Battles
The first battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
The Union President during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This was the capital city of the Union.
What is Washington D.C.
The act of withdrawing from the Union.
What is secession
This famous document presented on January 1, 1863 declared free all slaves that lived in territories that were rebelling against the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
The battle where “Stonewall” Jackson got his nickname
What is the 1st Battle of Bull Run
The Confederate President
Jefferson Davis
This was the capital city of the Confederacy
What was Richmond, Virginia
This was the name given to the group of states that seceded from the Union.
What is the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech stating that a nation cannot remain half free and half enslaved
House Divided Speech
The major battle took place in Tennessee where Grant was able to defeat Beauregard’s Confederate troops
What is Shiloh
Assassinated President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This is the city that Sherman was able to take in the south in Georgia.
What is Atlanta
Common term for a Confederate soldier.
What is a rebel
This amendment was designed to protect blacks’ voting rights.
What is the 15thAmendment
Where Grant surrounded Lee’s forces and forced a surrender ending the war.
What is Appomattox Courthouse
The south’s general
Robert E. Lee
Took place from 1861-1865
What is the Civil War
Common term for a Union soldier
What is a Yankee
the name of the speech that Abraham Lincoln gave that started, “Four score and seven years ago…”
What is the Gettysburg Address
At this battle General Meade defeated General Lee in Pennsylvania
What was the Battle of Gettysburg
Leader of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Took more lives than any other war
What is the civil war
The part of the military that rides on horses
The calvary
The amendment that ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13thAmendment