Lincoln
Last election before the start of the Civil War. Lincoln Wins
Election of 1860
The Southern Economy is built on
Agriculture, the production of cotton
The Northern Economy is largely built on
Industrialization, 90% of Factories are in the North
Bombing of this first officially starts the war
Fort Sumter
What years were the Civil War
1861 - 1865
First state to succeed after the Election of 1860
South Carolina
General in Chief of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
General in Chief at the end of the Civil War
Deadliest 3 day battle that took place in Pennsylvania. There were over 50,000 casualties
Gettysburg
New technology of ship used in the Civil War
Ironclad
Document signed by Lincoln after the battle of Antietam that declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate States
Emancipation Proclamation
General who motivated troops during the battle of First Bull Run. He earned his nickname there
Stonewall Jackson
General who marched from Atlanta to the Sea using total war
William Tecumseh Sherman
What did the Battle of Bull Run make the Union realize?
They needed a better trained and organized military. The war was going to be long!
General who was originally offered Commander in Chief of the Union Army, He will reject it
Robert E Lee
How did the Gettysburg Address Begin
Four score and seven years ago......... our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal
First President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Union war strategy that relates to a snake
Anaconda Plan
Courthouse where General Lee and the Confederate Army Surrendered
Appomattox
The Souths Original Strategy for the Civil War was to win the war of .......
Attrition - wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion
How many men does Lincoln call for to serve in the military after the Battle of Bull Run
500,000
The Crittenden’s Compromise was the South's final attempt at stopping war. What did this compromise say?
Return the Missouri Compromise Line
Keep Slavery in Southern States
The legal tender act of 1862 created?
paper money - Greenbacks
Bloodiest single day in American History. First offensive by the Confederacy that was stopped and prevented GB from being involved in the war
Antietam
Name of ships used by the South to avoid Blockade
Blockade Runners