Strategies
This side of the Civil War had the advantage of a larger population, more manufacturing, and more miles of railroad
What is the North or the Union?
Who is John Wilkes Booth? (last name is fine)
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here, even though no one died in the battle (2 people died during the surrender ceremony)
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This battle helped the Union control most of the Mississippi River
What is the siege of Vicksburg?
This is the name for laws in the South after the Civil War that applied only to black people that were designed to limit their new freedoms
What are Black Codes?
This side of the Civil War had the advantage of better military leaders, stronger motivation for the cause, and knowledge of the land they were fighting on
What is the South or the Confederacy?
This is the commanding Southern General who led the South to countless victories throughout the entire Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This state is the location of more Civil War battles than any other state (hint, its near the same area where both the Northern and Southern capitals are located)
What is Virginia?
This Constitutional Amendment freed all the slaves
What is the 13th Amendment?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in this location
What is Confederate, rebelling, or Southern states?
This is Lincoln's fighting general who won at the battle of Vicksburg and defeated the Confederacy at Petersburg, forcing Lee's surrender in Virginia ending the war
Who is Ulysses S. Grant (last name only is fine)?
This battle was the single bloodiest DAY of the Civil War and is still considered the single bloodiest day in American History. It was a result of the Confederate army attempting to invade the North
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This battle was a nine month siege outside of the Confederate capital, Richmond
What is Petersburg?
This Constitutional Amendment gave automatic citizenship to all people born in the U.S. and said that all races had "equal protection" under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is one part of the Union Strategy (the Anaconda Plan) to win the Civil War
Any one of these:
What is blockade the coast?
What is control the Mississippi River?
What is Capture the Southern capital, Richmond?
This Union general trained his men but was overly cautious to fight and take them in to battle. He was later fired by President Lincoln.
Who is George McClellan (Last name only is fine)?
This battle was the turning point of the war, because the South never regained the strength that they had before this battle.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces, ending the Civil War
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
This Constitutional Amendment stated that all men, regardless of race, had the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
This is the NAME of the strategy General Sherman used on his March to the Sea in Georgia
What is Total War? (attacking the infrastructure and way of life of Southern civilians)
This was the President of the Confederate States
Who is Jefferson Davis? (last name is fine)
At the dedication of a cemetary for the soldiers that died in battle, Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most well known speeches in American History. These are the first six words to the Gettysburg Address
What are "Four score and seven years ago?"
True or false: At the surrender of Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant seized all Confederate supplies to feed his own armies
What is false?
In the Compromise of 1877, Northerners got a Republican President, and the South got this.
What is all federal troops removed from the South?