Battles
The farthest northern battle in the war, 3 days of fighting and a Union victory
Gettysburg
Offered the command of the Union Army but declined it to lead the Confederates
Robert E. Lee
An act passed by congress that enacted Popular Sovereignty in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
the Kansas Nebraska Act
This heavy led bullet flew straighter for longer and shattered bones upon impact.
Minie Ball
The main cause of the Civil War
States rights to practice slavery
Bloodiest single day of the war, fought to basically a draw
Antietam
He won the election of 1860 sending the Slave states into panic and leading to the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
This man was elected President and made the Southern States worried he would end Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
blade attachable to a rifle
Bayonet
Describe Ulysses S. Grant
Alcoholic, great leader, won in the west, promoted to head of military, beat Lee and accepted his surrender at appomattox to end war, became President of the USA in 1868
1st bloodshed of the war and stunning Confederate victory
1st battle of Bull Run or Manassas
Head of Union Army but fired by Lincoln for not being aggressive enough, ran against Lincoln in 1864
George B. Mcclellan
Southern Militia bombards this fort in South Carolina to remove federal troops
Fort Sumter
The Union's plan to suffocate the South's economy
The anaconda plan
Describe why Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is a hero
Little Round Top, held position, ordered bayonet charge when out of bullets
Not the bloodiest battle of the war but arguably the most horrific battle, Grants first fight against Lee
The Wilderness
Confederate General that became famous at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, later killed by friendly fire.
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Northern Abolitionist that led raids against pro slavery settlers in Kansas and a slave rebellion in Virginia
John Brown
Issued on January 1 1863 Lincoln officially made the war about freeing slaves with this speech
The Emancipation Proclamation
Describe why the civil war was so bloody
New technology with old strategies
This battle gave the North control of the Mississippi
Vicksburg
Sent by Grant to march through Georgia destroying all he could to break the Confederate's will. Captured Atlanta
William T. Sherman
This compromise drew an imaginary line separating free from slave states along the southern border of Missouri
Compromise of 1820
This law required men of certain ages to join the military unless they could buy their replacements
Laws of conscription
Describe the 54th Massachusetts
Black regiment, fought bravely, led by Robert Gould Shaw