Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
This OFFICIALLY ended slavery in the United States....
13th Amendment
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
WHat is the Gettysburg Address
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
The Union general who later became President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
This event kicked off the Civil War
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This 3 day battle was the first major VICTORY in the north
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
He shouted "thus always to tyrants" after he shot the President.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Which state was first and name four others
13th Amendment
The number or men that died in the Battle of Antidam-- one day-- bloodiest day in North American History
25,000 people
This battle was key to fulfill the Anaconda plan (taking the Mississippi river)
What is the battle of Vicksburg?
A new type of gun that replaced muskets during the war
What is a rifle?
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in who were taken from the South were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
There union victories that we studied
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Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
What battle was Lee forced to retreat from that eventually led to his surrender at Appomattox?
Petersburg
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Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft?
Lincoln had to tell a big lie to congress near the end of the war. What was it and why did he tell it
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?
An famously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post-- name the worst of his battles and why it was so bad
Who is General McClellan?
When the military attacks both civilian and military targets...
Total War
After this, the union switched from fighting for union to fighting for a country without slaves AND what line means that
What is the Gettysburg Address
In this battle, the Union captured an important rail/industrial center in the South and burned it to the ground....
What is the capture of Atlanta?
What was in Gettysburg that lured Lee and his men there?
Shoe factory