Civil War 1
Who is President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the Battle of Vicksburg trying to gain control of?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
What was the first great battle of the Civil war? Picnic...run!
the Battle of Bull Run
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What infection killed many wounded soldiers?
Gangrene
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 one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860...thought it was a threat to slavery and their economy.
Antietam
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
What were some of the advantages of the Union?
Abundant natural resources and manufacturing, more people, railroads, etc...
Capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond.
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
What was the most common battlefield medical operation?
Amputation
What was the speech given to dedicate a battlefield a s a burial ground called?
Gettysburg Address
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
Capital of the Union.
Washington DC
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book about the horrors of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
What was the first land battle of the war called?
Battle of Bull Run
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederacy
The plan to strangle the south was called:
What is Anaconda Plan
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war? Three day battle in Pennsylvania.
the Battle of Gettysburg
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
Atlanta to Savannah