Civil War

What years was it fought?

1861-1865

Who fought who?

North (Union) vs South (Confederates)

For what two reasons did the South fight?

states' rights and to keep slavery

For what two reasons did the North fight?

preserve the union and abolish slavery

What was the C.S.A.?

Confederate States of America

Which side was called the Union, Yankees, or Blue?

North

Which side was called the Confederacy, Rebs, or Grays?

South

Who was the President of the U.S.A.?

Abraham Lincoln

Who was the President of the C.S.A.?

Jefferson Davis

What was the Capitol of the U.S.A.?

Washington D.C.

What was the Capitol of the C.S.A.?

Richmond, VA

Robert E. Lee

South

Ulysses S. Grant

North

Stonewall Jackson

South

Meade

North

George McClellan

North

William T. Sherman

North

Jefferson Davis

South

Abraham Lincoln

North

Where were the first shots fired?

Fort Sumter

Where was the first major battle? Who won?

Bull Run, the South won

What was the bloodiest battle of the war?

Shiloh

What was the bloodiest single day of the war?

Antietam

What weekend day was the turning point of the war?

July 4, 1863

What two battles were won on this weekend that was the turning point?

Vicksburg and Gettysburg

What was Lincoln's famous speech?

Gettysburg Address

Who was the Northern Commander at the war's end?

Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the Southern Commander at the war's end?

Robert E. Lee

Which amendment made slavery illegal?

13th

What was the last major battle of the war?

Richmond

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

Appomattox

Who won the war?

North

What state voted to leave the Union after Lincoln's election?

South Carolina

What word means to leave the Union?

secede

Which side had more people?

North

Which side had more factories?

North

Which side had more railroads?

North

Which side had more plantations?

South

Which side's government was already in place and working?

North

What document freed all the slaves in the Southern states still fighting?

Emancipation Proclamation

Florida

South

Ohio

North

North Carolina

South

South Carolina

South

Delaware

Boundary

Mississippi

South

Virginia

South

Kentucky

Boundary

Minnesota

north

Indiana

north

Alabama

South

Arkansas

South

Texas

South

Maine

north

New Jersey

north

Pennsylvania

north

Illinois

north

Missouri

Boundary

Kansas

north

Louisiana

south

New York

north

Massachusetts

north

Rhode Island

north

Michigan

north

Connecticut

north

Vermont

north

New Hampshire

north

Maryland

Boundary

What man wanted to receive his freedom since his master took him to a free territory?

Dred Scott

Who had more war casualties?

North

List two ways in which the Union's large population gave it an advantage in the Civil War.

Have a large army and have ample people to work in factories and on farms in support of the war effort

What was the biggest killer in the Civil War?

disease

Who volunteered as a nurse and later founded the Red Cross?

Clara Barton

Who lead the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?

Robert Shaw

What fort did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment attack?

Fort Wagner

Why was the 54th Regiment special?

They were one of the first black regiments.

Why is the Confederate flag a controversial symbol today?

Hate groups (neo-nazis, skin-heads, and white-supremist) have adopted this flag and desecrated it by their acts (The South denies any relation to these hate groups and denies them the right to use the flag for any purposes.)