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
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?
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?
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
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, only fought defensively.
Nickname given to northern soldiers
Yanks
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Where was the battle that was considered the turning point of the war
Gettysburg
In 1859 this abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to incite a slave insurrection.
Who is John Brown?
This was a law that required citizens to turn in people that they suspected of being a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The Union general nicknamed "unconditional surrender _______"
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are states currently in rebellion?
By July of 1861, how many states were part of the Confederacy just prior to the first battle?
11
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
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?
This was Lincoln's motive behind the Emancipation Proclamation.
To encourage freed black, slaves from the south to support the Union.
free space
free space
The battle of the Monitor vs. Merrimac is famous for being the first confrontation of these.
Ironclads
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Name at least 2 of the border states (slave states that stayed in the Union).
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, WV