Terms and Lead Up
Term meaning to leave
Secession
Leader of the Confederate Army
General Robert E. Lee
Side that had more men
Union
Turning point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Term that people have a right to decide their own government through voting
Popular Sovereignty
Leader of the Union military
General Ulysses S Grant
Side that had more guns and industry
Union
Bloodiest day of battle in American History
Antietam
Place where slaves were officially freed from
Confederate States
Term meaning to free or to be let free
Emancipation
Political leader of the Confederate Government
Jefferson Davis
Had a defensive purpose to the war
Confederacy
Union defeat and surprising win for the Confederacy
Bull Run
Proclamation allowed this group of people to join the military
African Americans
State that is not a part of the Confederacy but still has slaves
Border State
Political Leader of the Union
President Abraham Lincoln
Had more military experience and skill
Confederacy
Invasion from General Grant
Shiloh
Was designed to keep this main country out of the Civil War
Great Britain
Term meaning to create more factories and buildings
Industrialization
General in charge of thee victory at Bull Run
General Stonewall Jackson
Cause of the most deaths during the Civil War
Disease and limited medical knowledge
Battle that ended in a stalemate between two ships
Hampton Roads
Name of the first official all black military regiment
54th Massachusetts Infantry