civil war

First state to secede

First state to secede

South Carolina

the ( ) had more resources than the ( )

north, south

the ( ) had more forces/people than the ( )

north, south

most soldiers in the civil war were either ( ) or mechanics

farmers

the ( ) had more immigrants, thus more ppl to fuel their armies

north

the president of the confederacy

Jefferson Davis

the vice president of the confederacy

Alexander Stevens

the north saw jefferson davis as a ( )

donkey

Fort Sumter was the...

First battle of the Civil War

Fort Sumter was a victory for ( )

Confederates

the north's civil war strategy was known as the ( ) plan

anaconda

the anaconda plan was the Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading ( ) and controlling the ( )

seaports, mississippi river

Who created the Anaconda Plan?

Winfield Scott

Ulysses S. Grant

Union general (forced the surrender at vicksburg)

George McClellan

Union general (all preparation, no battling)

Stonewall Jackson

Confederate general (led to victory at the first battle of bull run)

Robert E. Lee

Confederate general

Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) (3)

-The first major battle of the Civil War -Confederate victory -showed the north that a victory would take much longer than anticipated

Battle of Antietam (3)

-bloodiest single day of the war -union victory -convinced europe to stay out of the war

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army ( ) because of slaves

increased

lincoln did not set slaves free in ( ) states so as not to upset them

border

the 54th regiment

First African American regiment

Morril Tariff Act

Act that raised tariffs to more than double their prewar rate

Homestead Act

Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it.

Legal Tender Act

Created a national currency

Morril Land Grant Act

Gave all states that remained in the Union land based on their representation in Congress

Pacific Railway Act

Encouraged the construction of a transcontinental railroad

National Bank Act

Enticed banks to buy federal bonds, and taxed state bonds out of existence. (helped the Union war effort economically)

Vicksburg (2)

-union victory under grant -forced a southern surrender

Gettysburg

-turning point in war -Union victory -most deadly battle

after gettysburg, the north initiates the ( )

draft

( ) immigrants played a big role in northern armies

irish

people would ( ) their way out of the draft

buy

there were draft riots in ( )

NYC

there was major ( ) in the south due to the confederacy printing money after the northern blockade

inflation

Sherman's March to the Sea was a ( ) campaign used by the union

total

in the 1864 election lincoln was against ( )

McClellan

who won the 1864 election

Lincoln

A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War were known as ( )

copperheads (ex: clement vallandigham)

the final virginia campaign led to the southern surrender at ( )

appomattox

the ( ) faced more casualties from the war than the ( )

north, south

lincoln was assassinated at ( ) theater

ford's

Who assasinated Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

Lincoln was seen as a ( ) of the civil war cause after being assasintated

martyr