Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
Seized possessions and property during war; the north argued slaves were this and could be freed.
What is contraband?
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
The Union general who secured the surrender of the Confederacy?
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 deadliest conflict in North American history
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
Confederate General is known for his demanding nature that helped secure a victory at the Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
This term means to "remove or withdraw from" think southern states
What is to Secede?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle was key to fulfill the Anaconda plan (taking the Mississippi river)
What is the battle of Vicksburg?
Where the Battle of Gettysburg took place.
What is Pennsylvania?
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 rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln suspended this constitutional right at the beginning of the war
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
Who won the Election of 1860?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft?
This event occurred in July 1863; Irish immigrants in a major city burned down government buildings and attacked free Black Americans
What were the 1863 Draft Riots?
The turning point battle of the War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Name a slave state that stayed in the union....
Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
When the military attacks both civilian and military targets...
Total War
In two days of fighting, 25,000 were dead or wounded. This horrified both the North and South.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
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?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
What was in Gettysburg that lured Lee and his men there?
Shoe factory