Confederacy
The Confederacy is often associated with what color?
Grey
What was the Union commonly nicknamed?
The Yankees
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Who was the president of the Union during the time of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What state was the first to secede?
South Carolina
The Confederacy planned a _____ war.
A long war
True or False: The North had strength through an already established Navy.
True
What battle was considered the bloodiest 24 hours in American history?
The Battle of Antietam
Robert Gould Shaw
What state had the most slaves by number?
Virginia
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
The Militia Act allowed ____ _____ to become Union soldiers.
African Americans
What battle did the 54th regiment lead the first wave of?
Fort Wagner
Lincoln was assassinated by who?
John Wilkes Booth
The U.S. Army originally paid black soldiers how much?
10 dollars
True or false: The Anaconda Plan belonged to the Confederacy.
False
In the Anaconda plan, the goal was to gain control of the _____, splitting the Confederacy in two.
Mississippi River
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted how many days?
Three
How many total states seceded to the Confederacy?
11
The Confederacy sought political recognition from ____ and ____ to maintain the cotton trade.
France and Britain
Aproximately ____ union soldiers fought Lee's Army at Gettysburg.
90,000
The north gained control of the Mississippi following a six week siege at the Battle of ______.
Vicksburg
George McClellan
What was the initial capital of the Confederate States of America?
Montgomery, Alabama