Battles
This document freed the slaves in rebelling states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This term means a person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
This was one of the major advantages that the South had in the beginning of the Civil War over the North.
What is better leaders, fighting on own turf, etc?
This early battle showed that the Confederacy was not going to be beat easily.
What is The First Battle of Bull Run?
I was the main general of the Union Army.
Who is Gen. Ulysses S. Grant?
This event led to South Carolina seceding from the Union.
What is Lincoln being elected president?
This term means soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
What is infantry?
This battle would be the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
I was the main general of the Confederate Army.
Who is Gen. Robert E. Lee?
This speech was given by Lincoln to honor those who died at the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This was the Union's plan devised by Winfield Scott for defeating the South.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This document created in 1776 states that “all men are created equal.”
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This battle is known as the single bloodiest day in American history.
What is Battle of Antietam?
I was the president of the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The location where John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
What is Ford’s Theatre?
These states were slave states that did not leave the Union.
What are the border states?
This battle led to the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
I was the president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Where Lee surrendered to Grant to end the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House in Virginia?
A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This military general will become the 18th president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?