American Civil War Practice Flashcards

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering key dates, figures, battles, and legal amendments of the American Civil War based on the lecture transcript.

1861 to 1865

The years during which the civil war was fought.

North and the South

The two sides that were fighting during the civil war.

Abraham Lincoln

The president of The United States Of The Of America during the civil war whose ultimate goal was to preserve the union at all cost.

Jefferson Davis

The person elected president of the Confederacy during the civil war.

Fort Sumter

The location where the first shots of the civil war were fired and a battle won by the Confederacy.

Open rebellion

The status President Lincoln declared for all states who succeeded from the union.

Minerals

The resource listed as an exception to the advantages the union had over the country.

Auntie Tom

The civil war battle that stands as the biggest single day battle in America military history.

Ulysses s Grant

The civil war general who was later elected president of The United States Of America and accepted the formal surrender of Robert E. Lee.

First pulled on

The first major land fought battle of the civil war which ended in a Confederate victory.

Fourteenth amendment

Legislation that made former freed slave citizens.

Ironclad and revolving

Changes made to warships during the civil war period that changed naval battles for the future.

South Carolina

The state identified as the third state to succeed from the union.

Thirteenth amendment

The legislative action passed by the United States government that officially abolished slavery within the country.

Atlanta, Georgia

The city captured by General Sherman that helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864.

Joshua Chamberlain

The general instrumental in a union win at Gettysburg.

Appomattox Courthouse

The location where the formal surrender of Robert E. Lee was accepted by the union general.

Vicksburg

A critical battle won by the union that gave the union control of port along the Mississippi.

John Wilkes Booth

The person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

Gettysburg

A battle won by the Union.