Civil War People
The President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln
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. (Fort???)
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. (City/State)
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
This person is responsible for killing President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
In the lead up to the war, this would have allowed the citizens to decide if a state would be a free state or a slave state?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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
What was the primary purpose for the Union fighting?
to preserve the Union
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
A white southerner who supported Reconstruction policies, usually for self-interest.
Scalawag
What southern state was the first to secede?
South Carolina
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 burned 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
This man competed against Lincoln for the 1864 election.
George B. McClellan
to refuse to enforce something
nullification
This amendment outlawed slavery across the US?
The 13th
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