Civil War Review

Leaders

100

Leading Union general whose victories led to the surrender of the Confederacy

Ulysses S. Grant

200

Won the election of 1860 with the promise to keep the Union together

Lincoln

300

Confederate general who, after early successes in the war, surrendered on behalf of the South on April 9, 1865

Robert E. Lee

400

Confederate general who led the South to an early important victory at the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

500

President of the Confederate States

Jefferson Davis

Battles

100

Single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War

Antietam

200

First conflict of the Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

300

Final major battle of the Civil War after which the South surrendered

Appomattox 

400

Turning point of Civil War

Gettysburg

500

Battle which gave the Union control of the  Mississippi River 

Battle of Vicksburg

Primary Sources

100

This Executive Order freed enslaved people living in rebel Southern states

Emancipation Proclamation

200

This speech honored the war dead, pushed for an end to the war and opened the path to the abolition of slavery.

Gettysburg Address

300

This presidential speech before the start of the war suggested that the Union must be held together at all costs. 

Lincoln's Inaugural Address

400

Key principles in this foundational document were reflected in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Declaration of Independence

500

Commemoration of General Order No. 3, which was delivered to formerly enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, informing them of their freedom

Juneteenth holiday (June 19, 1865)

Strategies

100

Union strategy to squeeze off Southern supply and transportation routes

Anaconda Plan

200

This side had homefield advantage and strong military leadership in the war. 

Confederate States/South

300

Attacks on Richmond, VA, and Washington, D.C., reflected this Civil War strategy.

Defeat each other's capitals

400

This side in the Civil War controlled 2/3 of the railroad systems and most of the food farms.

North/Union

500

What was "Cotton Diplomacy"?

A failed Confederate strategy that wanted to offer cotton exports to England in exchange for support in the Civil War.

The States in the War

100

Reason the first southern states seceded

Fear that election of Lincoln would interfere with slavery in the South

200

What were border states in the Civil War?

Slave states that chose to remain in the Union 

(Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri)

300

These states were cut off from the rest of the South after the Battle of Vicksburg

Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas

400

State where Robert E. Lee surrendered

Virginia

500

State where first Civil War conflict occurred

South Carolina