Significant Battles
"Stonewall" Jackson earned his nickname at this battle
The First Battle of Bull Run
This man served as the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
A law that required states to draft people for military service
Conscription
Originally, why was the North fighting in the Civil War?
To preserve the Union
This involves cutting of food and supplies until defenders give up
Siege
The battle led newspapers to demand that Lincoln fire General Grant
Battle of Shiloh
This man was the leader of the Confederate troops
Robert E. Lee
This is the right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime and given a trial (Abraham Lincoln suspended it)
Habeas corpus
What Georgia city was taken in December 1864?
What is Savannah, GA?
To wear down one side through exhaustion of soldiers and resources
Attrition
This was the bloodiest one-day battle in the war
The Battle of Antietam
This man was the leader of the Union troops (at the end of the war)
Ulysses S. Grant
Woman who left her job in a patent office to nurse soldiers on the battlefield
Clara Barton
What event that started the war?
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
Issued in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln
What is Emancipation Proclamation?
This battle cut the Confederacy in two
The Battle of Vicksburg
This man believed serving in the military would help African Americans overcome discrimination
Frederick Douglass
The place where Lee surrendered to Grant, marking the end of the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse
What was the Southern cause of the war?
What is fighting to preserve their way of life (slavery)
What is destroy everything from Atlanta to the Atlantic in order to lower morale, eliminate trade routes, and demolish supplies?
What is Sherman's March to the Sea
This battle was the turning point of the war
The Battle of Gettysburg
This man served as the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Name of the first African American regiment officially organized in the North
54th Massachusetts
What did Congress establish in order to pay for the war?
What is an income tax?
The name of Winfield Scott's plan for defeating the South
The Anaconda Plan