The Civil War

Question 1

Secession

Answer 1

The Deep South broke off from the union and formed its own country: The confederacy with Jefferson Davis

Question 2

Jefferson Davis

Answer 2

President of the confederate states of America

Question 3

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 3

A republican president elected in the 1860’s who was an abolitionist and wrote the emaciation proclamation

Question 4

Robert E. Lee

Answer 4

a Confederate general during the American Civil War. his greatest contribution to the United States was his effort to reunite the country following the American Civil War. In the opinions of his contemporaries and historians, Lee played a crucial role in restoring peace following the war.

Question 5

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 5

Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.

Question 6

William Tecumseh Sherman

Answer 6

He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), who earned recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of his scorched earth policies, which he implemented in his military campaign against the Confederate States.

Question 7

Fort Sumter

Answer 7

The first battle that kicked off the civil war, the confederacy fired first

Question 8

Gettysburg

Answer 8

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war’s turning point.

Question 9

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 9

A speech written by Lincoln which DID NOT end slavery but introduced issues with slavery to society and Lincolns wishes as president