Battles
Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought? No one was killed.
Fort Sumter
This man would create the Army of the Potomac. He would be placed in charge of all Northern Troops. He would later be removed by Lincoln because he was to cautious
George B. McClellan
The north wanted to set up one of these to block Confederate trade.
A Blockade.
What did Abraham Lincoln create and give to commemorate the hard fought battle in Pennsylvania?
Gettysburg Address
Who was a Nurse who delivered supplies and aid to soldiers on the battlefield and later founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
This battle is called Manassas by the south. It was the first Confederate victory of the war.
First Battle of Bull Run
He would lead the March to the Sea.
William T. Sherman
The north wanted to take this in order to split all the confederate forces in half.
the Mississippi
What did Abraham Lincoln create to free all slaves in the rebel areas.
Emancipation Proclamation
Where will Lee surrender all his troops to Grant?
Appomattox Court House
This is the bloodiest battle of the civil war. Over 23,000 people died. This stopped the Confederate advance upon the north.
Gettysburg
This man would be able to split the southern troops in half. He would accept the surrender of Lee. He would later go on to be President of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Confederates believed they would be victorious because the north would have to invade an area the size of Europe. The sotuh was going to fight a _________ war.
Defensive
What major event was the final straw that made the south secede from the Union
Lincoln won the election of 1860
What type of ships were the Merrimack and the Monitor?
Ironclads
This is the bloodiest single day battle. This battle would end as a stalemate. Both sides were too sick and tired to continue fighting.
Antietam
The President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This group had more clearly defined goals for the war.
What is a legal protection against unlawful imprisonment, which Lincoln suspended during the war to control dissent.
Habeas Corpus
What ideas did Lincoln emphasize in the Gettysburg Address?
He focused on liberty, equality, and democracy
This was the final defeat for Robert E. Lee's men. This would allow the Union to take the Confederate Capital and it would force Lee to surrender his troops.
Richmond
He would be a brilliant military leader, but will sadly fight for the south. He will die from pneumonia after being shot by his own men. He will also have to have his arm amputated.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This group had a bigger population, better transportation system and controlled a majority of the nation's industry and railroads prior to the war.
North/ Union
Who killed Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
How did some northern democrats respond to the Emancipation Proclamation?
They feared freed slaves would take jobs at lower wages.