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
This battle was a turning point and caused the Confederacy to lose control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Reason given for southern states beginning to secede from the United States.
What are states' rights (the right to slavery)?
Brilliant strategist and general for the Confederate troops who turned down the job from the Union to fight for the south.
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?
A major difference between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas' political opinion was this.
What is different views on topic of slavery?
Lincoln - one policy for everyone
Douglas - popular sovereignty
The symbolic act of freeing all of the slaves in all rebelling states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This woman was one of the main conductor's of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
How many people ran for President in the Election of 1860?
What is Four?
Lincoln mention in his Inaugural Address that he did not have the power to do this.
What is end slavery?
People who worked to abolish slavery
Abolitionist
The people of Louisiana resisted Union occupation because of this man and believed he was a felon.
Who is Benjamin "Beast" Butler?
What book exposed many people to the horrible reality of the practice of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
How did the Confederacy feel after winning several battles at the beginning of the Civil War?
Confident and they felt like they could win
This battle is considered a turning point in the war because the General Lee will no longer advance North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Political party that Abraham Lincoln represented in the Election of 1860.
What is Republican?
Who is Winfield Scott?
The President of the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Women contributed to the Civil War by doing these 2 things.
What is sewing uniforms and being nurses?
What was the Union's strategy to defeat the South?