Battles
First shots of the war were fired here
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
One of the main causes of the Civil War
Slavery
This woman started the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
industry
First major battle of the Civil War
Bull Run
Lee
This freed the slaves in the rebelling states
Emancipation Proclamation
The leading cause of death in the Civil War
Infection
The majority of southerners lived in ____________ areas
rural
Bloodiest one day battle
Antietam
Main general for the Union (by the end of the war)
Grant
Gettysburg Address
This new bullet inflicted a lot of damage
Minie ball
The majority of northerners lived in ____________ areas
Urban
People brought picnic baskets to come and watch the Union beat the Rebels at this battle
Bull Run
After Lincoln was assassinated, he was next in line to become president
Johnson
A soldier's chance of survival in the Civil War was (percentage)
25%
The primary method for saving a soldier wounded in the war
amputation
Primary economic activity of the South
agriculture
The battle that was the turning point of the war
Gettysburg
President of the Confederate States of America
Davis
The Confederate Army surrendered to Ulysses Grant here
Appomattox Courthouse
These new ships made all other wooden navies obsolete (outdated)
ironclads
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina