Battles
What happened in the Fall of Vicksburg?
Grant cut off supply from the confederates.
What are the names of the slave states that did not secede from the Union?
Border States
Who was President During the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the main reason for the start of the Civil War?
Freeing of the Slaves
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
It declared that enslaved people in Confederate states were to be freed.
What battle is regarded as the start of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter
What were the main source of money for the North and South
North: Industry
South: Agriculture
Which General is mostly known for his attack at Bull Run?
General Irvin McDowell
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Stated that slaves that were found were to be returned to their owners.
What is John Wilkes Booth known for?
Shooting President Lincoln
The battle General Irvin McDowell in known for
Battle at Bull Run
Which side of the Civil War did Ulysses S. Grant fight for?
Union
General McDowell was replaced by this man after the 1st Battle at Bull Run
General George B.
What is Manifest Destiny?
America believed that they had the right to expand westward.
What is The Battle of Antietam known as?
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Which side of the Civil War did Robert E. Lee fight for?
Conferderate
This man Earned the nickname "Stonewall"
Thomas J. Jackson
Who favored tariffs and who opposed them?
North: favored
South: opposed
What did William Tecumseh Sherman do to Confederate lands and economy?
Destroyed everything.
What battle is ALSO considered the bloodiest in the civil war
Gettysburg
What is Secession?
the action of withdrawing formally from a state.
Who were the Southern Sympathizers called?
Copperheads
What does Popular Sovereignty mean in terms of the Civil War?
State/people choose whether they are a free or slave state
How did the government gain men for the military during the Civil War?
Conscription (draft).