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The President of the United States during
the Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln
The President of the Confederacy
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Who was Jefferson
Davis
Commander of the Confederacy and the
most successful Southern General in
the Civil War.
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Who was Robert E.
Lee?
Confederate General that
was given the nickname of
“Stonewall” at the
Battle of Bull Run.
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Who was Thomas
Jackson?
th
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President of the United
States; Union
general in the Civil War
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Who was Ulysses S.
Grant?
This battle marked the beginning of the
Civil War.
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What was the Battle of Fort
Sumter?
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil
War. It lasted for 3 days and Lee was
forced to retreat and the Union won.
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What was the Battle of
Gettysburg?
This was a series of battles led by Sherman
with the ultimate goal being to gain control
of Atlanta.
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What was the Atlanta
Campaign?
Sherman’s soldiers marched to Savannah
and along the way destroyed anything that
was needed for war. Took control of
Savannah for the port and then started back
north again.
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What was Sherman’s March to
the Sea?
This is where General Lee surrendered to
General Grant on April 9, 1865. Grant said
Lee’s soldiers could go home and sent
25,000 meals to the hungry Confederate
soldiers. Grant told his soldiers not to
cheer because they are our fellow
countrymen.
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What was Appomattox Court
House?
This Compromise allowed the balance of
free and slave states to remain equal
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What was the Missouri
Compromise?
This Act forced northerners to catch
runaway slaves with a punishment of being
fined or jailed
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What was the Fugitive Slave Act
of 1850?
This book, written by Harriet Beecher
Stowe, put the harsh reality of slavery out
in the open
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What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This raid divided the North and South as
antislavery grew stronger in the North,
some southerners argued that they should
leave the Union to protect their way of life.
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What was John Brown’s Raid on
Harper’s Ferry?
This Compromise, which had five parts,
allowed California to enter the Union as a
free state
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What was the Compromise of
1850?
A state that permitted slavery
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What is a slave state?
A state that did not have slavery
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What is a free state?
The withdrawal when part of a country
leaves or breaks off from the rest
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What is secession?
Someone who joined the movement to
abolish, or end, slavery.
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Who are abolitionist?
The idea that states, not the federal
government, should make the final
decisions about matters that affect them
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What is states’ rights?
Strengths included having a greater total
population, more factory production,
and the majority of railroad mileage
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North
This side’s strategy included fighting a
defensive war
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South
Weaknesses of this side included being a
new nation, not having a strong central
government, and having a weak
economy
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South
An advantage of this side was having a
strong leader
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South
This side struggled to find a strong leader
and therefore went through multiple
commanders throughout the war.
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North