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 bloodiest battle of the Civil War (3 days)
What was the battle of Gettysburg
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
The Commander in Chief of the Union Army and Navy
Who is Abraham Lincoln
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?
This battle was the first official battle of the Civil War.
The First Battle at Bull Run
Who was the abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry and was involved in Bleeding Kansas?
Who was John Brown
This woman was one of the main conductor's of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were free (even though it didn't really end slavery).
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded in this battle
What is Chancellorsville
The secret network of abolitionists helping slaves to freedom
The Underground Railroad
This general from Virginia turned down an offer to command the Union Army, choosing instead to lead the Confederate Army.
Who is Robert E. Lee
Most battles and damage was in the ....
What is the South?
The first African group from a free state was called
54th Massachusetts Regiment/Volunteers
This 1862 Maryland battle is often cited as the bloodiest single day in American history.
What is Antietnam
Name 3 events that helped lead to the Civil War
states' rights; Fugitive Slave Law; Underground RR; Bleeding Kansas, Raid on Harper's Ferry, Missouri Compromise; Election of Abraham Lincoln etc.
This man commanded the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg, taking charge just three days before the battle began on July 1, 1863
Who is General George Meade.
The Civil War didn't start as a war about slavery but rather about....
The rights for states to make their own decisions (state's rights).
The Union's plan for winning the war called for crushing the enemylike a large snake that crushes its prey to death
What is the Anaconda Plan
This is the word that means to join the military.
enlist
Name a weakness and a strength of the Union and Confederacy:
Union Strength: more resources/more railroads
Union Weakness: less talented military leaders
Confederacy Strength: better military leaders/hunters
Confederacy Weakness: fewer resources