Unit 10: Civil War

Historical Figures

100

President of The Union

Abraham Lincoln 

200

President of The Confederacy 

Jefferson Davis

300

Was appointed general-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant

400

In 1862 He was appointed to command the Army of Northern Virginia.

Robert E. Lee

500

Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, served with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment (Union) during the Civil War, he was the first African American soldier to receive the award

William Carney

Battles

100

1st Battle of The Civil War known as "Shots heard around the world" 

Battle of Fort Sumter 

200

bloodiest one-day battle in American history (23,000 casualties)

Battle of Antietam

300

 turning point of the Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

400

the North captured this stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River and divided the southern states.

Battle of Vicksburg 

500

 brings the Civil War to a close as Lee surrendered the Confederate forces of Virginia to Grant. (April, 1865).

Appomattox Court House

Civil War

100

born in Chile, South America, was a Navy seaman in the Union Navy,  won the Medal of Honor for his distinguished service in the Civil War

Philip Bazaar

200

A speech that  changed the nature of the war from that of preserving the Union to freeing enslaved people. 

Emancipation Proclamation

300

Lincoln promised that slavery would be left alone and he was focused on keeping the Union Together 

Lincoln’s first inaugural address

400

Lincoln said that slavery was a sin and should be abolished

Lincoln’s second inaugural address

500

• all enslaved people in the Confederate states would be free
• The Union – stated that the country was worth fighting for
•  “The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall be preserved.”

Gettysburg Address

War Continues

100

•  states that the secession of the southern states was similar to the colonists’ revolution against the British; justifies the South’s “need” to secede

• Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address

200

Southern States viewed Secession as a _____________________ Issue 

States Issue

300

leading African American abolitionist; accomplished orator and writer

Frederick Douglass

400

 Confederate General in the Civil War; earned his name “Stonewall” at the Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Jackson

500

tendency to be more concerned with the interests of your particular group or region than with the problems and interests of the larger group, or country.

Sectionalism 

Slaves

100

This group of people were used to run plantations and grow cash crops 

Slaves

200

Where did Slavery start

The Caribbean Islands 

300

What crop was grown that stared The NEED for slaves 

Sugar Cane

400

The Passage that was Taken by the slaves from Africa 

Middle Passage 

500

A area from the colonies to Europe to Africa that formed a triangle and was a passage for slaves 

Transatlantic Slave Trade or Triangular Trade