Vocabulary
An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
He was the 16th president of the United States during the civil war.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Men who fought for the North were called :
What is Union Soldiers
The name of the battle where the civil war officially began.
Where is Fort Sumter
Why was the south upset by the election of Lincoln?
What is- He was against slavery, threat to their way of life, and their place in the union
To go your own way, breaking off ties. Refers to one part of a country that wants to become independent, like the South during the U.S. Civil War.
What is secede?
He was the General of the union army, and the 18th president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Men who fought for the South were called:
Who are Confederate or Rebel soldiers.
This side in the civil war, lost the most soldiers.
What is the North or union soldiers
This was the objective of Abraham Lincoln with regard to WHYthe civilwarwas being fought.
What is to preserve the union- not to abolish slavery.
A political movement centered around ending slavery
What is Abolition?
This man was a Confederate general during the American Civil War that was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
Who was Robert E. Lee
In which battle were the most soldiers lost?
What is Gettysburg
This is the year that the civilwar ended.
What is 1865
This is what the union army did to the south after the battle of Fort Sumter.
What is put up a naval blockade so the south couldn't trade.
a group of people joined together for a common purpose- Southern States
What is the Confederacy?
The president of the Confederate states of America
Who was Jefferson Davis
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender?
Where is at the Appomattox Court House.
In January of 1863, Lincoln signs a document, what wasit called?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
The south was upset about the disagreement in the government over slavery because:
What is the Southern labor system would fall apart without slaves so their livelihood itself was at stake.
Document that declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
This is what happens to Abraham Lincoln very shortly after the civil war.
What is he was assassinated
Which battle was considered the bloodiest battle in the civil war?
What was Antietam.
What was the process of rebuilding a nation united in a single purpose, free from slavery begins after the end of the war called?
What is reconstruction
Name at least 2 of the 4 causes of the civil war.