President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
100
This document freed all the slaves in the Southern states.
Emancipation Proclamation
100
This event started the Civil War
Firing on Fort Sumter
100
This, not bullets, killed nearly 2/3 of all soldiers during the Civil War
Disease
100
The North side during this war is also known as....
The Union
200
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
200
This requires men to serve in the military
The draft (or conscription)
200
This was the first major battle of the Civil War. Spectators came to watch the fight.
Battle of Bull Run
200
What percentage of soldiers would die in this conflict?
25%
200
The South was also known as the....
Confederate
300
Famous Confederate General....led the Southern Army
General Robert E. Lee
300
This Act required that all runaway slaves must be returned to their owners and made the government responsible for finding, returning and trying escaped slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
300
This Tennessee battle was the first major victory for the Union
The Battle of Shiloh
300
This side used the first successful torpedo and sunk their enemy's ship
South (or Confederate)
300
The advantages for this side include: fighting a defensive war, seeking independence, unified support, friendly population
The South / Confederates
400
Famous Union General who will eventually force the surrender of the Southern Army
Ulysses S. Grant
400
Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state, and Missouri as a slave state. Also set the southern border of Missouri as the dividing line between states that would permit slavery and those that would prohibit it.
Missouri Compromise
400
This battle was the single bloodiest day in American military history. Though the Union will claim victory, neither side truly won.
The Battle of Antietam
400
This became a key focus of the war, especially after the Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery
400
This side used the Anaconda strategy plan to try and squeeze their enemy into submission
The North / Union
500
The person who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
500
This abolished slave trade in Washington D.C. and admitted California into the Union as a free state.
The Compromise of 1850
500
One of the largest Civil War battles where nearly 200,000 combatants fought it out in the fields and the streets. The Civil War's first urban combat.
The Battle of Fredericksburg
500
7 states seceded from the Union after this event...
The election of President Lincoln
500
The draft of 1863 cause riots in this side of the war...