Important Battles
This was the first major clash of the Civil War (first battle).
What is the Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)?
This person supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans which then became known as the "Underground Railroad."
Who is Harriet Turbman?
This person was elected President in 1860 which prompted states to secede.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The side in the north that believed in free states.
This city was known as the capital city for the Union.
What is Washington D.C.?
The Civil War ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Court House?
Who is John Brown?
This state was formed when conflict grew between eastern counties that needed slave labor and western counties that did not.
What is West Virginia?
The side in the south that believed in slave states.
Who is the Confederacy?
This group of people wanted to stay neutral during the war and support neither the Union of the Confederacy.
Who are Native American Indians?
Union troops were defeated by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
What is Battle of Fredricksburg?
This person was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and defeated Union troops at Fredricksburg, Virginia.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
West Virginia separated from Virginia because of different opinions on this topic....
What is slavery?
This was a secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is The Underground Railroad?
These states had a more industrialized economy, which led to a higher population and a large number of factories.
What are the Northern States?
The Capture of Richmond was a battle that was won by which side of the two parties?
What is the Union?
This person was the confederate general in the First and Second Battles of Bull Run (or Manassas).
Who is General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
This city was the capital of the Confederacy and was burned down near the end of the war.
What is Richmond?
People who wanted to end slavery.
Who are abolitionists?
This personal was the Union General who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
Where in Virginia waters did the battle of two iron-clad ships take place?
What is Hampton Roads (Battle of Monitor and Merrimack)?
This person led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
This state was one of the largest and richest states in America and seceded from the Union in 1861 and joined the Confederate States of America.
What is Virginia?
This word means to break away from.
What is secede?
This group of people maintained farms and plantations, along with providing labor for the military.
Who are Enslaved African Americans?