How many states seceded to join the Confederate States of America?
11
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves
False: Only slaves in Confederate controlled areas
Confederate Capitol
Richmond, Virginia
President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What is the name of this General who "marched to the sea" and left a path of destruction?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union soldiers wore what color uniform?
Blue
Union Capitol
Washington DC
True or false: The Civil War is the deadliest war in American History.
True
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware were _____________ states
Border
Union soldiers were called
Yankees
Virginia splits into what two states because of secession
Virginia and West Virginia
Confederate soldiers wore what color uniform?
Grey
Which side had the advantage of a higher population?
Union
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
True or false: The victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
True
Union general who was put in charge of New Orleans
Benjamin "Beast" Butler
The biggest cause of death during the Civil War
disease/illness/sickness
Confederate soldiers were called
Rebels
True or False: One advantage of the Confederacy is the amount of factories and railroads.
False
Lincoln gives this speech at the dedication of the first national cemetery.
The Gettysburg Address
The plan the Union had to control the Mississippi River and blockade Union ports
The Anaconda Plan
True or False: The Confederacy has better trained officers
True
What two generals were present at the surrender?
Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee