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?
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
Which section of the United States is the Union?
The North
What was the underground railroad
a journey enslaved people would take to the north for freedom
the main confederate general
Who is General Robert E. Lee
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The first battle shots that started the Civil War
What was the Fort Sumter?
Which section of the United States is the Confederacy?
The South
What 2 advantages did the Confederacy have in the Civil War?
Home field advantage & military leader.
President of the North
Abraham Lincoln
This document declared slaves in southern states were free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What event shocked America shortly after the Civil War had ended?
The Assassination of Lincoln
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
How did the Civil War end?
General Lee surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse
This was a law that required citizens to turn in people that they suspected of being a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Who was the main union general?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are states currently in rebellion/the confederacy?
What was the main cause of the Civil war
the issue of slavery
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Where was Lincoln assassinated
Fords theatre Washington dc
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/Shift the focus of the war to freedom
What was 1 advantage the South had in the Civil War?
home field advantage (the war was fought mostly in the south)
What were 2 advantages the North had in the Civil War?
they had more people and more resources (factories/money)
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
What was the name of slave states that stayed in the Union?
Border States