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
What was the main issue that caused the Civil War?
What was slavery?
What was the bloodiest battle during the civil war?
What was Gettysburg?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
What was the nickname for confederate soldiers?
What was "The Rebels"?
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
What was the name of the secret route enslaved African Americans took to escape?
What was the Underground Railroad?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
What was the nickname for the Union Soldiers?
What was "the Yankees"
Returned 9 times to help other Enslaved African Americans escape. Became a spy for the Union.
Harriet Tubman
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
How long did the Civil War last?
What was 4 years?
Who had better weapons, more soldiers and overall the most advantages during the war?
What was the Union?
What state did the most civil war battles happen in?
What is Virgnia?
Who was given a nickname after standing like a "stone wall" during a battle
The Union general nicknamed "unconditional surrender _______"
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are the confederate states?
Who became president after the Civil War ended?
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Where did Grant and Lee meet for battle for the very first time?
What was the "Battle of the Wilderness (in the woods)?
Where is the African American National Monument located?
Where is Washington D.C.?
What did the South States economy depend on?
What are plantations?
Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"
Who is Clara Barton?
When did the Civil War begin?
1861
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was Fort Sumter?
What was the first battle of the Civil War
What was the Battle of Bull Run
What was Robert E. Lee's home state (the state he didn't want to fight against?)
What is Virginia?
The Northern States economy depended on what?
What are factories?