The Union
He was the President of the Union
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
He was the President of the Confederacy
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This was a bloody battle and the major turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Election of 1860 led to this event?
What is the secession of the Southern states from the US?
Abraham Lincoln was this number president?
What is the sixteenth?
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
He was the Commanding General of the Confederate Forces
Who was Robert E Lee?
This battle was the first major fighting of the war.
What is Fort Sumter?
This state was the first to secede from the Union
South Carolina
Abraham Lincoln ran for President under this political party
What is the Republican Party?
This was the Union battle strategy where they tried to surround the Confederate states
What was the Anaconda Plan?
Who is England?
This is where Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to the Union General Ulysses S Grant
What is Appomattox Courthouse, VA?
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech after a major battle during the Civil War, reminding everyone what they were fighting for.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Name 3 Union States
What are Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, California, Oregon, and Nevada?
Border States (permitted slavery but remained in the Union): Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia
Name three Confederate states
What are South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee?
This was the single bloodies battle in all of American history?
What is the battle of Antietam?
He was a slave that sued his master for his freedom but was ultimately denied and had to return to the South, sparking outrage in the Northern States
Who was Dred Scott?
What are the Southern Confederate States?
This new technology was vital to the Union victory.
What are the railroads?
This was one advantage for the Confederate army
What is better leaders and a better trained military?
This was a major turning point in the war where the Union army gained control of the Mississippi River essentially dividing the Confederacy in two.
Other than over the issue of slavery, why did the South secede from the Union?
What is states rights?
He shot and killed Abraham Lincoln?
Who is John Wilkes Booth?