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
