People
The president of the United States at the start of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after the victory at this battle.
The Battle of Antietam
The North's strategy to split the Confederacy in two.
The Anaconda Plan
This man led the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
Robert Gould Shaw
This is the man that assassinated Abraham Lincoln just 6 days after the end of the war.
John Wilkes Booth
The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
This battle sparked the recognition of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
The Battle of Fort Wagner
The Southern city that Ulysses S. Grant planned to capture near the end of the war.
Richmond, Virginia
This is what Robert Gould Shaw got for the men in order to help them and gain their trust.
Shoes
Lee surrendered to Grant in this town, ending the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Famous Union general appointed by Lincoln at the end of the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
This battle is where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired.
The Battle of Fort Sumter
This is the length of the war that the Confederacy was hoping for.
Long
This is the pay that African-American soldiers received monthly.
10 dollars
This state was the first to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
Confederate general, considered the best general in the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
This is considered the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Capturing this body of water was a key component of making the Anaconda Plan successful.
The Mississippi River
This is what would happen to any black soldier that was captured by the Confederacy.
They would be sold into slavery
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
The Battle of Gettysburg
President of the U.S. before Lincoln that allowed the Civil War to arise without taking action.
James Buchanan
This state is where the first battle of the Civil War occurred.
South Carolina
The 4 border states that the United States allowed slavery to continue in, in order to keep them on their side.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
This is what would happen if the Confederacy captured a white officer in command of black troops.
They would be executed
The act allowed free blacks in the North to join the Union Military.
The Militia Act