Civil War 1
Who was fighting?
The Northern states and the Southern states
Who was the Union general who marched from Atlanta to Savannah, tore up the railroad, and burned everything in their path?
General William T. Sherman
What was the first major battle of the Civil war?
the Battle of Bull Run
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
Confederate General who was shot on accident by one of his own men.
Why was the war fought
to keep the country together and/or slavery
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What was the biggest Southern advantage?
great strong leadership
What was one major cause of the Civil War?
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
Who was the president of the Union (United States of America)?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America (southern states, Confederacy)?
Richmond, Virginia
Who won the civil war?
Union- Blue Yankees of the North
What happened to the Lincoln at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
The President who ran in the election of 1860 and caused the South to secede or leave the nation.
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
Which states left the country because they were in favor of slavery?
The Southern states
What was the capital of the Union (northern states, United States of America)?
Washington, D.C.
What did states' rights mean during the Civil War?
That a state should be able to choose whether they are a free or slave state.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederacy
Who did President Lincoln choose to lead the Union Army at the start of the war? (Before the sides has started fighting and the armies were forming)
Robert E. Lee
Which side won the war?
The Union - the Northern states
They want to keep their cheap labor for farming on plantations, and they felt they were treating their slaves better than the workers in the Northern States.
What advantages did the North/ Union have?
access to weapons and supplies, network of transportation, fresh troop reinforcements