Beginning of the Civil War
What years did the Civil War begin and end in?
1861-1865
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First Battle of Bull Run
Who was the President of the CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA - THE CONFEDERACY?
Jefferson Davis
What was unique about Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware?
These BORDER STATES were slave states that remained loyal to the union.
This legislation finally abolished slavery in the US.
13th amendment, 1865. Remember—the emancipation proclamation only abolished slavery in the rebelling states.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired upon ___________________.
Fort Sumter
______________________ was the Confederacy's first attempt to invade the North?
It was a significant battle because it reduced Europe’s interest in helping the Confederates and it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Battle of Antietam (1862)
Name the General who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
General Grant used a siege to force the surrender of this strategically important river town.
Vicksburg, Mississippi (1863)
Why was the Fourteenth Amendment important?
Defined all people born or naturalized in United States, except Native Americans, as citizens.
How many Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61?
11 - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
_______ increased Union control of the Mississippi.
the Battle of Shiloh
Who became president upon Lincoln’s assassination in 1865?
Andrew Johnson
What were the names of the ironclads used in the Civil War?
Virginia and Monitor.
The clash between the Monitor and Virginia was the first clash between iron-sided ships.
What was the purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?
gave American men the right to vote.
This was the first state to secede from the union (1860).
South Carolina seceded from the union in 1860
What is Pickett’s Charge?
Lee’s attempt to break the center of the union army on the third day of Gettysburg—it failed.
Who was Lincoln referring to when he said, “I can’t spare this man; he fights.”
Ulysses S. Grant. By the end of 1863, he was named the leader of the Union army.
General Sherman began his infamous March to the Sea in which city?
Atlanta, Georgia (1864). Sherman ordered the evacuation of Atlanta and then burned it. He then led his 62,000 men on a destructive 285 mile march to Savannah on the coast.
What laws were introduced in the South that created working conditions similar to those under slavery?
Black Codes
_________ became the leader of the main Union army.
George B. McClellan
This Battle marked the last major offensive of the Confederates.
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln?
What happened at Appomattox Court House, Virginia in 1865?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
What laws divided the South into five military districts?
The Reconstruction Acts