Civil War Generals
The name of General Scott’s strategy
The Anaconda Plan
The political affiliation of Abraham Lincoln
Republican
The bloodiest battle of the civil war
Gettysburg
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
The last state to secede from the Union
Tennessee
The reason why General McClellan continued to fail in battles
He was too timid
Law passed by Lincoln freeing all enslaved people
The Emancipation Proclamation
Court ruling from this case stated an enslaved person may not sue for their freedom
The Dred Scott case
Why the North was worried about France and Britain during the Civil War
They might help the Confederates
One advantage of the North during the civil war (any one correct answer)
Factories, Supplies, Transportation, Navy, Larger Population
The general who marched to the sea, burning everything in his path
General Sherman
People who opposed slavery and wanted it abolished
Abolishionists
States in the south during the civil war
Confederate
The river the North fought to gain control of
The Mississippi
Man who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The main general for the North. Later became a US president
Ulysses S. Grant
The idea of states making their own laws
States’ rights
States in the North during the civil war
Union
The political paradox the south encountered after seceding
Giving control to one president instead of the states
Who was elected president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
General who was known as “Stonewall” for never retreating
Thomas Jackson
To formally withdraw from something, specifically the U.S. when discussing the civil war
Secession
Where the first shots of the civil war were fired
Fort Sumter
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant
The Appomattox Courthouse
What was the main cause of the civil war?