Important Figures
Was the 16th president that delivered the famous Gettysburg Address and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Elected in 1860 as president, without any Southern electoral vote; the South officially felt they had no representation or influence
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The Confederacy attacks on April 12, 1861 officially starting the Civil War
What was the Battle at Fort Sumter?
Killed President Lincoln while he was at a theater in Washington, D.C.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Lieutenant-general that had command over all of the Union armies; vital player and strategist in securing victories for the Union
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
______ was more industrialized and relied on factories, while the _____ was more depended on agriculture and slave labor
What was the North; the South?
Sept. 17, 1862: the bloodiest single day of fighting in the whole war
What was the Battle of Antietam?
The abolitionist that led the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859.
Who was John Brown?
First and only president of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The South wanted to expand slavery into other states and the new states forming in the West, while the North wanted to establish ‘free states’ in the West and South
What was territorial expansion?
July 1863: Union victory that became a turning point for the war
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
The document that freed all enslaved people in rebellious states, depriving the South of the majority of their labor forces.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Increased Southern fears of slave rebellions and increased tension between North and South
What was the raid of Harper's Ferry?
March 1864, _________ becomes commander of all Union armies
The speech that invoked the human equality principles in the Declaration of Independence and made known the desire for 'a new birth of freedom'.
What was the Gettysburg Address?
Who was Frederick Douglass?
The 1857 Supreme Court ruling that confirmed the legality of slavery in the western territories.
What was the Dred Scott case?
April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
What marked the end of the Civil War?
Was imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe in Virginia following the end of the war, and who's body is now buried in Hollywood Cemetery, in Richmond, VA.
Who was Jefferson Davis?