8th Grade US History: Civil War Review

Southern General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on what day and where?

Appomattox April 9, 1865

When did the Civil War start and end?

April 1861 to April 1865

Bloodiest battle of the war. 3-day battle Turning point of the Civil War because General Lee lost most of his men. Union victory.

Gettysburg

Elected president of the United States in 1860 His election caused South Carolina to secede

Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln's famous speech which dedicated the battlefield as the National Cemetery to honor the dead men who gave up their lives during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg Address

What were the 11 states that seceded or left the Union called?

Confederate States of America

President Lincoln's proclamation freeing the slaves in the SOUTH only; written after the victory at Antietam.

Emancipation Proclamation

Battle fought at Charleston, South Carolina. First battle of the Civil War. Bloodless, no one killed except a horse.

Fort Sumter

General of the Confederate Army. Surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia on April 9, 1965.

General Robert E. Lee

Last general of the Union Army; promoted after his victory at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

General Ulysses S. Grant

Famous general who "marched to the sea" and burned the city of Atlanta and Savannah and destroyed everything in his path. Believed in "Total War" which is the destruction of anything (food, weapons, etc.) that the enemy and its civilians could use against him.

General William T. Sherman

List the advantages of the North.

Industrial power--factories to make weapons More railroads Larger population

Appointed president of the Confederate States of America. After the war he was put in prison for treason and later released.

Jefferson Davis

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

Burned the city of Atlanta and Savannah and destroyed everything in his path. Believed in "Total War" which is the destruction of anything (food, weapons, etc.) that the enemy and its civilians could use against him.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Where did most of the battles during the Civil War take place?

in the South

30-day siege ends when this city falls. Led by Ulysses S. Grant; Grant is promoted to General of the Union army Victory at this city gives the Union full control of Mississippi River; considered another turning point of the war.

Vicksburg

List the advantages of the South

outstanding military leaders (good generals) fighting on their own soil