Terms and Conditions
The act of removing oneself from an organization or alliance.
secede
The battle that had a profound influence on the Civil War was fought at ______.
Gettysburg
Which Republican president opposed slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
munition
Robert E. Lee surrendered at _______.
Appomattox Courthouse
Which Union general did the president trust most of all?
Ulysses S. Grant
a military operation in which a city or fort is completely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies in order to force a surrender
siege
The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War was fought at ______.
Antietam
Which Confederate general wat the most famous and became the superintendent of West Point?
Robert E. Lee
the act of spying to gather information about the enemy's positions and weaknesses
scouting
_________ was the period after the Civial War when America was being rebuilt by reuniting the nation physically, socially, and politically.
Reconstruction
1. Who was president of the Confederacy?
2. Which Confederate general stood "like a stone wall" during the battle of Bull Run?
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jackson
to discuss or bargain between two or more parties in order to reach an agreement
negotiate
The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state is called ____.
states' rights
Who captured ad burned Atlanta, and important rail hub for the Confederacy?
William T. Sherman
a temporary fortification where guns are mounted
siegeworks
The notice that promised to free all enslaved people was the _____.
Emancipation Proclamation
Which Union general attempted to capture Richmond from the Confederates in the Peninsular Campaign?
George McClellan
Explain what the election of 1860 meant for many Southerners.
It meant the end of their way of life. They did not know how to live without slaves.