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Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
-Lincoln
-Jefferson Davis
The Civil War was fought over what?
What was the goal for the Union at first?
Slavery
-preserve the Union
Who won?
Battle of Bull Run
Confederates
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What are the year the Civil War is fought?
1861-1865
General Thomas Jackson
The first shots of the Civil War were fired where?
Where there any casualties?
Fort Sumter
NO
This was the bloodiest battle in America history, fought for 3 days in July of 1863.
Fighting occurred on Culps Hill, Little Round Top, etc.
Who won?
Battle of Gettysburg
Union
Which state was the first to secede and after what event?
South Carolina, Lincoln's presidency
This is the last battle of the Civil War
Siege at Petersburg
Who was leader of the Confederate army by the end of the War?
Who was the leader of the Union army by the end of the War?
Robert E Lee
Grant
What style of fighting did the Civil War generals use on both sides?
Napoleon
This battle occurred in the west in 1862 led by Grant and Sherman. The media wanted Grant fired after it due to the high level of casualties.
Battle of Shiloh
This Supreme Court Case ruled that African Americans are not U.S. Citizens
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This was called the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy" which means the highest point reached by confederate forces at Gettysburg.
Pickett's Charge
This general created the plan to defeat the Confederates at the beginning of the war. The plan was to deprive the Confederates of access to foreign trade
General Winfield Scott
What was the 1st submarine to that sunk a ship in U.S. History called?
Hunley Submarine
Bloodiest single day battle in American history
Battle last 12 hours, fought in a Cornfield, Sunken road, Burnside Bridge many casualties
Union wins
Emancipation Proclamation
North gets CA as a free state and abolition of the slave trade in D.C.
South gets New Mexico and Utah as popular sovereign states and a stricter fugitive slave law
This was General Lee's greatest victory and General Jackson is killed here.
Battle of Chancellorsville
Which general led the march in the South and destroyed the railroads
General Sherman
Explain the average Civil War soldier and what life was like for them.
Lived in Tents
Slept on the ground
No bathrooms, no Laundry
Food Rations- Hard tac, salted pork , bread
Whiskey Rations, Drank coffee
General Grant's first battle with Lee, Grant wins and Lee can never again mount a massive offensive attack because he does not have the men to replace the soldiers lost.
Battle of the Wilderness
What date did Lee surrender to the Union?
April 9, 1865