The Union
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the Confederate President?
Jefferson Davis
What battle started the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
What were slaves called after the end of the Civil War?
Freedmen
What event causes South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Lincoln's Election 1860
What did A Unionist want during the war?
to stay with the Union
Who shot President Lincoln? Where did it happen?
John Wilkes Booth and Ford's theater
How many people died in the Civil War?
620,000
What is the name of a famous former slave who captured a Confederate ship and went on to be in politics?
Robert Smalls
Abolitionists wanted what during the war
To abolish slavery
Who was the General that went through Georgia and South Carolina and burned down everything?
William T. Sherman
What was the name of the most famous Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
When did the Civil War start and end? (The Years. If you get the months and days then I will give bonus points).
April 12th, 1861-April 9th, 1865
What amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?
15th amendment
A Cooperationist would secede from the Union for what reason?
If another state secedes then they will too
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
What advantage did the South have over the Union?
Better Generals
The bloodiest battle (lasted more than one day) in the Civil War?
What amendment gave African Americans' citizneship?
Nurses, spies, and worked on plantations and factories
What was the Anaconda Plan?
coastal blockade capture the Mississippi, & capture Richmond
What did South Carolina's executive council do?
handled diplomatic and military affairs of the Confederacy
The battle that caused the bloodiest DAY in the Civil War? (23,000 dead or wounded in one day)
Battle of Antietam
What actually abolished slavery?
The 13th amendment.
When did South Carolina secede?
December 20, 1860