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
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The first battle of the Civil War with 3000 Union soldiers and 2000 Confederate casualties, showing each side they were ill-prepared for the 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. Earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" after the Battle at Fort Donelson when he stated "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted..."
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The name of the Northern strategy for the Civil War.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This event kicked off the Civil War
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This 3 day battle 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 of the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
He shouted "thus always to tyrants" after he shot the President.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Term used for a group of Northerners (typically Democrats) in the Union who opposed the American Civil War.
Copperheads
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The name of the waterway that was important to both the North and the South. Lincoln believe a Union victory depended on getting control of it.
Mississippi
Southern states attempted to limit the impact of the constitutional amendments passed during the Reconstruction Era by passing what laws?
Jim Crow Laws
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army. A Virginian first, American second.
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free, thereby changing the goal of the Civil War from preserving the Union to abolishing slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Frederick Douglass advocated for passing this Amendment which ended slavery forever.
13th Amendment
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city. Was considered a Christmas gift to Lincoln.
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 or conscription?
This event officially ended Reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
What are slave states that remained in the union, or Border States?
Lincoln's 1864 Vice-Presidential running mate
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Leader of the Radical Republicans, he expressed their views by stating "I am for Negro suffrage in every rebel state. If it be just, it should not be denied; if it be punishment to traitors, they deserve it."
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
Term that refers to "all out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, resources, and its people's will to fight.
Total War
“For score and 7 years ago…: begins this speech. Intended to remind the nation of the Civil War's purpose.
Gettysburg Address
This event led South Carolina to secede from the Union.
What is the Election of 1860?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
White Southerners who cooperated with Republicans during Reconstruction.
What are scalawags?