People
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
The states that seceded from the Union formed this
Confederate States of America
Issued by Lincoln in 1863 to free people who were enslaved in Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
Which statement is true about the South prior to the Civil War?
The economy of the South was heavily dependent on slavery.
What caused most soldiers to die during the Civil War?
Diseases
Became the president of the United States in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
What was the main purpose of General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan?
To blockade the seacoast of the Southern states.
What was the South’s most important crop?
Cotton
Which is true about uniforms during the Civil War?
The North established blue as their official uniform and the South established gray as their official uniform.
How did General Thomas J. Jackson get the nickname “Stonewall” during the war?
He and his soldiers held firmly against Union attack at the First Battle of Bull Run.
The capital city of the Confederate States of America
Richmond, Virginia
Which of the following was an advantage the North had during the Civil War?
They were more industrialized, making them able to supply their armies with weapons and equipment.
Which Civil War battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
The Battle of Vicksburg
People who were against slavery and worked to make laws to end it
abolitionists
Union General Sherman took this major Confederate city in 1864
Atlanta
Around 51,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in which turning point battle during the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
General William Tecumseh Sherman left a path of destruction from Chattanooga, Tennessee to which city?
Savannah, Georgia