Civil War Unit

People 1

100

This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

200

This future president was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War. Nicknamed "Lincoln's Butcher"

Ulysses S. Grant

300

This person was the most successful Southern general in the Civil War. Nicknamed "King of Spades"

Robert E. Lee

400

 Person who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad nicknamed "Moses"

Harriet Tubman

500

This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Jefferson Davis

People 2

100

This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which spoke about the cruelty of slavery.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

200

Pro-Slavery Southerners who fought in Kansas in order to make it a slave state

Border Ruffians

300

This person led the March to the Sea destroying everything in his path. Took Atlanta and Savannah

General Sherman

400

Which abolitionist led an attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

John Brown

500

Enslaved Person whose Supreme Court case said all enslaved people are property, that rose tensions in the U.S.

Dred Scott

Events

100

The major Union victory known as the turning point of the war

Gettysburg 

200

Document that Freed enslaved people in Confederate States

Emancipation Proclamation

300

What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?

to destroy everything in GA that could help the South win the war

400

Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the war?

Appomattox Court House

500

What was the main issue that led to the Civil War?

Slavery

North/South

100

This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.

South

200

This area had the majority of the Factories in North America

North

300

Most of the people living here opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

South

400

Fought an Offensive War

North

500

The farmers here grew cotton or tobacco to make money.

South

Strategy & Tactics

100

Southern Goals of the war

Become independent, preserve slavery

200

Northern Goal of the Civil War

Preserve the Union

300

What new type of weapon made Civil War Battles especially deadly?

Gatling gun, or rifling

400

What was the Northern Plan to end the Civil War quickly

Anaconda Plan

500

What were the 3 Parts of the North's Anaconda Plan?

1. Blockade

2. Split the South

3. Take Richmond