Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
The North's plan to win the Civil War.
The "Anaconda Plan"
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession (secede)?
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 in Penn. 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?
This "Gray Fox" was the South's most brilliant leader in the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee
Targeting non-military targets and civilians in war.
"government of the people, by the people, for the people"
Gettysburg Address
This key battle gave the Union victors control over the Mississippi R.
What is the battle of Vicksburg?
Most infamous prisoner of war camp, located in Georgia
What is Andersonville
A new type of gun that replaced muskets during the war
What is a rifle?
Stopped the Union Armies cold in the first battle of the war
Who is General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln; freed enslaved people in the rebellious states
Emancipation Proclamation
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?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft?
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act people in the new state in the west of the Mississippi decided for themselves uf they wanted slavery or not
Bleeding Kansas
Military campaign led by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War
Sherman's March to the Sea
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
What are slave states that remained in the union? Or 'border states'
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
To block foreign sea-going trade.
Blockade
Lee's surrender at Appomattox happened in what year?
1865
Topographical feature that helped the Union win the battle of Gettysburg
Control of higher ground
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Southern advantages during the war
- knowledge of terrain/land
- strong military leadership