Leading Union general whose victories led to the surrender of the Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant
Single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War
Antietam
This Executive Order freed enslaved people living in rebel Southern states
Emancipation Proclamation
Union strategy to squeeze off Southern supply and transportation routes
Anaconda Plan
Reason the first southern states seceded
Won the election of 1860 with the promise to keep the Union together
Lincoln
First conflict of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
This speech honored the war dead, pushed for an end to the war and opened the path to the abolition of slavery.
Gettysburg Address
This side had homefield advantage and strong military leadership in the war.
What were border states in the Civil War?
Slave states that chose to remain in the Union
(Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri)
Confederate general who, after early successes in the war, surrendered on behalf of the South on April 9, 1865
Robert E. Lee
Final major battle of the Civil War after which the South surrendered
Appomattox
This presidential speech before the start of the war suggested that the Union must be held together at all costs.
Lincoln's Inaugural Address
Attacks on Richmond, VA, and Washington, D.C., reflected this Civil War strategy.
These states were cut off from the rest of the South after the Battle of Vicksburg
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas
Confederate general who led the South to an early important victory at the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Turning point of Civil War
Key principles in this foundational document were reflected in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Declaration of Independence
This side in the Civil War controlled 2/3 of the railroad systems and most of the food farms.
North/Union
State where Robert E. Lee surrendered
Virginia
President of the Confederate States
Jefferson Davis
Battle which gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Battle of Vicksburg
Commemoration of General Order No. 3, which was delivered to formerly enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, informing them of their freedom
Juneteenth holiday (June 19, 1865)
What was "Cotton Diplomacy"?
A failed Confederate strategy that wanted to offer cotton exports to England in exchange for support in the Civil War.
State where first Civil War conflict occurred
South Carolina