Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secede?
How were the lives of women changed during the Civil War?
What is they did what was the men's work on farms and in factories because the men went to battle?
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
The Union general who later became President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Group of people who wanted slavery to end
What are abolitionists?
This event kicked off the Civil War
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This 3 day battle was the deadliest conflict in North American history
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?
He shouted "thus always to tyrants" after he shot the President.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The capital city of the Confederate States
What was Richmond, Virginia?
After this battle the Civil War became a war of attrition for the South.
What is the battle of Vicksburg?
Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is the reason the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War
What is General Lee retreated after losing a large part of his army?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
A new type of gun that replaced muskets during the war
What is a rifle?
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft?
The all black union regiment that served as the only all-black regiment that saw extensive combat.
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
General Lee surrendered to ______ at the Appomattox Court House
Who is General Ulysses Grant