Show:
Preparing for War
Fighting Erupts
The War Behind the Lines
The War Continues
The End of War
100
Place where the first shots of the Civil War rang out
Fort Sumter
100
armored gunboats covered with iron plates up to three inches thick
Ironclads
100
Founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
100
(1863) a Union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Battle of Gettysburg
100
Union army officer; his famous March to the Sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, an important turning point in the war.
William Tecumseh Sherman
200
slave states in between the North and the South that did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War
Border States
200
foot soldiers
Infantry
200
Freeing of the slaves
Emancipation
200
The first African American regiment during the Civil War
54th Massachusetts Infantry
200
(1865) outlawed slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
300
the South's use of cotton as a tool of foreign policy during the Civil War
Cotton Diplomacy
300
(1862) a Civil War battle in Tennessee in which the Union army gained greater control over the Mississippi River valley
Battle of Shiloh
300
the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
Habeas Corpus
300
Escaped slaves who would join union forces to fight in the war
Contraband
300
a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, considered one of the best-known in American history.
Gettysburg Address
400
Army General who had an unsuccessful presidential run for the Whig Party
Winfield Scott
400
First major battle of the Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run
400
(1862) an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union
Emancipation Proclamation
400
a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
400
The place where Lee surrendered and ended the war
Appomattox Court House
500
Union Commander in charge of Fort Sumter
Robert Anderson
500
He failed to press Lee's troops into Richmond and was later removed by Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan
500
Northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South
Copperheads
500
He is best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett's Charge.
George Pickett
500
The major river that was used greatly during the Civil War
Mississippi River