Military Leaders
Name the commanders of the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
What were the names of the union and confederate presidents wives?
Union: Mary Todd Lincoln
Confederate: Varina Howell Davis
What was considered the first battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
What were the names of the union and confederate presidents during the Civil War?
Union- Abraham Lincoln
Confederate- Jefferson Davis
What were the nicknames given to the soldiers from the union and confederate armies?
union- yankee
confederate- Rebels
Before his election as president, an 11 year old girl wrote him a letter telling him he should do what?
Grow a beard (he became the first president with a beard)
Clara Barton helped found which major charity group?
The America Red Cross
The Soldiers National Cemetery is located near which famous battleground?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
What was the name of the piece of legislature that Lincoln passed that freed all the slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Underground Railroad and why was it called that?
The Underground Railroad was a secret, complex network of abolitionists, free Black people, and allies who helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the North and Canada, using safe houses (stations) and secret routes before and during the Civil War
this general led his union troops through Georgia in his "March across the Sea"
General William T. Sherman
What former slave woman helped union solders to learn to read and write and later wrote of her experiences traveling with the union army?
Susie King Taylor
Why was the battle at Fort Sumter important to the start of the War?
Confederate soldiers attacked a union fort and forced them to surrender. Because of this Lincoln told every state they had to pick a side and help fight against the confederates.
Who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln and where did it happen?
John Wilks Booth/Ford's theater during a performance
What does desertion mean and what was the punishment for it?
leaving the army without permission- execution
On April 7th, 1865 general ______sent a letter to general _____ asking him to surrender?
General Grant sent General Lee a letter asking him to surrender
Mary Lincoln gave aid to the Contraband Relief Association, what was the CRA's purpose?
to help the newly freed slaves "aka contraband" get on their feet providing food, shelter and clothing
What happened at Appomattox Court House that was significant to the war?
Robert E. Lee signed papers saying that he surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. This ended the Civil War.
What happened to Jefferson Davis after the Civil War?
He was sent to prison.
Name the 4 states that seceded from the Union when Lincoln announced the southern ports would be blocked.
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee
What 2 things did Lee ask Grant to give his men after he surrendered?
Food and to keep their horses pg. 509
Why was Harriet Tubman given the nickname the "Moses of her People?"
answer may vary
Put these battles in order of when they happened:
Battle at Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle at Fort Sumter
First Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
What were southerns worried Lincoln would do when he became president?
meddle in southern slavery affairs
outlaw slavery
Besides slavery what was is the other main reason for the Civil War?
state soverignty