This event marked the beginning of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
The number of people killed in the Fort Sumter attack
What is 0
The Southern army was known as the:
What is the Confederacy
The Northern Army was known as:
What is the Union
A siege that suffocated the south from acquiring more supplies. Ultimately, giving the north control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg
The bloodiest battle in American History
What is the battle of Gettysburg
What is sectionalism?
What is when people feel more loyal to their region of the country
What was one major cause of the Civil War?
What is Slavery or What is to reunite the U.S
The bloodiest day in American History
What is Antietam
Marching nearly 60,000 men 300 miles all the way to Savannah. What was the name of this march?
What is Shermans March to the Sea
Tell me what an abolitionist is
What is someone who wanted to end slavery
What is a siege?
What is when an army surrounds a city or fort and cuts off supplies like food and water to force the people inside to surrender.
Think of as many reasons as you can
What is
1. "Freed" enslaved people in rebellious states
2. Allowed freed slaves to fight for the union
3. Deterred Europe from getting involved in the war
Name the President of the South and North, along with both generals in Appomattox.
Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S Grant, Roberty E Lee
Tell me about the economy in the South and North
What is the economy in the South was agriculture based and the economy in the north was industrial
Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all enslaved people?
What is no, the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people only in Confederate states in rebellion, not everywhere.
In the video discussing the surrender at Appomattox, Lee was described as dressed in _____ and Grant dressed in ____.
What is:
Lee wore a clean, elegant uniform, showing dignity despite defeat.
Grant wore a muddy, simple uniform, showing humility and focus on ending the war.
Give me three ways that General Grant showed poise instead of anger in the final surrender at Appomattox
What is:
1. He let General Lee keep his sword
2. He let the confederates keep their swords
3. He let the confederates go home instead reprimanding them
Please tell me who said this, when it was said, and the meaning of this statement.
...We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
What is Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, It means that those who lost their lives at Gettysburg died for the longevity of our great Democracy and freedoms. They did not die for no reason.
From the Siege of Vicksburg Reading:
Conditions inside the city deteriorated rapidly. Food became scarce and people resorted to eating unthinkable things, like: (name two things they ate)
What is: horses, dogs, cats, rats, and tree bark.