Civil War Battles
Fort located off the coast of Charleston SC. Attacked by Confederate forces leading to the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
President of the Confederate States. Educated at West Point. Who am I?
Jefferson Davis
General F. Butler called runaways what? Meaning confiscated property.
Contraband of War
How many of the fifteen slave states joined the Confederate States of America?
Eleven
Known as the first major battle of the Civil War, fought at a railroad junction in Northern VA. (Union defeat)
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas
Born in Kentucky yet raised in Illinois, I became President of the United States following the 1860 election.
Abraham Lincoln
The United States use of its Navy to patrol the southern coastline to restrict Confederate access to supplies was called what?
Union blockade
What was the population of the 23 states remaining in the Union?
22.3 million
Known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War. This battle was fought in Maryland.
Battle of Antietam
Born and raised in Virginia. I successfully led the raid to capture John Brown at Harpers Ferry. During the Civil War I was the General of the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E Lee
Confederate diplomatic strategy built on the hope that European Nations starving for cotton would break the Union blockade and recognize the Confederacy.
King Cotton Diplomacy
What percentage of the population in the Confederate States of America were slaves?
40 percent
Battle of Fredericksburg
West Point graduate. Veteran of the Mexican American War. Became a key figure as the war progressed eventually forcing the defeat of the confederacy at Appomattox Courthouse.
Ulysses S Grant
Riots that killed at least 105 people. (Most of them black)
New York City Draft Riots
What two foreign nations did the Confederacy try and make an alliance with during the Civil War?
Great Britain and France
Battle in Tennessee that ultimately ruined the Confederacy’s bid to control the war in the west
battle of Shiloh Church
Union General who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah. Purpose was to destroy the will of white southerner.
William Tecumseh Sherman
President Lincoln’s Proclamation issued in January 1, 1863, declaring all slaves in Confederate controlled territory free.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Act that offered 160 acres of public land in the west to settlers who would live and labor on it?
Homestead Act