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 shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Reason given for southern states beginning to secede from the United States.
What are states' rights (the right to slavery)?
Brilliant strategist and general for the Confederate troops who turned down the job from the Union to fight for the south.
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?
The location of the first big battle of the Civil War.
What is Bull Run?
The symbolic act of freeing all of the slaves in all rebelling states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
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?
How many people ran for President in the Election of 1860?
What is Four?
The city of the Confederate capital
What is Richmond?
People who worked to abolish slavery
Abolitionist
What was Confederate general Thomas Jackson's nickname?
What is "Stonewall Jackson"?
What book exposed many people to the horrible reality of the practice of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
By July of 1861, how many states were part of the Confederacy just prior to the first battle?
11
The previous location of the capital of the Confederacy before more states seceded from the Union.
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
Political party that Abraham Lincoln represented in the Election of 1860.
What is Republican?
Who is Winfield Scott?
The President of the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Location of the Union capital that was miles away from that of the Confederates.
What is Washington D.C.?
The system that began to be built to connect the nation and improve travel across the country
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?