Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
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?
What were 2 Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
What were 2 southern advantages in the war?
Knew the land, better generals, emotional desire, only defensive
The Union general nicknamed "unconditional surrender _______"
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
By July of 1861, how many states were part of the Confederacy just prior to the first battle?
11
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
The name of the waterway that was important to both the North and the South. Lincoln believe a Union victory depended on getting control of it.
Mississippi
Why was it important for Grant to show he was going to win the war by late 1865?
Lincoln to be re-elected
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Name of the main Northern Army
Army of the Potomac
What caused Virginia to secede?
Lincoln calling up 75000 troops
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Sherman's March to the Sea notably marched through and burnec this city
What is Atlanta, GA?
Name at least 2 of the border states (slave states that stayed in the Union).
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, WV
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
Name of the main Southern Army
Army of Northern Virginia
What stroke of luck for the North led to the Battle of Antietam which stopped the South from invading Washington, D.C?
Lees plans were found in the woods in Maryland
Battle near Fredericksburg that was a surprise attack by the south where Jackson was accidentally shot by his own ment
Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
This man competed against Lincoln for the 1864 election
George B. McClellan