Civil War People
The President of the Unites States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln?
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
As the Union Troops marched from Atlanta to the sea, they destroyed the enemy’s resources such as animals, supplies, railroads, and factories. What strategy was this?
Total war?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War. It was a disaster for the Union.
Bull Run?
Who won the Civil War
The Union
The main cause of the Civil War was
Slavery/expansion of slavery to western territories?
The general (leader) of the Confederate Army.
General Robert E. Lee?
Group of people opposed to slavery
abolitionists
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
States that supported the Union and did not join the Confederacy despite being slave states.
Border States?
First African American Regiment in the Union Army
Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
People voting whether to allow slavery or not.
The President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
Emancipation Proclamation?
Shortly after a union victory in this battle, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam?
Lincoln's goal at the beginning of the war was
Preserve the Union
This was where President Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre?
After Lincoln's election in 1860, how many states seceded?
7
Union general until 1864 who was considered indecisive and not aggressive enough.
George McClellan?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
Slave states in the Confederacy
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg?
Who did Lincoln run against in the election of 1864?
George McClellan?
This side had larger population, more factories and railroads.
North?
This law required Northerners to help catch escaped slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act/Law?
Union General who defeated the Confederate army.
Ulysses S. Grant?
This document made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States.
13th Amendment?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the war and the treaty was signed here.
Appomattox Court House?
His goal was to steal guns and arm enslaved people so they could fight for their freedom. He was captured and executed.
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry?
The seceded states formed a new nation called
Confederate States of America?
The Supreme Court Court decided that slaves are not citizens and have no rights in court in this court case.
Dredd Scott?