Battles
This battle was the bloodiest single day of the war
Antietam
This is another name for the North during the war
The Union
He was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
After Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, this event occurred that would affect the country for years to come
South Carolina and other southern states seceded
This means to leave or break away
secede
The North turned the war in its favor with its victory at this battle. Lee never entered the north again.
Gettysburg
This general did so well fighting the Civil War in the west, he was asked to run the Union Army. He was the final general to do so until the war ended.
Ulysses S. Grant
He was the general chosen to lead the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
In November of 1863 Lincoln delivered this famous speech
Gettysburg Address
This was the strategy used by the Union
Anaconda Plan
General Sherman’s infamous “March to the Sea” was marked by the destruction of this state
Georgia
All of the following were advantages the North had over the South
higher population
more factories (supplies)
more railroads
Southern advantages at the beginning of the Civil War included
1) excellent soldiers and generals.
2) home turf
3) independent cause
Abraham Lincoln died in April 1865 as the result of this
assassination by John Wilkes Booth
This was the strategy used by the Confederates
Attrition (defensive war)
This was the site of the first shots of the war
Fort Sumter
He was the leader of the 54th Massachusetts
Robert Gould Shaw
After Confederate troops abandoned Richmond General Lee was forced to do this
surrender
When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, resulted in this happening
freeing the slaves in the Confederate states
This is the term for the destruction done by General Sherman in Georgia
total war
He was too timid during the battle of Antietam and didn't go after Lee when he had the chance. He was fired twice and even ran against Lincoln for president in 1864.
The Union plan for fighting the Civil War included all the following strategies
1) taking control of the Mississippi River.
2) setting up a blockade
3) capturing Richmond, Virginia.
Ulysses S. Grant's terms of surrender included
unconditional surrender
soldiers had to turn over their weapons and promise not to take arms against the US again
allowing rebel soldiers to go home, with a day's rations, and keep their horses
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 because the Democratic party had to deal with one of these
A split vote in their party
This is when multiple people plot or plan to do something. Lincoln's assassination is considered one.
conspiracy