Union vs Confederacy
They believed in State's Rights and the ability to govern their own affairs.
Who was the Confederacy
People who fought to end slavery.
Who were Abolitionists
This is the year Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
What is 1860
Site of the first battle of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter, SC?
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
What is the South?
Abraham Lincoln represented this side.
What is the Union
President Lincoln visited this battle site which prompted him to write the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antientam
the Civil War officially began when Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter on this date.
What was 1861.
This name identified General Sherman's horrific strategy of burning and destroying Georgia towns and farms.
What is Scorched Earth?
This state was the focal point of the Confederacy.
What is Georgia?
This man was elected president of the Confederacy after the Election of 1860.
Who is Jefferson Davis
This is the author of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Five days after the Union victory in the Battle of Antietam President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was September 17, 1862
This military strategy was first used by General Sherman which completely annihilated and destroyed everything in his path.
What is total war fair?
General Sherman's March to the Sea ended in what southern city.
What is Savannah?
This General led a massive military campaign in Georgia that essentially ended the war.
Who is General William Sherman
The primary goal of the Emancipation Proclamation was to get slaves to do this.
What is leave (runaway) from plantations?
After capturing Chattanooga, a railroad center in Tennessee, 58,000 Union troops marched south into Georgia and began the battle of Chickamauga.
What was September 18, 1863
The name of the Union strategy to surround the Southern ports and cut of supply lines.
What was the Union Blockade? (Anaconda Plan)
This notorious Georgia prison that held more than 45,000 Union troops prisoner was located where.
What is Andersonville?
This political party protected the right for slavery to continue and spread prior to the Civil War.
What is the Democratic Party
The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the focus on the were from preserving to the Union to doing this.
What is freeing slaves?
Union troops captured Savannah and Sherman presented the city of Savannah to Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas gift.
What was December 21, 1864
This Confederate General headed the notorious Andersonville prison.
Who was Major Henry Wirz?
This was the site of the largest Confederate victory over the Union in the Civil War.
What is Chickamauga?