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
Civilians did this at the first Battle of Bull Run, the first battle of the Civil War.
Picnicked?
Famous African American Abolitionist leader
Frederick Douglass
Who won the Civil War
The Union
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 event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The name of Lincoln's wife.
Mary Todd Lincoln
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?
His goal was to steal guns and arm enslaved people so they could fight for their freedom. He was captured and executed.
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
This was where President Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre
Who was elected President of the United States in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
Union leader who was successful in defeating the Confederates.
Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
Slave states in the Confederacy
After Lincoln's inauguration how many states seceded?
7
Who did Lincoln run against in the election of 1864?
George McClellan
The name of the play Lincoln was watching the night he was at Ford's Theater.
Our American Cousin
The name of the person who murdered President Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
Union General most famously fired by Abraham Lincoln.
McClellan?
The bloodiest day in American history.
The Battle of Antietam?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the war and the treaty was signed here.
Appomattox Court House
Another name for the Southern States after they seceded.
The Confederacy?
Shortly after a union victory at this location Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
Where is Antietam?
What were the Dates of the Civil War
April 12, 1861- April 9, 1865