Many of the states here broke away from the Union.
South or Confederacy
Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
The Siege of Vicksburg gave the Union control of what?
The Mississippi River
This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
13th Amendment
Abraham Lincoln was the president of ___________.
The Union
Who was the general of the Confederate states?
Robert E. Lee
How did the Civil War begin?
southerners attacked the Union at Fort Sumter
This act declared that slaves in southern states were free.
Emancipation Proclamation
Name one Border State
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia
Who was the general of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the deadliest battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What did Lincoln call his plan for Reconstruction?
The Ten Percent Plan
Name two Union states
New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Maine, Ohio, Kansas, Connecticut, Rhode Island ...
Who was the president of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the war?
Appomattox Court House
The organization set up to provide slaves with food, clothing, education, and jobs was ____________.
Freedmen's Bureau
Name three Confederate States
Tennesee, SC, NC, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas
What is an abolitionist?
a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S
What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?
to destroy everything in their path to prevent confederates from winning the war
What was the South's main loophole statement to continue with a racist society?