The War Begins
This was the location of the first battle in the civil war.
What is Fort Sumter?
He led the Confederate Army at the Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
The Union army surrounded this Confederate city and starved them until they surrendered.
What is Vicksburg?
The term for people who opposed slavery.
What are abolitionists?
This 3 day battle turned the war in favor of the Union
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The term for states leaving the union
What is secession?
This battle showed the North that the Civil War would not end quickly.
What is Bull Run?
This Union general took over after General McClellan was too cautious.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This document ensured the Civil War was those against slavery vs. those in favor of slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The South hoped Great Britain would support them in the war because they needed this good.
What is cotton?
The capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This battle gave the Union army greater control of the Mississippi River valley
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
Escaped slaves who joined the Union army.
Who were contrabands?
This Union general wiped out everything he could from Savannah to Atlanta, Georgia.
Who is William Sherman?
These were the 4 border states that were part of the Union but still had slaves.
What are Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.
This country pledged to not take sides in the Civil War, only to send ironclads to the Confederate army.
Who is Great Britain?
This Union general led the army at the Battle of Shiloh.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment, President Lincoln suspended this to silence copperheads.
What is Habeas corpus?
This is the battle where Stonewall Jackson was shot and killed by friendly fire.
What is the battle of Chancellorsville?
This currency helped the North develop an economy that gave them more financial power than the South.
What are greenbacks?
This general led the Union army after the Battle of Bull Run.
Who is George McClellan?
General Grant believed this battle sealed the fate of the Civil War.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
This was the main cause of death in the Civil War.
What is disease?
These 2 generals were involved in the South surrendering to the North.
Who are Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee?