Secession & Fort Sumter
A federal fort in Charleston Harbor that was fired upon in April 1861, starting the Civil War.
Lincoln famously said he had to keep this Border State “in the Union at all hazards.”
The general occupation that most soldiers on both sides come from.
What are famers?
The 1861 diplomatic crisis that almost brought Britain into the war on the Confederate side.
What is the Trent Affair?
They served as President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The U.S. president in office at the time when seven Southern states had already seceded.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
the Five Border States that Remained in the Union.
What are Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia?
The nickname given to the typical Union soldier
What is a Billy Yank?
The British-built Confederate ship that destroyed many Union merchant vessels
What is the C.S.S. Alabama?
the Legal protection that Lincoln suspended during the war.
What was Habeas corpus?
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
Lincoln's "paramount objective" at the start of the war.
Why save the Union?
The nickname given to the typical Confederate soldier
What is a Johnny Reb?
The U.S. minister to Britain who prevented the sale of the Laird rams.
Who was Charles Francis Adams?
A system that both the North and South used to increase troop numbers.
What was the draft?
The decision that Lincoln made regarding supplies to Fort Sumter.
What is sending only provisions?
the abolitionist newspaper editor who urged Lincoln to make emancipation a war aim.
Who was Horace Greeley?
The material advantage that Billy Yank commonly has over Johnny Reb
What is Better food, clothing, and equipment?
The dangerous ironclad ships Britain nearly sold to the Confederacy.
What were Laird rams?
a violent event that occurred in 1863 and was triggered by anger over the Union draft.
What was The New York Draft Riots?
The Amount of States seceded after Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers.
What is 4?
Because they might join the Confederacy
Why did Lincoln avoid making the war about ending slavery in 1861?
This killed more Civil War soldiers than combat?
What is disease?
the foreign nation that the Confederacy most hoped would recognize it diplomatically.
A nickname given to the Union’s paper money issued during the war.
What were Greenbacks?