North vs. South
The Northern side of the Civil War was called ____________.
The Union
It ended in a tie.
Who was a Confederate general who earned his nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run for not backing down?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Double Jeopardy
Who was known for being the conductor of the Underground Railroad and led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
What does abolitionist mean?
a person who wanted to end slavery
The Southern side of the Civil War was called ______________.
The Confederacy
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
Who was the Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
Robert E. Lee
Most white Virginians supported which side of the Civil War?
The Confederacy
What place in Virginia remained under Union control and was a safe place for enslaved people to escape?
Which side of the Civil War felt they needed slavery for their economy?
Double Jeopardy
What was the first major battle of the Civil War and was a Confederate victory?
First Battle of Bull Run (Battle of Manassas)
Who was known for creating the Anaconda Plan and was a Union general?
Winfield Scott
What did Mary Bowser and Elizabeth Van Lew have in common?
They were both spies.
What was it called when a state left the United States?
secede
The Confederacy's economy was based on _____________.
The Union's economy was based on ________________.
Agriculture
Industrialization (factories)
In what years did the Civil War take place? How long was the war?
1861 - 1865
The battle was 4 years long.
Who was the first African American Union soldier who got the Medal of Armor for leading troops into battle?
Powhatan Beaty
Double Jeopardy
Which side of the war did Indigenous People take in the Civil War?
The fought for either side or were neutral.
What law allowed the Union to take Confederate property, including enslaved people?
The Confiscation Act
Who were the presidents for each side of the Civil War?
Union - Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy - Jefferson Davis
Who was the first African American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery?
William Harvey Carney
Who was forced to farm crops and provide labor to the Confederacy?
The tension of slavery caused a the formation of what new state?
West Virginia