Who was President of the Union/The United States during the War Between the States?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the name for the new country formed by the states that decided to seceed from the U.S.?
The Confederate States of America
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The Confederacy
When a parts of a nation fight against other parts, what is this type of war called?
a civil war
What battle started the civil war?
The attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederacy. This was a Union Fort that was in a Confederate state. They had refused to surrender.
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
The most famous General for The Confederacy and of the civil war.
What was the first state to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
This is the Year Lincoln was elected President
1860
What was the color of the Union uniforms ?
Blue
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A "conductor" of the "Underground Railroad" who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Declared that slaves in the Confederate states were free.
Name an advantage the Confederacy had.
Superior military leadership
Southerners were outdoorsmen, knew weapons, rode horses.
Were fighting on their home turf
What happened to Abraham Lincoln at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth.
This is the name of the newspaper that the abolitionists would use
The Liberator
Who was the most important General for the Union?
General Ulysses S. Grant
The economy of the south was heavily reliant on their __________ crops.
Cotton.
Name one major advantage the Union had in the war.
Larger Population, Abundant natural resources, more manufacturing and more railroads.
The First battle of Opposing Armies was ___
The Battle of Bull Run
Who won the civil war?
Union- the North
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed and for slavery to be permanently abolished.
In what year did Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army surrender?
1865
Which was the first of the Southern States to secede?
South Carolina
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg
What was the color of the Confederate's uniform
Gray
How did Lincoln bait the South before the battle of Fort Sumter?
Sent a supply ship and waited to see if they would attack
What state is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
He was the General that Lincoln Fired
General McClellan
Who was Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederate States of America.
Which battle lasted 2 days and resulted in a surrender?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describing the cruelties of slavery.
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
His Vice President, Andrew Johnson
The North is also called ___
The Union
The exact date that the South seceded from the North is
December 20, 1860
What major advantage did the south have over the North?
Agriculture and a drive to win
At What place was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater
Who was Lincoln's presidential opponent?
John C. Breckenridge
This is the bloodiest single day battle in American History
Battle of Antietam
Why was General McClellan fired
He failed to follow the Confederate Army
In what state was Abraham Lincoln born?
Kentucky