Civil War

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

General for the Union army

Who was Robert E. Lee?

General of the Confederate army

What was the 1st state to secede?

South Carolina

Name 3 causes of the Civil War

1. Slavery 2. Abraham Lincoln gets elected president 3. Taxes on goods

Name 1 difference in the constitution of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America.

1. You can own slaves 2. president can only serve 1 term (6 years)

Who was Stonewall Jackson?

1.General for the CSA 2.Stood like a stonewall during battles

Who was John Brown?

Abolitionist who led a raid at Harper's Ferry

When was the Gettysburg address given and by whom?

Abraham Lincoln in 1863

Antietam

Bloodiest day of the civil war

Where was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

First in Montgomery, Alabama and then in Richmond, Virginia

Where and when did the civil war begin?

Fort Sumter, South Carolina, April 12, 1861

Who was Jefferson Davis?

President of the CSA

The battle of Bull Run

The first official battle of the civil war.

Name 1 strength of the north

They had factories,money and trained soldiers.

Name 1 strength of the south

They knew their land better and they were defending their own land.

name the 11 confederate states

Virginia, Tenseness, North and South Carolina, Mississippi , Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida

Where was the capital of the United States of America?

Washington D.C

What did Harriet B. Stowe do?

Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

Nickname for the union soldiers

Yankees

Nickname for the confederate soldiers

rebels