Important Figures
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first major battle of the war?
First battle of Bull Run.
Explain why the Mississippi River is important to the Civil War.
Because it is valuable for transportation of goods and could separate the Confederacy if the Union captured it.
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Which side had the most resources, supplies, and people?
Union
Who was the Union's best general?
Ulysses Grant
What battle in Florida was about stopping the Union from capturing the Capital of Tallahassee?
Battle of Natural Bridge
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
Helped freed people find work
Set up schools and supported education
Provided food, housing, and health care
Helped protect the legal rights of formerly enslaved people
What made Virginia split?
What 2 regions did they split into?
The western part did not want to separate from the Union. So they split into Virginia and West Virginia.
Who fired the first shot to start the war and where was it?
The Confederates and Fort Sumter, SC
Who was the Confederates best general?
Robert E. Lee
What battle saw the most casualties in U.S. history?
Battle of Antietam
What is the period after the Civil War the lasted until 1880?
Reconstruction
Who did Lincoln debate during the Illinois Senate election of 1858?
Stephen Douglas
How many total states were a part of the Confederacy?
11
Who was the Confederates President?
Jefferson Davis
What battle in Florida was the largest and took place near Jacksonville?
Battle of Oluskee
What Document made the Civil War about freeing the slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
Where did the Confederates surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse
What was the Union's plan to cut the Confederates supply line?
Anaconda plan
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Boothe
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
Gettysburg
Define Sectionalism as it pertains to the Civil War
When regions of the country put their own interests first instead of working together as one nation.
What is Jim Crow?
State and local laws, mainly in the Southern United States, that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
Explain the Confederates plan to win the war?
Fight a defensive war
Make the war about attrition, make them lose the will to fight
Gain foreign support