Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
What were the Dates of the Civil War
April 12, 1861- April 9, 1865
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived here.
Slave states in the Confederacy
what battle was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
Antietam
The economy of the ______ grew after the war.
North
The general (leader) of the Confederate Army.
General Robert E. Lee
Group of people opposed to slavery
abolitionists
This is where the first, and a later, battle of the Civil War took place.
Name one the three steps of the Anaconda Plan.
Control the Mississippi River
Get Richmond VA
This kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
Fort Sumter
Most of the destruction (complete ruin) was in the ______ since most of the battles were fought here.
South
This woman was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
States that supported the Union and did not join the Confederacy despite being slave states.
Border States
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Name 1 of 2 southern advantages in the civil war.
Military Leaders and Defense.
Union leader who was successful in defeating the Confederates.
Ulysses S. Grant
The tactic which called for the destruction of the enemy’s resources such as animals, supplies, railroads, and factories. What was this?
Total War
This is where John Brown attempted to seize a federal armory but failed and was executed.
Harper's Ferry (Virginia)
Who did Lincoln run against in the election of 1864?
George McClellan
This was where President Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre
What were two Northern Advantages in the war?
What are a larger population, more supplies/resources; industrialization, railroads?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
William Sherman
The idea that residents of a territory should decide whether to allow slavery
Popular sovereignty
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the war and the treaty was signed here.
Appomattox Court House
Name two reasons for the Civil War
the differences in geography and the different economies of the North/South; the issue over states' rights; the issue of slavery; the Missouri Compromise; Bleeding Kansas; John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; the Election of 1860.
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
Savannah (GA)
What was the plan of Winfield Scott called?
Anaconda Plan