Civil War 1
This person was President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the main goal of the Union when the Civil War started?
To keep the independent states in the Union. (Preserve the Union)
Another name for soldiers that fight on foot.
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
This person was a famous Abolitionist who helped advise President Lincoln?
Fredrick Douglass
What did conscription do?
Forced citizens into military service.
This group of states made up the Confederacy.
What were the Southern states that seceded from the United States or Union?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
To form its own nation and allow slavery.
Confederacy's reason for fighting the war.
Which event was the "final straw" causing South Carolina, then other states from the south to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant and ended the Civil War.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
What side of the Civil War called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
What was the greatest advantage of the Union?
Abundant natural resources and manufacturing
A war that is unrestricted in terms of affecting regular citizens' daily lives, not just soldiers on the battle field.
What is a total war?
Who won the civil war?
The Union
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
The Civil War lasted throughout these years.
What is 1861-1865?
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
A type of war when people of the same nation fight each other.
What is a civil war?
What is artillery?
What does the term popular sovereignty mean during the Civil War?
Another name for a Union soldier.
What is a Yankee?
Who is Jefferson Davis?
President of the Confederacy
What is the Wilderness Campaign?
Which battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What was the danger faced by African Americans who fought for the Union?
If captured they could executed or sold into slavery
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
This battle was a major turning point in the war.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?