Causes
When _______________ was elected president in 1860, southern states feared he would end slavery and make the federal government more powerful.
Abraham Lincoln
______________ was 16th President of the United States and emancipated (freed) slaves. He was assassinated at a play right after the war ended.
Abraham Lincoln
This battle was the first battle of the Civil War. It was fought in South Carolina. The Confederate states wanted to take control of the fort and were victorious.
Battle of Fort Sumter
How many states seceded from the Union?
11 states
_______________ was an abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown
_____________ was president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
General Sherman's attack to capture Atlanta was called the _________ __________. It destroyed railroads, businesses and burned Atlanta to the ground. (May-September 1864 From Chattanooga, TN to Atlanta, GA.)
Atlanta Campaign
The northern states were called ___________ during the Civil War.
the United States
What were two causes of the Civil War?
Slavery and states' rights.
____________ fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run; got his nickname because he encouraged his men to stand firm "like a stone wall"
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This was the largest and bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. The Union won and this was considered a turning point of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
The southern states were called ___________ during the Civil War.
Confederacy
Confederates
Confederate States of America
________________ was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that spoke out against slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
He was a Union general who destroyed the South during his "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah.
William Sherman
Appomattox Court House is where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, marking the end of the Civil War. Which side won the Civil War (Confederate or Union)?
The Union
The _______________________ was a 3-minute speech by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg Address
What does secede mean?
To leave or withdraw
Formally leave a group
_______________ was a general of the Union who later became the eighteenth President of the United States. Robert E. Lee surrendered to him.
Ulysses S. Grant
This event gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, effectively cutting the Confederacy in half and cutting off their supplies. Many of the Confederates trapped in the city had to eat rats to survive.
Siege of Vicksburg
_______________ were people that wanted to end or stop slavery.
Abolitionists