People
President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This document freed all the slaves in the Southern states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This event started the Civil War
Firing on Fort Sumter
This, not bullets, killed nearly 2/3 of all soldiers during the Civil War
Disease
The North side during this war is also known as....
The Union/ Yankees
A term used to describe a Southern soldier.
Rebel
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution actually freed all African Americans everywhere in the USA?
What is the 13th Amendment?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War. Spectators came to watch the fight.
Battle of Bull Run
What percentage of soldiers would die in this conflict?
25%
The South was also known as the....
Confederate
Northern person with Southern, anti-Union sympathies
Copperhead
Famous Confederate General....led the Southern Army
General Robert E. Lee
This famous speech is only 270 words and it took just over 2 minutes to deliver by Abraham Lincoln to honor those who had died at the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
What are Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia.
Border States.
Who wore a gray uniform.
The South / Confederates
A term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union (the northerners.)
Yankee
Famous Union General who will eventually force the surrender of the Southern Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War.
Greenbacks
Having a ______ helped the Union blockade many Southern ports.
What is Navy
Who was hung for treason for and lead 21 men in the attack on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
Gopher Hole
trench
The person who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
The speech starts with the words "Four score and seven years ago..." Score is a word meaning 20. Four score and seven years 87 years before is referring to what important year and event for Americans?
1776 - the year of the Declaration of Independence.
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
7 states seceded from the Union after this event...
The election of President Lincoln
The army of the United States of America.
Union Army/ The North
Pepperbox
Pistol