Civil War Terms
Seized possessions and property during war; the north argued slaves were this and could be freed.
What is contraband?
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?
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?
This is what many free and enslaved black people called the Civil War.
What is the Freedom War?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
After this battle the Civil War became a war of attrition for the South.
What is the battle of Vicksburg?
Where the Battle of Fort Henry took place.
What is Tennessee?
A new type of gun that replaced muskets during the war
What is a rifle?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln suspended this constitutional right at the beginning of the war
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
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?
Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft?
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?
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?