Civil War People
Abolitionist who made repeated trips to escort slaves to freedom in the North.
Harriet Tubman
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?
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
What were 2 Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
The head general of the Southern Confederate Army.
Who is General Robert E. Lee
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?
Unusual occurrence at the First Battle of Bull Run
Spectators with picnic lunches overlooking the battlefield
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
What were 2 southern advantages in the war?
Knew the land, only fought defensively.
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
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?
Where was the battle that was considered the turning point of the war
Gettysburg
In 1859 this abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to incite a slave insurrection.
Who is John Brown?
This was a law that required citizens to turn in people that they suspected of being a runaway slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The head general of the Union Army.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are states currently in rebellion?
Location of the first battle of the Civil War
Bull Run (Manassas, Virginia)
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Waterway that was essential to both sides to control
Mississippi River
Removing the right for rebels from the South to a fair and speedy trial during the Civil War
suspending the writ of habeus corpus
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Name of the Union's 3 part strategy to win the war
Anaconda Plan
The event that prompted southern states to begin seceding from the Union
The election of Lincoln as president
The battle of the Monitor vs. Merrimac is famous for being the first confrontation of these.
Ironclads
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Name at least 2 of the border states (slave states that stayed in the Union).
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, WV