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, better generals, motivated populace
General known for entertaining his men with prostitutes and being a braggert. His name might be a clue...
Thomas Hooker
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?
This battle is where General Jackson was killed by his own men by accident
What is Chancellorsville
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?
Lincoln finally decided to fire McClellan after this battle
What is Antietam
This battle was the only battle that Union General Burnside commanded. It was a major victory for the Confederacy
Taking Vicksburg gave the Union total control of this river which neatly divided the Confederacy in half
What is the Mississippi River
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" and for being best friends with Ulysses S Grant
Who is William Sherman?
This was the first major attempt by the Union to take the capital city of the Confederacy
What is the Peninsula Campaign
This was the name of the document that Mississippi wrote when leaving the Union.
What is the Mississippi Secession Document?
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