American Presidents
Often criticized as powerless to stop the mounting Civil War, this Democrat was President just before Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Often considered to be the "turning point" in the war, this Union victory empowered Lincoln to announce the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg
Winfield Scott
In what city was Ft. Sumter located?
Charleston, South Carolina
Lincoln's Vice President, this Democrat succeeded Lincoln and presided over many of the Civil War's post-war agreements
Andrew Johnson
A Union victory, this battle saw the realization of at least part of the Anaconda Plan in the effective taking of the Mississippi River from Southern forces
Vicksburg
This Union general was perhaps most responsible for the introduction of the concept of "total war" into the armed combat of the Civil War-- a concept to which much of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina succumbed under his campaigns
William Tecumseh Sherman
Which two Southern "border states" did Lincoln seek to keep out of the Confederacy, up to and including permissions for the institution of slavery?
Kentucky and Arkansas
A Democrat, this man served as president between 1845 and 1849
James Polk
Typically regarded as a "draw" between the Union and the Confederacy, this battle saw the death of enormous sums of Union troops even despite their outnumbering of Confederate troops; this battle also saw the death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson under friendly fire
Chancellorsville
This Confederate general was likely the longest-standing of his peers, having known his rival, Ulysses S. Grant, personally during the Mexican War twenty years earlier
Robert E. Lee
In this speech, Abraham Lincoln discussed the moral high ground of the Union relative to the insistence of the Confederacy upon war
First Inaugural Address
William Henry Harrison
A Confederate incursion into the North, this battle marked the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Antietam
Nicknamed "Fighting Joe," this Union general presided over the battle in which Stonewall Jackson was killed and was known for his brutal fighting tactics
Joseph Hooker
Where did Generals Grant and Lee meet to settle post-war agreements and the terms of the Confederacy's surrender?
Appomattox Court House
This man was the last republican president (of any kind or variety) before Abraham Lincoln
John Quincy Adams
A Union victory, this battle resulted in the "cutting off" of railway transportation into the Confederate capital of Richmond
Petersburg
DAILY DOUBLE: This controversial Union general was heavily criticized for his indecision, having often spent excessive time in military preparations and having hesitated in the dispatching of his troops
George B. McClellan
EVERYBODY WRITES:
What were some of the defining strategies of Ulysses S. Grant's new approach to the war?
Targeting supply lines, "total war," etc.