People
True or False: Lincoln won a majority of votes in the 1860 election.
False: He only won about 40% of the vote, but more than anyone else.
True or False: The Battle of Gettysburg led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
False: The Battle of Antietam led to it.
True or False: The North had a smaller economy than the South when the war began.
False: The North's economy was much more advanced.
True or False: The Confederate army had better leadership during the war.
True: Most of the best generals in the US army defected to the South when the war began.
True or False: The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history.
True
Which Union general won the war for the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What were the border states?
Slave states that stayed in the Union.
What does the term "secession" mean?
To leave
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves in the states that seceded (the Confederacy)
Which general led the Confederate army for most of the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter
What strategy did Ulysses S. Grant utilize to win the Civil War?
Total War
What was the main strategy for the Confederacy in the first years of the Civil War? What did they just need to do?
Survive/Outlast the North
Why did John Wilkes Booth kill Abraham Lincoln?
He wanted to restart the Civil War and inspire the South to keep fighting.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What was the final battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
What was Lincoln's initial goal at the beginning of the war?
To preserve the Union
Who was the general in charge of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
What were two reasons Black Soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War?
1. Freedom
2. Safety
3. Self-improvement
4. Revenge
Who was Abraham Lincoln's vice-president, who became president when Lincoln died?
Andrew Johnson
What was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam.
What were 2 advantages the North had in the Civil War?
1. Bigger population
2. Advanced Economy
3. Superior infrastructure (roads, railroads)
4. Naval power (a navy)
What were 2 advantages the South had in the Civil War?
1. Defensive strategy
2. Home-field advantage
3. Superior leadership
4. Slavery: enslaved people kept he economy of the South running, allowing white people to fight.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln called for a "new _________ of _________"
A New Birth of Freedom