Civil War People
The President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln
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President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
What is Secede
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The name of the country made by the Southern States
What is the Confederate United States
How many steps did Lincoln's plan have?
What is three?
What was one Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
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The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
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?
This is the first major battle of the war and led to a shocking loss for the Union.
What is the battle of bull run?
The capital of the Confederated States of America.
What is Richmond?
What were 2 southern advantages in the war?
What are Knew the land, only fought defensively.
Name one of two major Confederate War Generals
Who is Stonewall Jackson or Robert E. Lee
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?
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What battle caused more casualties than any other day of the war.
What is Antietam
The first step of the Anaconda Plan
What is creating a military blockade?
The Emancipation Proclamation made this issue the main purpose of the Civil War
What is slavery?
Ulysses S. Grant believed in this principal, which called for total destruction of Southern Property?
What is Total War?
West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
What were the border states?
The name of Lincoln's Three Step Plan to end the Civil War
What is the Anaconda Plan?
Battle in Pennsylvania that was considered the turning point in the war.
What is Gettysburg
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The third step of Lincoln's Anaconda Plan
What is taking over Richmond?
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This battle revolutionized marine warfare
What is the Battle of the Ironclads?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
The first few words of the Gettysburg Address
four score and seven years ago
The Enrollment Act, creating a draft and allowing the wealthy to pay to avoid military service, led to this event.
What are the NYC Draft Riots?
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Battle that gave North control of the Mississippi and divided the South.
What is Vicksburg
The second step of Lincoln's Anaconda Plan
What is dividing the union in two (Taking the Mississippi River)
Railroads destroyed during Sherman's March to the Sea were called "this". They were wrapped around trees
What are Sherman's neckties