The North was also called this
What is Union?
Another word for the South
What is the Confederacy or Confederate States of America?
First shots fired in South Carolina - last Union stronghold in the South
What is Ft. Sumter?
Speech given by Lincoln to dedicate and honor the fallen of the battle
What is the Gettysburg Address
Won the Presidential election of 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
President of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina?
Battle in Maryland that was important because Maryland was a border state - deadliest one day battle
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Lincoln urged reconstruction of the South “with malice toward none; with charity for all” in this speech
What is Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?
At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln desperately wanted to do this
What is perserve the Union?
Captured control of Mississippi River in Siege of Vicksburg, General of Union armies, & accepted Lee’s surrender to end Civil War
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
The first and only President of the Confederate States of American
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Turning point of the war - deadliest three day battle
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The American right to be taken before a judge and formally charged with a crime - "produce the body"
What is Habeas Corpus?
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
he destroyed Atlanta, ended Confederate’s ability to fight and burned Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah
Who is William T. Sherman?
General of Confederate armies and surrendered to Grant at the end of the Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Led by Grant (Union) and used the Anaconda Plan to control the Mississippi River and the railroads - cut off supplies and troops to the South
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Because Lincoln suspended this during the Civil War, over 13,000 Confederate sympathizers were arrested in the North
What is Habeas Corpus?
It transformed the battle for unity into the fight for freedom
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Union secured the high ground to win the battle
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
He died in battle because of friendly fire
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
Captured by Sherman to take over the railroads and the South's transportation hub - burned the city to the ground
What is the Battle of Atlanta?
Speech given by President Lincoln to free the slaves in the United States - hurt the southern war effort & many escaped slaves joined the Union Army
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Important because they allowed for slavery but support Union
What are border states?