Civil War Battles
What battle was the turning point of the War?
Gettysburg
Who was the President of the North?
Abraham Lincoln
Who took office after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
Similar to slavery
Sharecropping
What was Lincoln's speech called that was dedicated to honor the fallen Union soldiers?
Gettysburg Address
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
Who was the President of the South?
Jefferson Davis
Who drafted the Wade Davis Bill (think about the political group)
Radical Republicans
Northerners who move south to make $$$
Carpet Baggers
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Executive order freeing slaves.
General Sherman waged total war through Georgia, what was his Campaign called?
Savannah Campaign
Who did Robert E. Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
1st African American senator
Hiram Revels
Helps former slaves with school, getting jobs, and housing
The Freedmen's Bureau
What phrase did Lincoln borrow from the Declaration of Independence?(used in the Gettysburg address) DAILY DOUBLE
"that all men are created equal"
What battle did everyone realize that it wasn't going to be an easy war?
1st Bull Run
Who was nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield"?
Clara Barton
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What amendment made slavery illegal...
13th
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
Approximately how many people died during the battle of Antietam?
Nearly 23,000
What was the first all-black regiment in the Union Army?
Who were both candidates during the 1876 election?
Hayes and Tilden
Who was elected president in 1868
Ulysses S Grant
Approximately how long was the Gettysburg address?
About 3 minutes.