Civil War Leaders
Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Where did the Civil War begin in April of 1861?
Fort Sumter
The South wanted to preserve what institution?
Slavery
This address, given after Gettysburg, redefined the war’s purpose?
The Gettysburg Address
Many Southern plantations and farms relied on what group for labor, even during the war?
Enslaved People
Who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
What battle gave President Lincoln the chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Battle of Antietam
Who's election led to the secession of Southern states?
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln issued what document in 1863 to free slaves in rebelling states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
With men away fighting, women often took on what kinds of jobs for the first time?
Factory or Farm Jobs
Who became Commanding General of the Union Army and later a U.S. president.
Ulysses S. Grant
This battle was the South’s final major attempt to invade the North?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What 1854 act allowed settlers to decide on slavery, leading to "Bleeding Kansas?"
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
What agreement in 1820 tried to maintain the balance between slave and free states.
The Missouri Compromise
Due to shortages, many people in the South had to resort to what activity just to feed their families?
Food Rioting and Looting
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
General Sherman’s march from Atlanta to Savannah is known by this name?
The March to the Sea
What political idea emphasized individual states’ power over the federal government?
States' Rights
What act forced Northerners to return escaped slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What term described Northern Democrats who opposed the war and wanted peace with the South.
Copperheads
Who founded the American Red Cross after nursing wounded Civil War soldiers?
Clara Barton
The Union gained control of the Mississippi River after this siege?
The Siege of Vicksburg
What 1857 court case ruled that slaves were not citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What compromise admitted California as a free state and strengthened slave laws?
The Compromise of 1850
What nickname was given to the Confederate paper currency, which rapidly lost value as the South’s economy collapsed?
Grayback