Mississippi River before
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
After the Battle of New Orleans, this is the only remaining fort and city in Confederate hands on the Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?
This is the reason France and Britain would not help the Confederacy after the Proclamation
What is both countries abolished slavery before the Civil War so they no longer could help a country that supported slavery?