Historical Figures
He was 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.
What is to secede?
This was the first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
The majority of the battles were fought in this part of the country
What is the South/ the Confederate states?
The capital of the Union was located here.
What is Washington, D.C.?
These were two advantages the northern states had.
What are a larger population, more supplies/resources; industrialization, railroads?
He was the President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first shots of the Civil War fired here
What is Fort Sumter?
True or False
The Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in the United States
What is False
It only abolished slavery in the Confederate states. (Slavery was not abolished till after the war in 1865 via the 13th amendment.)
This is the estimated range of total military loss of life in the Civil War.
What is 620,000-750,000.
The capital of the Confederacy was located here.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This Civil War technology could shatter bones on impact
What is the mini-ball?
He was the Commander of the Confederate army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln's famous speech given November 19, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield is called this.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Violent uprising against the federal draft, fueled by class and racial tensions, resulting in significant destruction and loss of life.
What are the New York Draft Riots of 1863?
This was one advantage the southern states had.
Military Leaders and Defense.
He was Commander of the Union army at the time of surrender
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Name 3 Confederate states
What are South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina?
These are the years was the Civil War fought.
What are 1861-1865?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war and led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Battle of Gettysburg took place in this state.
What is Pennsylvania?
The idea that residents of a territory should decide whether to allow slavery.
popular sovereignty
This general led a campaign of total warfare on his March to the Sea campaign from Atlanta to Savannah.
Who is General William Tecumseh Sherman?
Name at least 2 reasons for the Civil War
What are 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?
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as this.
What is The First Battle of Bull Run?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here.
What is Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia?
These were two ways the Emancipation Proclamation helped the Union and its military.
1. Changed their goal from keeping the Union to fighting for freedom
2. African Americans joined the military