Battles!
Bull Run
Name of the slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1856
Dred Scott
Book published in 1852, highlighting the horrors of slavery
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
West Virginia / Virginia
A bag that soldiers carried, full of their belongings
Haversack
Battle of Antietam
Union General who later becomes President
Ulysses S. Grant
What did Lincoln call the confederacy?
States in Rebellion / Rebelling States
Lincoln’s military strategy to blockade Southern ports
Anaconda Plan
Name 1 border state.
Delaware, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Missouri
What state is Fort Sumter in?
South Carolina
Before fighting for the Confederacy, this man was offered command of Union forces
Robert E. Lee
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
President of Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis.
Robert E. Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865 at this location
Appomattox Courthouse
This battle had the most combatants of any civil war battle, with over 200,000 soldiers
Fredericksburg
Former slave, this woman became an abolitionist and women’s rights advocate
Sojourner Truth
Nickname for abolitionists in Lawrence
Jayhawkers
A major transportation route, was a key objective for the Union’s strategy to divide the Confederacy
The Mississippi River
A type of ship - heavily fortified for war
Ironclads
The Confederates surrendered at this battle on the 4th of July
Battle of Vicksburg
First Union General, replaced by McClellan after Bull Run
Irvin McDowell
More soldiers died from this cause than from battle wounds
Disease
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
This town was sieged for 292 days by General Grant
Petersburg, Virginia