Politics
Political party Lincoln adopted in 1856 - Ran in election of 1860
Republican
Location where the first shots of the Civil War took place
Fort Sumter
Appointed as the first general of the new Union Army
George McClellan
Primary motivation for the North at the beginning of the war
Preserve the Union
Most prominent Union general
Ulysses S. Grant
State that was the first to secede
South Carolina
First significant land battle of the war
First Bull Run/Manassas
Confederate general who earned prominence after the First Battle of Bull Run
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What killed the most men during the Civil War
Act that established the first transcontinental railroad
Pacific Railway Act
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Lincoln's running mate (vice president) in the election of 1864
Andrew Johnson
Confederate strategy to "wear down" the North. Make it a War of _________
Attrition
Second and primary capital of the Confederacy
Richmond, Virginia
Total number of states that would secede from the Union
11
Battle that would give Lincoln the support he needs in the election of 1864
Atlanta
General behind the "March to the Sea" in Georgia
William Tecumseh Sherman
Goal of the "March to the Sea" and total war through Georgia
Material and psychological warfare - make the people suffer
Lincoln's contender in the Election of 1864
George McClellan
Hidden purpose of the Homestead Act (not just give free land)
Hamper the expansion of slavery
Siege that led to a Union victory one day after Gettysburg. Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi
Vicksburg
Union general who was the mastermind behind the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation considered limited by some?
It only applied to slaves in Confederate states - it said nothing about slaves in Union territory.
This shifts the Northern REASON/CAUSE for fighting the war to ending slavery
(Preliminary) Emancipation Proclamation