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Who is President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg?
It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
What was the first great battle of the Civil war?
the 1st Battle of Bull Run
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
Who treated wounded soldiers?
Women who supported the Civil War or Nurses
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What was the biggest Southern advantage?
great strong leadership
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The most successful Union General
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The North
What was the greatest advantage of the Union?
Abundant natural resources and manufacturing
What is total war?
When farmland, cities, and towns are destroyed.
Who won the civil war?
The Union
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assassinated
Who was George B. McClellan?
The first Union General who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election.
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneself
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
Did the Confederate states elect their own president. make their own constitution, form their own army, and create their own money?
Yes
What did states' rights mean during the Civil War?
That a state should be able to choose whether they are a free or slave state.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describing the cruelties of slavery.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The President of the Confederacy
What battle strategies did the Union take against the Confederacy? (hint most battles were fought in the Southeast)
They destroyed the major cities to break the morale of the Confederacy and make it difficult to trade goods and services.
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg
What was the danger faced by African Americans who fought for the Union?
If captured they could be sold into slavery
What is an abolitionist?
A person against slavery/who wants slaves to be freed.
They want to keep their cheap labor for farming on plantations, and they felt they were treating their slaves better than the workers in the Northern States.