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?
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War (3 days)
What was the battle of Gettysburg
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Who was the abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry and was involved in Bleeding Kansas?
John Brown
She told stories about slavery and helped bring supplies to African American troops
Who is Sojourner Truth
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 battle was the first official battle of the Civil War.
The First Battle at Bull Run
The start of Shermans March was here
What is Atlanta, GA
What is the time period after the Civil War called when the country was trying to rebuild and heal?
Reconstruction
This woman was one of the main conductor's of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were free (even though it didn't really end slavery).
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle is also known as the battle of Pittsburgh Landing
What is the battle of Shiloh
This was where President Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre
The secret network of abolitionists helping slaves to freedom
Underground Railroad
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Most battles and damage was in the ....
What is the South?
This battle was the bloodiest one day battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Antietam
This was where General Grant laid seige and the Union tried to take control of the Mississippi River.
What is the battle of Vicksburg
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
Which Amendment to the Constitution allowed African American men to vote (it was one of the Reconstruction Acts).
15th Amendment
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
The Civil War didn't start as a war about slavery but rather about....
The rights for states to make their own decisions (state's rights).
This is the place where Lee surrendered to Grant.
Appomattox, Virginia
This is the word that means to join the military.
enlist
Name a weakness and a strength of the Union and Confederacy:
Union Strength: more resources/more railroads
Union Weakness: less talented military leaders
Confederacy Strength: better military leaders/hunters
Confederacy Weakness: fewer resources
Name 3 events that helped lead to the Civil War
states' rights; Fugitive Slave Law; Underground RR; Bleeding Kansas, Raid on Harper's Ferry, Missouri Compromise; Election of Abraham Lincoln etc.