Proclamation that freed slaves in the rebelling states
Shiloh...
General Ulysses S. Grant invades Tennessee.
Alexander Stephens wrote the "Cornerstone Speech" to explain the Confederacy leaving the Union because they supported and defended .....
Slavery
Jefferson Davis was...
President of the Confederacy
George McClellan
Inept leader of Union army who was eventually fired
How long and wide was Sherman's March?
1,000 miles and 60 miles wide
In which speech did President Lincoln state that the Civil War was necessary to preserve the Union and that America was one nation, not a collection of individual states?
Gettysburg Address
T/F Lincoln believed secession was not permitted by the US Constitution
True
Tariffs in the 19th century...
Southerners opposed tariffs because they believed tariffs would scare off foreign buyers of their goods and make the imported goods they needed more expensive.
Clara Barton was most closely associated with--
Healthcare for soldiers during the Civil War.
What were border states?
States that allowed slavery, but did not leave the Union
Bull Run
A shocking defeat for the Union/North and first major battle.
Describe the conditions at Andersonville Prison...