Civil War People
The President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Group of people opposed to slavery
Abolitionists
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Battle in Pennsylvania that was considered the turning point in the war.
What is Gettysburg
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How many steps did Lincoln's Anaconda plan have?
What is three?
The Emancipation Proclamation made this issue the main purpose of the Civil War
What is slavery?
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Name one of two major Confederate War Generals
Who is Stonewall Jackson or Robert E. Lee
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
What is secede
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secede?
This is the first major battle of the war and led to a shocking loss for the Union.
What is the battle of bull run?
The capital of the Confederated States of America.
What is Richmond?
The name of the country made by the Southern States
What is the Confederate United States
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
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This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The name of Lincoln's Three Step Plan to end the Civil War
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This battle revolutionized naval warfare.
What is the Battle of the Ironclads?
The first step of the Anaconda Plan
What is creating a military blockade?
What was one Southern advantage in the war.
What is knew the land, fought defensively, military leadership
Ulysses S. Grant believed in this principal, which called for total destruction of Southern Property?
What is Total War?
West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri were known as what?
What were the border states?
The Enrollment Act, creating a draft and allowing the wealthy to pay to avoid military service, led to this event.
What are the NYC Draft Riots?
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What battle caused more casualties than any other day of the war.
What is Antietam
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The third step of Lincoln's Anaconda Plan
What is taking over Richmond?
What were two Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
The first few words of the Gettysburg Address
four score and seven years ago
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
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Battle that gave North control of the Mississippi and divided the South.
What is Vicksburg
The second step of Lincoln's Anaconda Plan
What is dividing the confederacy in two (Taking the Mississippi River)
What is Appomattox (Station)