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 battle where the Union, led by General William Tecumseh Sherman, marched from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah
Sherman's March to the Sea
Which section of the United States is the Union?
The North
What is the place called where the civilian population and activities within a country are involved during a war?
homefront
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?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The first battle shots that started the Civil War
What was the Fort Sumter?
Which section of the United States is the Confederacy?
The South
What 2 advantages did the Confederacy have in the Civil War?
Home field advantage & military leader.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What event shocked America shortly after the Civil War had ended?
The Assassination of Lincoln
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
Where did the Civil War end?
General Lee surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse
This was a law that required citizens to turn in people that they suspected of being a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Former slave who convinced Lincoln to let slaves fight for the Union
Fredrick Douglass
Most Southerners who wanted to expand slavery belonged to which political party?
Democratic Party
The first official battle of the Civil War (not where the first shots happened)
The First Battle of Bull Run
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Amendment that officially outlawed slavery
13th amendment
Served in both Union and Confederate armies as musicians to relay commands via drum beats
Drummer Boys
Aimed to "squeeze" the South through a naval blockade of Atlantic/Gulf coasts and control of the Mississippi River
The Anaconda Plan
The gov’t passed a law that made all male citizens between 20 and 35, and all unmarried men between 35 and 45, subject to military duty and this event occurred
New York Draft Riots
Which battle was the single bloodiest day battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
The Civil War gave birth to ________________. Which photographers were commissioned to travel with the army and photograph the war.
photojournalism