Leading Up to the War
Tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were brought from western Africa to the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia due to their knowledge of growing what crop?
Rice
Abraham Lincoln
This is the name for a warship covered in armor plating.
Ironclad
Not technically a "battle," an assault on ______ _________ by the Confederates started the war.
Fort Sumter
How many states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America?
11
People who escaped enslavement were aided in their escape through routes known as the _____________ ____________.
Underground Railroad
Who was the Confederate president?
Jefferson Davis
Harriett Tubman
Which battle had the most casualties of the war?
Gettysburg
Name three Confederate states
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This Union general later became the 18th U.S. President.
Ulysses S. Grant
This 2-minute speech given at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery is probably the most well-known of President Lincoln.
Gettysburg Address
Which battle (a Union victory) gave Lincoln the confidence to release a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?
Antietam
Name three Union states
Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, Oregon
The 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case over Dred Scott's citizenship essentially declared that enslaved people should be considered _____________.
property
This Confederate general was originally leader of the Army of Northern Virginia, and was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war.
Robert E. Lee
Name a medical advancement during the Civil War
Letterman Plan (triage, evacuation, ambulances), Amputation, Anesthesia
This famous Confederate failure during the Battle of Gettysburg was ultimately a futile all-out assault on an extremely fortified Union position
Pickett's Charge
What were the border states?
Union states that still allowed slavery
Part of the Compromise of 1850, the _________ __________ ______ required that enslaved people be returned to their enslavers, even if they were in a free state.
Fugitive Slave Act
What was the nickname for Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson?
Stonewall
What was the plan by Union General Winfield Scott that called for the naval blockade of the South?
Anaconda Plan
The capture of __________ ultimately led to the Confederacy being split into two and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
What state saw the most battles within its borders?
Virginia