Generals/Leaders
The Union's main general who allowed the Confederate officers to keep their swords and horses after they surrendered at appomatox
Ulysses S. Grant
Bloodiest single day battle of the war.
Antietam
Where did the south try to get allies from?
Europe
Republican candidate of 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
The Supreme Court ruled against this case in which a slave sued his owners to receive freedom.
Dred Scott
The confederacy's main general who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
Robert E. Lee
Which battle in the Northern Territory had a profound influence on the war and had the most casualties?
Gettysburg
Factory production in the South suffered during the war from the Union's _________ that stopped many foreign shipments.
blockade
Southern states based their economy on?
slavery
The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state.
State's rights
Captured and burned Atlanta, an important rail hub for the Confederacy.
William T. Sherman
The South won its first victory here. The battle was also known as the battle of Manassas?
Battle of Bull Run
Winfield Scott proposed a blockade and an attack by surrounding and suffocating the south.
Anaconda Plan
What act in 1850 required Americans to help return runaway slaves to their owners?
Fugitive Slave Act
A person who opposed slavery and wanted to end it immediately.
abolitionist
who won the Battle of Gettysburg.
Union
Who won the siege of Vicksburg?
Union
A military operation in which a city or fort is completely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies in order to force a surrender.
siege
After the election of 1860, seven states formed a new union called?
The Confederate States of America
Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, starting the...
Civil War
Where did most of the Army Generals go to military school?
Westpoint
Who won the second battle of Bull Run?
Confederacy
What was the south's main goal for the civil war?
Break the blockade
Weapons, ammunition, and equipment used in the war.
munitions
After the election of 1860, many states chose to __________ from the Union.
secede
Republican President who opposed slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
Who won the first battle of the Civil War?
The Confederate States of America
The capital for the Confederacy was...
Richmond, VA
Who shot President Abraham Lincoln during a play at Ford's Theatre?
John Wilkes Booth
The first state to leave the Union was...
South Carolina
Union General trusted by Lincoln.
Ulysses S. Grant
who win the battle of ironclads of the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
the battle was undecided
Who had a greater amount of resources to fight the civil war?
North
President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Railroads, factories, and navy were advantages for the...
Union
Confederate General who stood "like a stone wall" during the fighting in Bull Run.
Thomas Jackson
Confederate general who was the most famous and became the superintendent of West Point.
Robert E. Lee
Northern Democrat who ran for president in 1860 and was for keeping slavery in the states that wanted it.
Stephen Douglas