Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
A state declaring itself independent of the United States
What is secession?
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The first land battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
The General of the Union forces
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
This event started the Civil War (first actual battle)
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This 3 day battle was the turning point of the Civil War
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Lincoln's number one goal as president
What is 'to preserve the Union'?
This OFFICIALLY ended slavery in the United States....
13th Amendment
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The main reason why Robert E Lee surrendered in the final battle
They were surrounded
Where the Battle of Gettysburg took place.
What is Pennsylvania?
The leader of the Confederate Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in rebelling states (the confederacy) were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What happened to Lincoln at the end of the war, while watching a play?
What is 'assassinated'?
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
The first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
The most important advantage the North had over the South
What is industrial resources (factories, machines, railroads?
As a result of the civil war, the federal government had more power over
What were the states?
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River by surrounding an entire town in Mississippi
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
States in which the Emancipation did NOT free slaves because Lincoln feared they would secede too and join the south
Border States (Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland)