Battles of the Civil War
Battle fought in Mississippi in 1863, the Union victory gave them control of the Mississippi River...
Siege of Vicksburg
State that was formed by counties that broke away from a Confederate state to be loyal to the Union...
West Virginia
Vice President of the Confederacy...
Alexander Stephens
Union naval strategy that focused on capturing and controlling key waterways such as the Mississippi River...
Riverine warfare
1857 Supreme Court ruling that enslaved people were property and had no rights as citizens...
Dred Scott decision
1863 battle in Pennsylvania that is considered the turning point of the Civil War; ended Lee's invasion of the North.
The Battle of Gettysburg
City in Georgia where mass destruction of railroads, and a huge fire took place, destroying the Confederate weapon supply, led by Union General William T. Sherman...
Atlanta
Most significant Union general, later became president of the US...
Ulysses S. Grant
Defensive strategy used by the Confederacy to outlast the North's want to fight...
War of attrition
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the brutality of slavery...
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Attempt by the Union led by General Irvin McDowell to seize the Confederate capital in Richmond, Virginia...
First Bull Run
The state that held the Confederate capital...
Virginia
Most significant confederate general, known for his perseverance and determination...
Robert E. Lee
Union strategy to destroy Confederate railroads, farms, and industry...
Total war
1860 event that caused many Southern states to succeed...
The second most deadly battle of the Civil War...
Chickamauga
The state where the final battles of the Civil War were fought...
Georgia
The president of the Union during the Civil War...
Abraham Lincoln
Confederate strategy that focused on getting European powers to support the South by limiting cotton exports...
King Cotton Diplomacy
1820 compromise that kept the balance between free and slave states by adding Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state...
Missouri Compromise
The single most deadly day in the Civil War...
The Battle of Antietam
The first state to secede from the Union...
South Carolina
The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
The Union war strategy to prevent the South from getting supplies in and out of ports...
Anaconda Strategy
The 1850 law that required citizens to help capture runaway slaves and return them to their owners...
Fugitive Slave Act