Key People
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What was the Union’s plan to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River?
The Anaconda Plan
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
The first event that kick started the Civil War
Fort Sumter
What was the name of one of the first all-Black Union regiments?
54th Massachusetts
Which Union general led the "March to the Sea" and practiced total war?
William T. Sherman
The Siege of Vicksburg was significant because it helped the Union gain control of what river?
The Mississippi River
This act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Merrimac and Monitor were warships cover in iron plates known as what?
ironclads
How did Civil War prisoners pass time in prison camps?
1. searching for clean food/water
2. singing songs and religious hymns
3. playing baseball
This general was accidentally shot by his own troops at Chancellorsville.
Stonewall Jackson
What was the systematic destruction of an entire land, not just the army, called?
total war
"Bleeding Kansas," the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid all contributed to what?
Making sectional compromise more difficult
What Confederate general surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the war?
Robert E Lee
Raided Harper's Ferry in an attempt to arm enslaved people.
John Brown
Who was the enslaved person who sued for his freedom in a case that reached the Supreme Court?
Dred Scott
The first battle of the Civil War was fought at this location.
Bull Run
Why did abolitionists urge Lincoln to make the war about ending slavery?
1. slavery was a moral wrong
2. it divided the nation
3. Europe was anti-slavery
An executive order given by Lincoln ordering the freeing of all slaves in states still in rebellion (Confederate states)
Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the only person tried and executed for war crimes after the Civil War?
The commander of Andersonville Prison
Who was the Illinois Senator known as the "Little Giant," famous for debating Lincoln?
Stephen Douglas
What battle resulted in mass casualties and led to Lincoln giving a speech to remind of his goals to preserve the Union and ending slavery?
Battle of Gettysburg
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to do what?
Settle disputes over slavery in the territories)
Slave owners benefitted from this Supreme Court case decision
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Why was the death toll of the Civil War so high?
1. minié ball
2. improved muskets
3. old battle tactics