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This Union general was the commander of Union troops during the Civil War and eventually became president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle is considered the official start of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This state was the first to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
This term can be defined as "to withdraw from the Union".
What is secede?
This document is considered one of the most famous speeches in American history and was originally written by President Lincoln on the back of a napkin.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This man was the commander of Confederate forces during the Civil War and is considered one of the most brilliant military minds in American history.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This battle took place in Pennsylvania, was a Union victory, and is considered one of the most famous battles of the Civil War due to the speech President Lincoln gave there.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Control of this border state was of crucial importance to the Union, as had close proximity to both Washington, D.C. and the Confederate capitol.
What is Maryland?
This was the number one killer of Civil War soldiers.
What is disease?
This Supreme Court decision is largely considered to be one of the worst of all time, was written by Justice Taney in 1857, and argued that black people were not human and therefore had no rights.
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?
This man was the Confederate President during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War, a Confederate victory, and gave a famous Confederate general an infamous nickname.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This southern city was the capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond?
This Union strategy was originally proposed by Gen. Winfield Scott and involved taking control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This executive order given by President Lincoln seemed to free all enslaved African Americans.
What is the Emancipation Proclaimation?
This famous Confederate general's efforts earned him the nickname "Stonewall" during the First Battle of Bull Run. (Must get first and last name.)
Who is Thomas Jackson?
This Civil War battle eventually led to Union control of Memphis, as well as gave the Union control of an important Confederate railway station.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
This place in northern Virginia was the site of the Confederacy's official surrender.
What is Appomattox Court House?
This surgical method was common practice among Civil War surgeons but had a 28% death rate.
What is amputation?
This doctrine, written by Stephen Douglas in 1858, contradicts the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
What is the Freeport Doctrine?
This famous Civil War nurse later went on to write the acclaimed novel Little Women.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
This battle was an unsuccessful attempt by the Union to take over the Confederate capital and was such a tremendous loss by the Union that it led General Burnside to resign in disgrace.
What is the Battle of Fredericksburg?
This theater is where President Lincoln was assassinated.
What is Ford's Theater?
Name the major advantages for the North and the South during the Civil War as discussed in class.
What are, NORTH: bigger population, better infrastructure (railroads), more resources
SOUTH: better military leaders, "a fighting spirit", better knowledge of the land (home court advantage)?
Considered one of the most famous speeches in American history, President Lincoln re-wrote this copy, which is carved in stone at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. (MUST GET EXACT COPY)
What is the Gettysburg Address - Bliss Copy?