Battles
This battle was the opening conflict of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This person was the President of the Union.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This proved the Confederacy could be beaten.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
This strategy was an intent by both sides.
What is capture the capital?
This made it so the North was able to gather and run smoothly at the start of the war.
What is an established military and government?
This battle ended the Civil War.
What is Appomattox?
This person was the President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
These states were loyal to the Union but still had slaves.
What are border states?
This strategy was used by the South in retaliation to a plan by the North.
What is break down naval blockade?
This benefitted the South greatly during the first couple years of the war.
What is experienced military leaders and/or home terrain?
This battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
This general was commander of the entire US Army.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This freed all enslaved persons in Confederate states and shifted the focus of the war to abolition.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was a naval blockade by the North.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The North was considered the aggressor due to this.
What is invasion of Southern states?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and cut off Confederate states to the West of it.
What is Vicksburg?
This general was commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This meant that the rich could pay a fine or send a substitute instead of fighting.
What is "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight"?
This stopped the sale of cotton to Europe to try and force support from France and England.
What is King Cotton Diplomacy?
The South had to deal with this which caused them to rely on foreign nations for supplies.
What is a lack of infrastructure?
This battle demonstrated the North's ability to wage total war.
What is Sherman's March?
This person founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
This was Lincoln's challenge when it came to freeing the slaves.
What is the Constitution did not prohibit slavery and it was a state's issue?
This was the complete destruction of lands, towns, etc. to decrease morale.
What is total war?
The two sides were fighting for these different things.
What are independence (South) and preservation of the Union (North)?