Civil War 1
Who is President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
Ten percent plan
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
Who was president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What battle contained the first casualties of the war?
First Battle of Bull Run
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What was the Bloodiest Day of the war?
Battle of Antietam
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
What was the nickname given to Congressmen that opposed lenient treatment of the South during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
What was the uniform color for the Union?
Navy
What is a casualty?
The number of people who are wounded, killed or lost in a battle
Who won the civil war?
Union- Blue Yankees of the North
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What was the impact of the Gettysburg Address?
The United States was considered one singular nation.
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
What system replaced Slavery in the South?
Sharecropping
What were the Reconstruction Amendments and what did they do? (Hint: there are 3)
13th - ended slavery
14th - gave African Americans citizenship
15th - allowed African American males the right to vote
What was General Lee's greatest victory?
The battle of Chancellorsville
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.
What did the Compromise of 1877 do?
End Reconstruction; Hayes is President
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg
What is an ironclad?
A new type of ship with iron on the sides.
It could repel cannon balls
What is a scalawag
A southern Democrat who turned into a Republican during Reconstruction
What was the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It made the war about ending slavery