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 bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What was the battle of Gettysburg
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
What were 2 Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The start of Shermans March was here
What is Atlanta, GA
What were 2 southern advantages in the war?
Knew the land, only fought defensively.
This woman was one of the main conductor's of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle was the only Civil War battle in TN
What is the battle of Shiloh
This was where President Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre
This was a short speech that persuaded the South to free the slaves
Gettysburg Address
The Union general nicknamed "butcher"
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are states currently in rebellion?
By July of 1861, how many states were part of the Confederacy just prior to the first battle?
11
This was where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname
What is the battle of Bull Run/Manassas Massachusetts?
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
What was the significance of "4 score and 7 years ago?"
It traced back to the US Constitution
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
This was Lincoln's motive behind the Emancipation Proclamation.
To encourage freed black, slaves from the south to support the Union.
The 3 main themes of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address
Equality, Government, Sacrifice
This is when General Grant ordered the North to wage total war. It is called the war of ________
Attrition
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Name all 3 of the reasons the Civil War happened
slavery, government, economics