Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
The Union general who later became President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
This event kicked off the Civil War
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This 3 day battle was the deadliest conflict in North American history
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
He shouted "thus always to tyrants" after he shot the President.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Term used for a group of Northerners (typically Democrats) in the Union who opposed the American Civil War.
Copperheads
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The name of the waterway that was important to both the North and the South. Lincoln believe a Union victory depended on getting control of it.
Mississippi
A plan developed by the Union Army to surround and defeat the South.
Anaconda Plan
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Frederick Douglass advocated for passing this Amendment which ended slavery forever.
13th Amendment
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
The capital city of the Confederate States
What was Richmond, Virginia?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft or conscription?
This event occurred in July 1863; Irish immigrants in a major city burned down government buildings and attacked free Black Americans
What were the 1863 Draft Riots?
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
What are slave states that remained in the union, or Border States?
Lincoln's 1864 Vice-Presidential running mate
Who is Andrew Johnson?
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
Term that refers to "all out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy's army, resources, and its people's will to fight.
Total War
“For score and 7 years ago…: begins this speech.
Gettysburg Address
The invention of these made guns much more deadly and accurate
rifles and/or minie ball rounds
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Most civil war soldier died from this
What is disease?