Military Leaders
Name the commanders of the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
What were the names of the union and confederate presidents wives?
Union: Mary Todd Lincoln
Confederate: Varina Howell Davis
Why was the battle at Fort Sumter important to the start of the War?
Confederate soldiers attacked a union fort and forced them to surrender. Because of this Lincoln told every state they had to pick a side and help fight against the confederates.
What were the names of the union and confederate presidents during the Civil War?
Union- Abraham Lincoln
Confederate- Jefferson Davis
What does desertion mean and what was the punishment for it?
leaving the army without permission- execution
________ became the commander of the Confederate Army.
Who is Robert E. Lee
What Association did Mary Lincoln give aid to that helped newly freed people get on their feet?
The Contraband Relief Association pg. 510
What was considered the first battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
Who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilks Booth
What were the nicknames given to the soldiers from the union and confederate armies?
union- yankee
confederate- Rebels
this general led his union troops through Georgia in his "March across the Sea"
Who was General William T. Sherman
Clara Barton helped found which major charity group?
The America Red Cross
Put these battles in order of when they happened:
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
first Battle of Bull Run
Battle at Fort Sumter
first Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
What happened to Jefferson Davis after the Civil War?
He was sent to prison.
Name the 4 states that seceded from the Union when Lincoln announced the southern ports would be blocked.
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee
On April 7th, 1865 general ______sent a letter to general _____ asking him to surrender?
General Grant sent General Lee a letter asking him to surrender
What former slave woman helped union solders to learn to read and write and later wrote of her experiences traveling with the union army?
Susie King Taylor
The Soldiers National Cemetery is located near which famous battleground?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
What was the name of the piece of legislature that Lincoln passed that freed all the slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What famous general owned what is now Arlington National Cemetery as his home before it was taken by the Union.
Robert E. Lee
What did Lee ask Grant to give his men after he surrendered?
Food and to keep their horses pg. 509
Why was Harriet Tubman given the nickname the "Moses of her People?"
answers may vary
What was the name of the Court house that Lee and Grant signed the surrender papers?
Appomattox Court House
What were southerns worried Lincoln would do when he became president?
meddle in southern slavery affairs
outlaw slavery
Besides slavery what was is the other main reason for the Civil War?
state soverignty