Show:
The Two Sides
The Slavery Issue
The Soldiers
Battles
End of the War
100
What was the official name of the South?
What is the Confederate States of America?
100
True or False: The Civil War was always about the slavery issue?
What is false
100
He is the most famous Southern General
Who is Robert E. Lee?
100
This was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam?
100
Where Lincoln was when he was assassinated
What is Ford Theater?
200
This was the capital of the South
What is Richmond, VA?
200
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman were all ________________
What is abolitionists?
200
He was appointed the leader of all the Union Armies
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
This is the name of the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant
What is Appomattox Court House, Appomattox, VA?
300
This state was the first to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina?
300
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
Any runaway slaves must be returned to their masters. You cannot hide or help any runaway slaves or else get punished.
300
He was shot by "friendly fire" at the battle of Chancellorsville and died a few days later.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
300
This is the reason ironclads became the standard ship to use in battles during and after the Civil War
What is they are sturdier and don't sink as easily
300
Sherman's March to the Sea was the final blow to the South. It started and ended in these two cities
What is Atlanta and Savannah (Georgia)?
400
These places were especially torn by the separation of the North and South
What are border states?
400
Lincoln wrote this famous writing that declared all slaves free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Most soldiers who died during the Civil War died because of this
What is illness and infection?
400
Describe what happened at the Battle of Fort Sumter
What is Lincoln wanted to send an unarmed supply ship to Fort Sumter. Lincoln said that the Union would not attack unless attacked first, but the South fired upon the ship and a battle ensued. This was the first battle of the Civil War
400
This was the number of total deaths in the Civil War
What is over 600,000?
500
Describe the differences in the economies of the North and South
North: higher population, urban (cities/towns), industrial, manufacturing South: lower population (many were slaves), agricultural (king cotton), rural (country/farms), less infrastructure (roads, railroads, etc.)
500
This was the change made to the constitution relating to slavery. What did it say?
What is the 13th Amendment: no slavery allowed
500
Describe the average Civil War soldier
What is young, white, native-born (non-immigrant), farmer, single, etc.?
500
The goal of the Anaconda plan (the North's plan of attack) was to ________________ and _______________
What is blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi to "cut" the South in half?
500
These four things made up the "generous" surrender terms
What is +promise to stop fighting +give up army weapons +keep their personal belongings +go back to their own homes, shops, etc.?