Battles
What state is the Battle of Antietam?
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Who was the POTUS during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Which side what the Union?
The North
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
When was A. Lincoln elected?
1860
1862 is what year of the war?
Year 2 of the US Civil War
Who created the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. Lincoln
Which side was the Confederacy?
The South
Why did abolitionists like the E.P.?
Because it banned slavery
Name three of the boarder states.
North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and Delaware
Where was the battle of Shiloh?
Tennessee
Who lead the Confederate side of the Battle of Antietam?
Robert E. Lee
What was the South's main war plan?
to out live the north
True or false. The E.P. was a big threat.
True
The boarder states
How many people died in the Battle of Antietam?
about 22,000 died
Who lead the Union side of the Battle of Antietam?
George McClellan
What was the plan of the north?
The Anaconda Plan
What else did the E.P. do, other than free the slaves?
The E.P. allowed for African Americans to fight in the war/military.
At its highest point, how many states were considered "boarder states"?
11
The Union won which battle to give A. Lincoln a place to issue the E.P.?
The Battle of Antietam
Since Lincoln was not an abolitionist, what was he?
A free soiler
Why was the north's plan named the way it was?
The name was created because they wanted to squeeze the economy out of the South
Why did the south reject the Emancipation Proclamation?
1. They wanted to keep their slaves
2. They saw themselves as an independent country
Initially, how many states were in the confederacy?
6