Generals/Leader
The Union's primary general who allowed the Confederate officers to keep their swords and horses after they surrendered.
Ulysses S. Grant
Bloodiest single day battle of the war.
Antietam
What was the color of the Union uniform
Blue
What was the economy of the North based on?
Manufacturing
The first State to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
The Confederacy's primary 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
What were the new forms of fighting ships called?
Ironclads
The North was technically still called what?
The United States of America
This machine removed the seeds from Cotton that increased the need for slave labor on Plantations
Cotten Gin
Captured and burned Atlanta, an important rail hub for the Confederacy.
William T. Sherman
General Jackson was shot after this battle?
What is Chancellorsville?
What was the executive order that President Lincoln announced which would end slavery in the United States?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the president of the "North?"
Abraham Lincoln
What was the primary crop of the South, which was sold primarily to Europe, and fueled the economy
Cotton
His nickname was "Stonewall"
Thomas J. Jackson
Who won the siege of Vicksburg?
U.S. Grant and the Union
What did the North establish to prevent goods and materials from entering the Southern states?
Naval Blockade
What was the military strategy of the North?
The Anaconda Plan - to separate the South, "Divide and Conquer"
Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, starting the...
Civil War
After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln fired this Union general who would not pursue Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
The South bombarded this Union fort in South Carolina which started the Civil War
Ft. Sumter
Which section of the country had more resources; people, munitions, factories, etc.
The North
What did the North have that allowed the transportation of people and materials?
Railways
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia
Republican President who opposed slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
Who won the first battle of the Civil War?
The Confederate States of America
How many people died in the Civil War?
Estimates range from 618,000 to 700,000
President Lincoln believed that the Constitution was binding and that the states could not __________?
Secede
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis