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
As they marched, the troops used a tactic called “total war” which called for the destruction of the enemy’s resources such as animals, supplies, railroads, and factories. What was this?
March to the Sea
The bloodiest Day of the Civil War where over 20,000 Americans died
What was the battle of Antietam
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
he economy of the ______ grew after the war.
North
The general (leader) of the 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?
This battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
The start of Shermans March was here
What is Atlanta, GA
Most of the destruction (complete ruin) was in the ______ since most of the battles were fought here.
South
This woman was one of the main conductor's of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
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?
His goal was to steal guns and arm enslaved people so they could fight for their freedom. He was captured and executed.
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
This was where President Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theatre
Who was elected President of the United States in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
Union leader who was successful in defeating the Confederates.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
What are states currently that allowed slavery.
A US law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed residents to decide by popular sovereignty whether to permit slavery or not.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
California became a free state, and a strict law made people return escaped slaves in the North.
What is the Compromise of 1850
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
Author __________________________wrote the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Missouri became a slave state, Maine became a free state, and slavery was banned in most new northern territories.
What is the Missouri Compromise
This was the final location that the Union needed to secure the Mississippi and complete the Anaconda plan
Vicksburg
The Supreme Court Case that said enslaved people weren’t citizens and that slavery couldn’t be banned in new territories.
Dred Scott v Sanford
or
Dred Scott Decision
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
Pro- and anti-slavery groups fought in Kansas over the slavery vote, causing deadly violence.
What is Bleeding Kansas