Civil War People
The President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln
What is the Emancipation Proclamations purpose?
To free slaves from Southern States
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 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 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?
Who is the American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, due to him being angry that Lincoln was trying to free slaves.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Term used for a group of Northerners (typically Democrats) in the Union who opposed the American Civil War.
Copperheads
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 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
A plan developed by the Union Army to surround and defeat the South.
Anaconda Plan
Who declined Lincoln's offer to join the Union, and became a well known General for the Confederates ?
Who is General Robert E. Lee
What are Ironclads?
A submarine like boat that was covered with metal and steam powered.
Frederick Douglass advocated for passing this Amendment which ended slavery forever.
13th Amendment
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?
The capital city of the Confederate States
What was Richmond, Virginia?
How did Thomas " Stonewall " Jackson get his nickname?
He stood like a Stonewall during the First Battle of Bull Run, a Southern officer yelled " There is Jackson, standing like a stonewall! "
What are contrabands?
Escaped Slaves
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Escaped slaves were sent back to their owner if they were caught, even if they allready escaped.
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
What are slave states that remained in the union, or Border States?
Lincoln's 1864 Vice-Presidential running mate
Who is Andrew Johnson?
What general made an army of 100,000 soldiers, called the Army of Potomac?
Who is General McClellan?
What is the Stamp Act Tax?
More taxes on the North Americans to raise money for Englands war debt
“For score and 7 years ago…: begins this speech.
Gettysburg Address
The invention of these made guns much more deadly and accurate
rifles and/or minie ball rounds
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Most civil war soldier died from this
What is disease?