Key Individuals
This man was the first President of the Republican Party
Who was President Abraham Lincoln?
The head of the Union army and was also supposed to be assassinated the night Lincoln was shot
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
First shots fired of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
The number of days Boothe was on the run
What is 12?
The address Lincoln gave to dedicate the first national cemetery
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This man was known as the Meteor of the War and slaughtered slaveholders
Who was John Brown?
The head of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E Lee?
First major land battle of the Civil War
What was Bull Run?
The Secretary of State that was supposed to be assassinated that night
Who is William Seward?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book to show the cruelty of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This man shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
Who was John W Boothe?
He followed Lee's orders at Gettysburg to charge the center of the Union army
The bloodiest battle of the civil war
What was Gettysburg?
The Vice President that was also supposed to be assassinated, only the man in charge of his death chickened out that night
Who was VP Andrew Johnson?
The abolitionist who told Lincoln in order for the Emancipation Proclamation to be effective, the that states would have to still be in rebellion at the time it is issued and that the rebellion would have to be suppressed
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This man was from Missouri, fought for the confederacy, and robbed trains and banks after the war
Who was Jesse James?
This leader ordered his men to charge with their bayonets when his men ran out of bullets
Who was Chamberlain?
The battle that was key as it led to the Emancipation Proclamation and Britain and France not joining the fight
What was the Battle of Antietam?
The name of the Major that joined Lincoln and his wife that night at the theatre
Who was Major Henry Rathbone?
Most surgeries during the civil war were this
What are amputations?
Who was Mary Surrat?
The general who led the March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah destroying Southern crops and railroads
Who was William Sherman?
The surrender of Lee location
What was the Appomattox Courthouse?
The name of the play that President Lincoln watched the night of his assassination
What is My American Cousin?
The bullet created in France that contributed to all of the death during the war
What is the minie ball?