Battles
The northern town in Pennsylvania where, for three days, Lee and Meade's respective armies battled was called...
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
This general joined the army and worked his way back up to General position after being kicked out when he was young for drinking.
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee
Clara Barton is famous for...
Delivering medicine to the battlefield and founding the Red Cross
Victory! Union or Confederacy?
1. Shiloh
2. Antietam
1. Union
2. Union
What fear did Northern Democrats have about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
They feared that freed slaves would come north and take their jobs away from them.
Why did General Grant capture Vicksburg?
To control the northern part of the Mississippi River
1. Cotton exports
2. Industrial output
3. Military leaders
4. Population
5. Transportation
1. Cotton exports = yes
2. Industrial output = no
3. Military leaders = yes
4. Population = no
5. Transportation = no
Was each state Union, Confederacy, or Border?
1. Illinois
2. Kentucky
3. Maryland
1. Union
2. Border
3. Border
Victory! Union or Confederacy?
1. First Bull Run (Manassas)
2. Seven Days Battles (Richmond)
1. Confederacy
2. Confederacy
Why was signing the Emancipation Proclamation so important? *Think more than just "because it ended slavery".
It was the first time anyone admitted that the Civil War was about slavery
This general was known for hesitating on his attacks and moving his army slowly; eventually, Lincoln fired him.
George B. McClellan
This general was known as "Stonewall" because of his unit's performance at the First Bull Run.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Was each state listed Union, Confederacy, or Border?
1. North Carolina
2. Pennsylvania
3. Texas
1. Confederacy
2. Union
3. Confederate
The effort to wage total war by marching the Union Army across Georgia was called the...
March to the Sea
Put the events in chronological order (1 being the first and 4 being the last).
A. Fort Sumter surrenders
B. States in the lower south secede
C. States in the upper south secede
D. President Lincoln calls for soldiers from each state
1 = B
2 = A
3 = C
4 = D
General David Farragut captured which southern city and why?
New Orleans; to gain control of the port at the mouth of the Mississippi River to cut off the Confederacy
This man wanted to be a military general for the army of Mississippi but was chosen instead to be President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
What were the Merrimack (Virginia) and the Monitor the first of?
Ironclad ships to fight each other
The southern city that served as a railroad link that was captured and destroyed by General Sherman's army was called...
Atlanta
The Union would win the war so that the ideals it was founded upon would continue is what Lincoln proclaimed in the...
Gettysburg Address
Which battle did Lincoln say that they had to win before he could sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse
Freeing slaves, burning plantations, attacking homes, and destroying railways/bridges are all examples of...
Total War