Civil War Unit Flashcards
Elijah LoveJoy
Murdered for supporting Freedom of slaves
Stephan Douglas
Supported Popular sovereignty
Charles Sumner
He was attacked in congress for his slavery views
Horace Greeley
Wanted Lincoln to free slaves as part of the war
John Brown
Abolitionists that thought the lord sent him to destroy slavery
General lee
Confederate that was the lead general of the south,first to use trench warfare, and his home was used as a cemetery after the war as punishment
Union General Sherman
Lead the march to the sea that destroyed so much, that it took away the Souths ability to fight
Union General McClellan
Did not lead well and made to many slow decisions
Vice President Andrew Johnson
Became president when Lincoln was killed
Jefferson Davis
President of confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Wanted to save the union more than free the slaves
Washington DC
Border between the north and the south
Charleston, south Carolina (Ft Sumter)
Where the war began
South thought it was their land
Battle of Vicksburg
Gave the union the Mississippi river
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest battle of the war
The Battle of Gettysburg was what year?
July 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the war, the north was winning afterwards
Battle of Petersburg
Union one this battle and Richmond on the same day
Battle of Vicksburg
Happened the same week as Gettysburg
What left Georgia TOTALLY destroyed???
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Appomattox Virginia
Where the south surrenders
When the South Surrenders, it has to give up what, and keep what?
Give up Guns, Keep Horses
Who signs the surrender Pappers?
General lee
Who invented the cotton Gin???
Eli Whitney
The constitution did not mention, what?
Slavery
The Union plan for victory
Capture Richmond, take the Mississippi, and block important southern ports
Confederate plan for victory
Fight a defensive war, wait for the north to give up, and depend on the advise of their generals
Name three Compromises
The Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska act
How many states left right away after Lincoln was elected???
7
Emancipation Proclemation
Only freed the slaves in the south
Election of 1860
Abraham one without ANY help from the souther states
Ironclad ships
Monitor (north)
Merrimack (south)
H. L. Hunley
First Submarine used in the war (made by south)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote “Uncle Toms Cabin” which showed all the bad things about slavery
