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
These states did not secede to the slavery even though slavery existed in these states (term for these states as a whole)
Border States
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
Military strategy where the side uses all of the resources at the disposal to win the war.
Total War
What civil war technology could shatter bones on impact?
What is the mini-ball?
A prominent American abolitionist and social activist who escaped slavery and dedicated her life to freeing others. She was a key figure in the Underground Railroad, making multiple trips to guide enslaved people to freedom. Tubman also served as a scout and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War and later became an advocate for women's suffrage. Earned the nickname Moses.
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?
first major victory for the Confederacy
What is Bull Run?
The site of John Brown's raid on an arsenal in hopes of starting a slave revolution
Harper's Ferry Virginia
Name two southern advantages in the civil war.
Military Leaders and Defense.
Leading General of the Union Army.
Who is Ulysses s grant?
Name 6 Confederate states
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina
What years did the Civil War take place?
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
President Lincoln's main goal throughout the entire war was to __________ _____ __________.
Preserve the Union, in other words keep the country together.
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?
Uncle Tom's Cabin