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This key event caused the Southern states to secede from the Union-

Election of 1860

What reform movement demanded the immediate freeing of slaves?

Abolitionists

Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross

Clara Barton

This was the first major battle of the Civil War. (*Hint: It was the worst picnic in history!)

First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)

President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

Jefferson Davis

True or False: The South believed that the national governments power was supreme over that of the states.

False

True or False: The South believed in states' rights and thought they had the power to get rid of any national law.

True

The firing on this fort started the Civil War-

Fort Sumter

President of the US during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

What does "secede" mean?

to withdraw or leave

Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

NORTH or SOUTH? This side was a primarily agricultural society where people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.

SOUTH

Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia. (General of the Confederate Army)

Robert E. Lee

"The Man Who Burned the South", he was Union general who served under General Grant.

William T. Sherman

General of the Union army that defeated Lee at Appomattox Courthouse

Ulysses S. Grant

This key battle divided the South and gave the North control of the Mississippi River-

Battle of Vicksburg

Define "Border" states-

These states had slaves but did not want to leave the Union.

Skilled confederate general from Virginia. He earned his nickname during the First Battle at Manassas.

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

African American sailor and Union Naval Captain

Robert Smalls

Abraham Lincoln signed this document which made the freeing of slaves the new focus of the Civil War-

Emancipation Proclamation

What were the 4 Border states during the Civil War?

Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware

NORTH or SOUTH? This side was mainly urban and people held jobs in cities.

NORTH

Former enslaved African American who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist.

Frederick Douglass