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
first state to secede
What is South Carolina?
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 a larger population, more supplies/resources; industrialization, railroads?
commander of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
Fort sumter
Lincoln's Plan for the war
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
march from the union destroying everything
What is the "March to the Sea"?
What civil war technology could shatter bones on impact?
What is the mini-ball?
The invention of the _______________ allowed soldiers to fire multiple rounds without reloading.
Repeating Rifle
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?
first major victory for the Confederacy
What is Bull Run?
What was a common military tactic used by both sides in the civil war?
Flanking
Name two southern advantages in the civil war.
Military Leaders and Defense.
The union general who captured the Mississippi river.
Who is Ulysses s grant?
Name 6 Confederate states
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina
Years of the war
1861-1865
This was where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname
What is the battle of Bull Run?
Site of the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
What is Antietam?
The idea that residents of a territory should decide whether to allow slavery
popular sovereignty
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William T. Sherman?
Name at least 2 reasons for the Civil War
the differences in geography and the different economies of the North/South; the issue over states' rights; the issue of slavery; the Missouri Compromise; Bleeding Kansas; John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; the Election of 1860.
When violence broke out in Kansas over the issue of slavery - what nickname was Kansas given?
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Battle where the Union took control of the Mississippi River
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
What event marks the beginning of the American Civil War?
firing at Ft Sumter