Involved the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter. Confederate win.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
100
Had a chance to atttack at Richmond but hesitated and was replaced as general. He wouldn't follow up and attack.
Who is George McClellan?
100
President of the U.S. during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Lincoln was voted president and it angered most of the South.
What is the Election of 1860?
100
- all Confederate troops were foreced to take and oath of loyalty to the Union.
- Lincoln didn't want a humiliated South and cause more problems
- 618,000 military deaths
What are 3 results of the Civil War?
200
An offensive campaign waged by General Lee's army against Major General Pope's army. It was a much larger battle in number at that location. In Manassas, Virgina.
What is the Second Battle of Bull Run?
200
Confederate general. Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
President of Conferacy during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
To break away. The South wanted to break away from the Union.
What is secession?
200
The states in the rebellion states were freed, excluding border states.
What is the Emancipation Proclaimtion?
300
Fought on September 17, 1862 near a creek in Maryland. The first major battle of the Civil War that took place on Union soil.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
300
Led the Union army to brilliant victories, and accepted Lee's surrender at the Appomattox Court House. Photographic map memory.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
-rich
-grew up in MS cottton plantation
-believed in Southern values
-never really had a comprehensive war plan
What is Jefferson Davis' background?
300
The North thought that the federal government should hold most of the power, while the Southt believed that tthe states should have most of the power.
What are states rights?
300
- 22 million people
- 90% of manufactured goods made there
- more railroads
- controlled the navy
What are advantages of the Union?
400
Fought in Mississippi; invovled driving the opposing army out by crossing the MS River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
400
Best known for his famous "March to the Sea."
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
400
- listened to the public's concerns
-comforted them
-sensitive to the public
What was Lincoln's relationship with the public?
400
High and protective things put on imported European goods
What are tariffs?
400
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
A battle fought in Pennsylvania; invovled the largest number of casulties in the entire war. It is often described as the war's turnning point. Won by the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
500
Made famous stand at Manassas but died at Chancellorsville after being shot by his own sentry.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
500
-raised troops without Congress' consent
-supressed the opposition of war
-went against Supreme Court
How did Lincoln overcome criticism?
500
The South's economic foundation. Nessacery for cotton production.
What is slavery?
500
The capture of this city prevented destruction of many Southern states.