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Name:________________________ Date:____________ #________ p.1 Student Notes: The Civil War Quiz : Key Union Figures of the Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln was the most ______________________ public figure of the Civil War. He was elected president ___________________, in ___________ and ___________. He was a lawyer, a state legislator in _________________ and a _________________in Congress for the state of Illinois. Lincoln did not want ______________ to spread to new states and territories. In his first inaugural speech, given in March 1861, Lincoln stated that no state could ________________ withdraw from the Union. In _____________ of 1861 ________________ was the first state to _____________from the Union. On ____________________________, just 5 days after the Confederates had surrendered at ________________________________________________________, Lincoln was shot by actor ___________________________________________ who agreed with the Confederates. Lincoln died from his wounds early the next morning. General Ulysses S Grant: By ___________________ the Union had lost two big battles. ____________________ decided to make Grant __________________________ of the Union Army in the final months of the war. With Grant’s help, the Union split the Confederate Army in two by gaining control of the _______________________________________________. Grant planned to end the South by __________________________ everything needed to survive. He appointed General _____________________ to destroy all the ________________ and ________________________ in Virginia. He ordered General Sherman’s _____________ to the _____________. There was little left in the ______________ for people or troops to use for _______________________. Finally, General Lee surrendered to Grant in ___________ at ________________________________ Court House Grant was elected our ___________ ___________________. He served two terms from 1869 to 1877. General William T. Sherman: General Sherman was a Union general who was ordered by ___________________________ to wear down the Confederate Army. He was responsible for the burning of ________________ and the March to the _________.. Clara Barton: Clara Barton was a ________________ for the Union Army. She was pivotal in organizing treatment for wounded soldiers in the hospitals and on the battlefields. She went on to become the founder of the _________________ ___________________. Harriet Tubman: Harriet Tubman escaped her life of _______________ in Maryland. After her escape to _________________________. At the age of 28, she became the main _______________ of the __________________ __________________. She returned to the _________________.many times to help bring other slaves to _____________________. Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist, former ________________ who escaped as a young man. He founded a popular abolitionist______________________ called The ___________________________. Key Confederate Figures of the Civil War: p.2 Jefferson Davis: Jefferson Davis was a ___________________ and a senator from ______________________. He became the first and only president of the ________________________ _______________of America. The attack of _____________________________ which started the Civil War, happened under his orders. In spite of his former status as the _____________________of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis began to encourage _________________________by the late 1880s, telling Southerners to be ______________ to the _____________. Robert E. Lee: Robert E. Lee was in the _________________________. Which later became the Union Army. He resigned and became the ____________________ of the ____________________ ___________ of Northern Virginia in 1860. (the year of Lincoln’s election) In 1865 he became commander-in chief of the _______________ __________. He won many battles in which he and his troops were ___________________. However, he didn’t have enough ___________ or __________________ to keep fighting General Grant’s large army. He ______________________ to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in April, 1865. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: Jackson was General______________ most gifted general. He helped Lee win key battles, often leading his _____________ many, many miles in one day. His ideas about how to fight the __________________ led to victories at Bull Run, __________________, and Fredericksburg. He earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run. The soldiers said that he remained as solid and __________________ as a _____________________. At the battle of _______________________________ in 1863, he was ____________ accidentally by his own men . He ________ of pneumonia as a result of his injuries. p.3 Student Notes: Events Of The Civil War Quiz __________________________ Major Battles ,Campaigns, and Events: April , 1861: Fort Sumter, Charleston,South Carolina: This Battle was the first official event of the Civil War. _______________________ fired upon ___________________ troops stationed at Fort Sumter in Charleston, _____________________. The Union _______________________and left the fort. The victory over the Union at Fort Sumter led many Confederates to believe that they would win the _________________________ easily and quickly. January 1, 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation (emancipate: to set free) (proclamation: a statement) An ___________________ order issued by ________________________________. This order declared slaves in the __________________________states ___________________. It did not declare an end to _______________________ in the __________________ states or states loyal to the ___________because Lincoln still needed their __________________ to end the war. Once the Emancipation Proclamation was made known, many African Americans volunteered to fight in the _______________ Army. July, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: This battle was the ___________________ battle of the entire war. General ______________ Confederate Army met Union General George __________________ outside of Gettysburg , Pennsylvania. The armies fought for several days. Approximately _______________________ men died or were wounded. The _________________ won the battle, ending Lee’s last attempt to invade the North. Four months later, President Lincoln stood on the battlefield and gave a speech known as the ___________________________ ____________________. In his speech, Lincoln __________________ the men who had died there, and expressed his __________________ that the war would soon ___________. September 1864: Union forces led by General Sherman capture Atlanta: General Sherman wanted to reach __________________. because of its importance as a ________________________hub. Without the ability to ship _________________ and ____________, the South would not be able to support the Confederate Army. Sherman successfully _____________________ Atlanta. Sherman used a method of fighting called ________________________. His aim was not just to destroy the opposing army, but to also destroy the ____________________ will to fight. All citizens were ordered to leave Atlanta. Sherman’s men then __________________________ almost the entire city. After the fall of Atlanta many ____________________ believed that the _____________ could win the war and _______________________ Lincoln. p.4 November-December 1864: Sherman’s March to the Sea After setting ________________to _________________, Sherman set out for a march of ________________________ across Georgia Sherman marched his troops from ______________________ to _____________________..Along their 300 mile path, Sherman’s soldiers _____________ anything of value to the Confederates. They burned houses, barns, fields and destroyed railroads. __________________fell without a fight in December of 1864. April 9,1865 Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox, Virginia By the spring of 1865, General Lee’s army of __________________ was tired and starving. General Grant’s army of ______________________ outnumbered and trapped Lee’s troops. General Lee told his troops: “ There is nothing left for me to do but go and see ___________________________________________, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.” Union General _________________ and Confederate General _____________ met in a farmhouse in __________________________ ______________________, Virginia on April 9, 1865 to discuss the terms of ____________________. Terms of Surrender: *Grant allowed Lee’s soldiers to go _______ *The soldiers could keep their ________________ and _______________ *Grant offered Lee’s men _________________ from the Union supplies As Lee returned to his men, _______________ soldiers started cheering. ________________ silenced them, saying: “ The ____________ is over; the _______________ are our countrymen again.” p.5 Label important Civil War Sites: Ft. Sumter SC, Gettysburg, PA, Atlanta,GA, Sherman’s March to the Sea, Atlanta to Savannah , GA, Appomattox Courthouse, VA p.6 In this map of Sherman’s March to the Sea , notice how close Union troops came to Macon GA. One of the closest skirmishes (small fights) occurred near Griswoldville (near Gray, GA.)