Pre War
This weapon brought about "unprecedented levels of slaughter".
What is the minie-ball?
This general got his nickname from an early Confederate victory in which he stonewalled the North from advancing.
Who is "Stonewall" Jackson?
This famous speech by Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was the 16th President of the United States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Civil War is often called this type of War, because is we were all apart of the same "family".
What is the "Brothers War"?
This fort was where the Civil War began.
What is Fort Sumter?
Though he was anti-slavery, this general was from Virginia, and choose to lead the Confederacy instead of staying with the Union, in order to fight with his family and not against them.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This side won many victories in the early part of the Civil War.
Who is the South (Confederacy)?
Lincoln delivered this speech at the Gettysburg cemetery dedication.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This military strategy meant complete destruction and inhalation of all in it's way. General Sherman led this march through Atlanta.
What is Total War?
What is the telegraph?
President Lincoln replaced this general with General Grant.
Who is George McClellan?
This man was the President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Lincoln's main reason for going to war with this South was this.
What is "to save the Union"?
This method of transportation was used by the North to get troops and supplies to the front lines much quicker than the South.
When the South seceded from the Union, they started calling themselves this, meaning "alliance".
What is the Confederate States of America?
This General put into play General Grant's concept of Total War by decimating Atlanta.
Who is William Sherman?
This book opened people's eyes to the cruelty of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The Northern army often referred to the Southern soldiers as this.
What are rebels?
This state was the first state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
This was the nickname of Ulysses S. Grant, that used his same initials.
Who is "Unconditional Surrender" Grant?
Not only did the Emancipation Proclamation discourage European states from helping the South, but it also deprived the South of this.
What is it's workforce?
Lincoln won re-election for President in this year.
What is 1864?
This battle is considered to be the turning point in the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?