Union Strategy and Campaigns
This federal fort in South Carolina was the site of the first shots fired in the Civil War in April 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
This early battle, which took place in July 1861, ended the Union's hopes for a quick victory and bolstered Confederate confidence.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
This actor and Confederate sympathizer assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theater in 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This proclamation, issued by President Lincoln in 1863, declared all slaves in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This speech, delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of a cemetery in 1863, is considered a masterpiece of political oratory.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This Union general was known for his overcautious approach, earning the nickname "Tardy George."
Who is George B. McClellan?
This 1862 battle in Maryland was one of the bloodiest of the Civil War, leading to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This president's primary goal in the Civil War was to preserve the Union, rather than to end slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1865, officially abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This Southern state was the first to secede from the Union, triggering the Civil War.
What is South Carolina?
This Union general earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" for his demand of unconditional surrender at Fort Donelson.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This pivotal battle in July 1863 marked the high tide of the Confederacy and ended with a failed charge led by General George Pickett.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This Union general was fatally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
This president met with Confederate representatives at the Hampton Roads Conference to discuss peace terms.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This Union general earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" for his tough stance during the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This Union plan called for a blockade of Southern ports to restrict Confederate supplies and commerce.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This Confederate general's mistake during the Peninsula Campaign allowed the Union to launch the Seven Days' Battles.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This Union general who was the commanding officer at Gettysburg ?
Who is Meade
This amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born in the United States.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This secret society of Southern white supremacists emerged during Reconstruction, promoting violence and intimidation.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This Union general is known for his "March to the Sea," a campaign of total war through Georgia.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This Union victory in July 1863 resulted in the capture of a key Southern stronghold on the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
The color of the two armies ?
What is Blue and Grey
This Northern newspaper editor criticized Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation for not going far enough to free all slaves.
Who is William Garrison
This Southern state was readmitted to the Union after the Civil War ended and Reconstruction began.
What is Tennessee?