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
Why did Thomas and Birdie run away?
To be free/To be together
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 slavery who worked to end it.
What are abolitionists?
Lincoln's famous speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Pennsylvania Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The first large battle that showed the Civil War would last a long time.
What was Bull Run?
Which section of the United States is the Confederacy?
The South
Henry was a soldier in which Army?
Union/North/United States
President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free as of January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What event shocked America one week after the Civil War had ended?
The Assassination of Lincoln
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
Who won the Civil War?
The Union, United States, the North. the Yankees
What did Confederate soldiers do with captured black people?
Kill/Sell as slaves
Who was the main union general at the end?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are states currently in rebellion/the confederacy?
Battle plan for surrounding the South and their ports, controlling the Mississippi River and attacking Richmond, VA.
The Anaconda Plan
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
What saved Thomas from the bullet to the chest?
Mary's book of paintings/The tin cover of the book
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea" and "Total War"!
Who is William Tecumseh 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/Allow blacks from the North to join the Union army
Which officers did Lincoln fire over and over?
Generals
Which Northern victory gave Lincoln confidence to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
What was the name of slave states that stayed in the Union?
Border States
Name Thomas and Birdie's cousin who became a Union soldier.
Clem