Dates/Concepts
Generals
Causes of the War
Battles
Battle Information
100
the armed conflict between different factions, groups, or regions within a country
What is the Civil War?
100
Burned a path of destruction to Savannah
Who is William T. Sherman?
100
practice in the South of forced labor of African Americans
What is slavery?
100
First major battle of the war and the Union hoped war would be quick and easy
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
100
This was addressed by Lincoln dedicating this ground to the soldiers that fought in the Battle of Gettysburg
What is the Gettysburg Address?
200
The two sides of the Civil War
What is the Union and the Confederacy?
200
Most well-known general in the South who led the South in major battles such as the Battle of Antietam and Gettysburg
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
Act of a state leaving the union of states of a country
What is Secession?
200
The Single most bloody day of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam?
200
Issued after the battle of Antietam that prevented European countries from entering the war.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
A person opposed to slavery
Who is an abolitionist?
300
Crossed the Mississippi River with The Union Army of Tennessee and was prepared for the seige of Vickburg
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
The south believe they have a right to nullify a federal law if they didn't agree with it
What are states' rights?
300
Considered the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
Where Sherman's march started and where it ended
What is Atlanta and Savannah?
400
Years the Civil War was fought
What is 1861-1865?
400
Main Union general that led but lost in the First battle of Bull-run
Who is Irvin McDowell?
400
The north and the South believe two different things
What is sectionalism?
400
As a result of this, a letter was sent to Lincoln presenting him with the Christmas gift of Savannah.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
400
Jefferson David called this "the vital point"
What is Vicksburg?
500
A type of war that completely destroys and demoralizes the enemy, leaving nothing but ashes behind.
What is total war?
500
Confederate general that retreated to the city of Vicksburg before its siege
Who is John C. Pemberton?
500
tax levied on imports to protect the north from foreign competition while harming the south
What is a protective tariff?
500
The name of the infantry assault ordered by General Lee on Cemetery Ridge
What is the Pickett's Charge?
500
The number of days Vicksburg was under siege
What is 47 days?
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