Weapons of the Civil War
A single bullet loading firearm that was used as the main rifle.
Musket
Document that freed all slaves.
Emancipation Proclamation
Which battle was the beginning of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
Number one cause of the Civil war
Slavery
Official name southern states.
The Confederate States of America.
This close ranged weapon was used by cavalry.
Sword
People who didn't believe in slavery.
Abolitionist.
Battle that helped the Union achieve it's goal of capturing the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg.
Political Party Lincoln was elected from.
Republican.
The man who assassinated President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
An attachment used at the end of a musket for charges.
Bayonet
Which woman famously led thousands of slaves to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Name of Union strategy to surround the South and strangle it.
Anaconda Plan
The name of the large farm where cotton was grown.
Plantation
President of The Confederate of America
Jefferson Davis
Main artillery, this was used on ships and land and fired a large ball.
Cannon
What term allows states to decide if they are free or slave.
Popular Sovereignty.
Gettysburg
Political party that supported a stronger federal government.
Federalist
Great Confederate General killed by friendly fire.
Stonewall Jackson
A crank handle machine gun used by the Union.
Gatling Gun
Which representative famously attacked Senator Charles Sumner.
Preston Brooks
Appomattox Courthouse
Supreme court decision that ruled all slaves are property.
Dred Scott
Famous Generals 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
William T. Sherman