States that allowed slavery, but did not leave the Union
Vicksburg
Siege by Grant of this Mississippi city led the Confederacy to be split in two
Who was the 54th Massachusetts?
First all black Union regiment of soldeirs
T/F The south won the battle of Gettysburg
False
Ulysses S. Grant was...
Leader of the Union Army
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Proclamation that freed slaves in the rebelling states
Antietam...
Bloodiest single day in American history.
Alexander Stephens wrote the "Cornerstone Speech" to explain the Confederacy leaving the Union because they supported and defended .....
Slavery
Bull Run
A shocking defeat for the Union/North and first major battle.
Gettysburg...
Three-day battle that was a turning point in the war.
Jefferson Davis was...
President of the Confederacy, Senator from Mississippi, and plantation owner
T/F Most Civil War battles were fought in the North
False
George McClellan
Inept leader of Union army who was eventually fired
Fort Sumter
First shots fired here by Confederacy against US
Shiloh...
General Ulysses S. Grant invades Tennessee.
What was the first state to leave the Union?
South Carolina
T/F Lincoln believed secession was not permitted by the US Constitution
True
What is popular sovereignty?
The philosophy that the people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of their own government.
To "secede" is to--
Leave the United States
William T. Sherman...
Known for Total War policy and March to the Sea
Abraham Lincoln was
President of the United States
What are Sherman's neckties?
heated railroad metal tied around tress
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
Clara Barton was most closely associated with--
Healthcare for soldiers during the Civil War.
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.
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