Lead Up
This section of The United States was mostly farmland which was populated with over 4 million slaves by the time the Civil War began
What is the South?
This man was elected in 1860 as the 16th president of the United States.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This is the definition of "Secession" or to "secede"
What is to leave the Union?
This is where the first shots were fired in the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumpter?
Union or Confederate? This army was from the northern states
Who are the Union?
This section of the US had more railroads, people, and factories
What was the North?
He led the Northern armies and accepted the surrender of the South at Appomattix Courthouse
Who was General Ullyses S. Grant?
This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ullyses S. Grant. (where the South surrendered to the North)
What is the Appomattix Courthouse in Virginia?
He led the Conferate army, and surrendered to Grant at Appomattix Courthouse on April 9, 1865
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
In January of 1863, President Lincoln presented this, freeing all enslaved people in the 'rebellious states.'
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This law, which abolitionists hated, declared that any runaway slave found in the North, had to be returned to the South or or face criminal prosecution.
What was the 'Fugitive Slave Act'?
He was president of the CSA (Confederate States of America)
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This was the first state to secede
Who was South Carolina?
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
This army wore blue uniforms
Who were the Union?
Abraham Lincoln was elected in this year. It was the final straw for the southern states, and within a month, they started seceding from the union
What is 1860
These soldiers dressed in Grey
Who were the Conferates?
After Virginia joined the Confederacy, this city became the Conferate capitol
What is Richmond, VA?
He led a march through Georgia, burning and slaughtering everything in the Union Army's path: houses, animals, crops
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
This side thought the Civil War would be over quickly
Who was the Union? (Also the South to a point)
Named after a slave that sued for his freedom, this court case upheld that slaves were not, nor could ever be, citizens. And that their could not be "free" states, as long as slavery existed.
What was the 'Dredd Scott' decision?
This abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry to arm slaves and provoke rebellion.
Who was John Brown?
This is the main reason why the Southern states decided to secede from the union. What they were afraid of.
What are: they wanted to maintain their way of life, including slaves
This was the single bloodiest day in US history with 23,000 Americans dead or wounded
What was the Battle of Antietam?
These are 2 of the reasons the North won the Civil War.
What are: better supply lines, more soldiers, more manufacturing, telegraph lines,