Vocabulary
City where a state or country's government meets
capital
During the Civil War, what were the northern states know as?
The Union
What was the name the southern states chose for themselves?
Confederate States of America/The Confederacy
Who was elected president before the war?
Abraham Lincoln
In the 1840s, where was slavery most commonly found?
In the south/southern states
Vocab: Moving forward
advancing
Agree to stop fighting because you know you will not win
Surrender
What was the nickname given to the northern states?
Yankees
What was the nickname given to the southern states?
Who was called the "angel of the battlefield"?
Clara Barton
What was President Lincoln's announcement that would free enslaved people?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Vocab: Move away, or back where they came from
retreated
Leader in an army
General
Who did president Lincoln choose to lead the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who led the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
Who helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What did the southern states do after Abraham Lincoln was elected?
Seceded, or broke away from, the Union.
Vocab: Most important leader, the person who is in charge
Commander
Fight between two armies
battle
What color were the Union uniforms?
blue
What color were the Confederate uniforms?
gray
Who was the author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, and was an abolitionist?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The war began after the Confederate army attacked what?
Fort Sumter
What did abolitionists want to do?
End slavery
All the people who are born around the same time
generation
Why did Robert E. Lee fight for the Confederacy, and not the Union army?
He was from Virginia, and wanted to fight with his home state.
Who did the Confederate states elect as their president?
Jefferson Davis
Who led the march to the sea, cutting railroad tracks, and burning Atlanta?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union?
Appomattox Court House
What did Clara Barton start after the war?
the American Red Cross