Secession & Leaders
First state to secede from the Union?
What is South Carolina?
Official first battle/start of the Civil War
What is the battle of Fort Sumter?
River the Union want to control to divide the South
What is the Mississippi River?
Bloodiest single day of the war and in American history
What is the battle of Antietam?
Hardship faced by Southern civilians during the war
What is shortages of food, goods, clothing?
President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Winner of the Battle of Bull Run
What is the Confederacy?
Reason the Union blockaded Southern ports
What is to cut off trade/supplies?
Major document that Lincoln issued after Antietam
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Role women played in the war
What are spies, nurses, factory workers, ran farms, etc.?
Lincoln’s main goal at the start of the Civil War
What is preserve the Union?
Famous nickname that Confederate General Jackson earned at Bull Run
What is Stonewall?
One of the first cities captured to support Step 2 of the Anaconda Plan
What is New Orleans?
The Emancipation Proclamation did this
What is free slaves in Confederate states?
New technology invented/used during the Civil War
What are railroads, ironclads, telegraphs, photographs
The Confederacy’s main argument for secession
What are states' rights?
The Union’s early plan to win the war called?
What is the Anaconda Plan?
When the Union tried to capture Richmond in 1862
What is McClellan failed?
Winner of the Battle of Gettysburg
What is the Union?
Controversial action Lincoln did in Maryland to prevent rebellion
What is suspending habeas corpus?
Lincoln and Davis support for their side
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Name the 3 steps of the Anaconda Plan
What are blockade ports, control Mississippi River, capture Richmond?
Reason Vicksburg was a critical location in the war
What is controlled traffic on the Mississippi River?
Significance of Pickett’s Charge
What is a failed Confederate attack that gave Union the upper hand?
Radical group who wanted peace with the South, no matter what it took
Who were Copperheads (Northern Democrats)?