Civil War Leaders
The President of the United States and the Commander in Chief of the Union Armies
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first shots are fired in the Civil War at this South Carolina Fort
What is Fort Sumter?
This Speech by Abraham Lincoln stated "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth" following a major battle
What was the Gettysburg Address?
The economy of this region of the United States relied primarily on exporting raw materials such as Cotton and Tobacco
What is the South?
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This battle was the single bloodiest day of War in American History
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This document was issued on January 1st 1863, and set all slaves in rebelling states free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This region of the country had an economy that focused creating manufactured goods
What is the North?
The leading General for Confederate Armies during the Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was the deadliest battle in the Civil War, also the "high water mark" for the Confederacy
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
These 3 Amendments ended legal slavery and provided African Americans with Citizenship, and African American Men with the right to vote
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
These Northern factories turned Southern Cotton into cloth and clothing
What are textiles?
The leading General of the Union army at the end of the Civil War
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War, it was a major victory for the Confederacy
What was the First Battle of Manassis/Bull Run?
This compromise added California to the Union as a free state, but also included a harsh Fugitive Slave Law
What is the Compromise of 1850?
At the start of the Civil War, the North had 22,000 miles of this method of transportation while the South had less than 10,000
What are railroads?
Chief General of the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War. Also ran for President against Lincoln in 1864
Who is George McClellan?
The battle of Chancellorsville was a major Confederate Victory, but at the conclusion of the battle, this General was killed by friendly fire
Who was General "Stonewall" Jackson?
This Supreme Court Case confirmed the rights of slave owners even in free states, and upheld the idea that slaves were legally property before the Civil War
What is the Dred Scott Case?
Out of the total population before the Civil War, about this percentage lived in the North
What is 80%?