North Stuff
Who was the president of the Union (USA)?
Abraham Lincoln.
What type of underwater ship did the South attempt to use with limited success?
Submarines.
What is a blockade?
Blocking off an area to keep goods from going in or out.
Harriet Tubman
What was the first battle of the American Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter.
What was the plan called that tried to "strangle" the South by cutting off their supplies and exports with blockades?
The Anaconda Plan.
What was the name of the Confederate submarine that was the first to blow up an enemy vessel but also sank multiple times?
The C.S.S. Hunley.
What is total war?
Destroying everything, regardless of if it/they is/are involved in the war or not (civilians, farms, etc.).
Who famously stole a Confederate boat and brought his family to freedom, helping the Union afterwards with intelligence, and eventually become a wealthy politician?
Robert Smalls.
What harbor did the Battle of Port Royal (S.C.) happen in?
Charleston Harbor.
Name on of the North's main advantages.
More manufacturing/industry, more people, more railroads/transportation, more money, etc.
What was the South's main advantage in the American Civil War?
Homefield advantage - most battles happened in southern states.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Freed the slaves and ended slavery in the USA.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln right after the end of the war?
John Wilkes Booth.
The Confederacy never again attempted to invade the North after which battle?
The Battle of Gettysburg.
What group was specifically freed by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
Southern slaves who could escape or be freed by Union soldiers (not all slaves).
Who was the president of the Confederacy (CSA)?
Jefferson Davis.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Birthright citizenship.
Who rose to become General-in-Chief for the Union and won the final battle of the Civil War (and eventually became a president)?
Ulysses S. Grant.
What is the name of William T. Sherman's spread out attacks on southern cities like Atlanta, GA and Columbia, SC.
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Name one of the United States of America (from Civil War times - Union states).
CA, CT, IL, IA, IN, KS, ME, MA, MI, MN, NV, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, and WI.
Name one of the Confederate States of America.
TN, SC, NC, TX, AR, LA, FL, AL, GA, or VA.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Who rose to become the Confederate General-in-Chief and surrendered at the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
Robert E. Lee.
What was the final official battle of the American Civil War?
The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse.