1. Civil War Review Civil War Review

2. What happened when the Southern states seceded?

3. n They broke their ties to the United States forming their own country, called the Confederate States of America.

4. Who was president of the Confederacy?

5. n Jefferson Davis

6. What was the Confederacy?

7. n The slaveholding states that seceded from the Union.

8. What category did the North have the biggest advantage?

9. What percent of total population did the South have?

10. During the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln spoke of “the great task remaining before us.” This task was to

11. n to bring the country back together again.

12. What was Ulysses S. Grant’s major role in the Civil War?

13. n To lead the Union army to victory

14. What was a new type of ship used during the war?

15. n ironclads

16. He was the leading general of the Confederacy.

17. Robert E. Lee

18. What was the name of the most famous black regiment?

19. n 54th Massachusetts, who became famous during the attack on Fort Wagner.

20. Why did the soldiers from the North have an advantage over soldiers from the South?

21. n The North had far more resources than the South.

22. What is the name of the fort where the Civil War began?

23. Fort Sumter

24. After this battle, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It was also the bloodiest day in U.S. History.

25. The Battle of Antietam

26. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that

27. n enslaved persons in the Confederate states would be freed.

28. Which candidate won the most popular votes?

29. What was the first battle of the Civil War fought on Northern soil?

30. The Battle of Antietam

31. What new weapons led to an increased casualty rates?

32. n News rifles and bullets, ironclad ships

33. This was where the surrender of the Civil War was signed.

34. Appomattox Court House

35. What advantages did the soldiers from the South have?

36. n They were fighting close to home n They had better generals n They were closer to their supplies n They were fighting close to home n They had better generals n They were closer to their supplies

37. What body of water is the Siege of Vicksburg near?

38. Where were most of the battles of the war fought?

39. How did Gettysburg and Antietam differ from most of the battles fought during the war?

40. n Both were in the North

41. What was important about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?

42. n They made up one of the first African- American regiments of the war

43. Why was the Gettysburg important?

44. n The South would never invade the North again n The battle was the turning point of the war n Lincoln gave a famous speech there after the battle n The South would never invade the North again n The battle was the turning point of the war n Lincoln gave a famous speech there after the battle

45. What does each area on the map represent?

46. What was Ulysses S. Grant’s role in the war?

47. n Commander of the Union army at the end of the war n Accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox n Commander of the Union army at the end of the war n Accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox

48. Abraham Lincoln

49. n President of the Union n Issued the Emancipation Proclamation n Gave the Gettysburg Address n President of the Union n Issued the Emancipation Proclamation n Gave the Gettysburg Address

50. John Wilkes Booth

51. Assassinated Lincoln

52. Clara Barton

53. n Union nurse that began the Red Cross

54. William Tecumseh Sherman

55. n Union General of the North that burned Atlanta n Believed in “Total War.” n Union General of the North that burned Atlanta n Believed in “Total War.”

56. Battle of Vicksburg

57. n Battle which the Union won which allowed them to control the Mississippi River

58. Battle of Antietam

59. n Bloodiest single day in U.S. history n Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the battle. n One of the battles fought in the North n Bloodiest single day in U.S. history n Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the battle. n One of the battles fought in the North

60. Battle of Gettysburg

61. n Turing point of the war - Confederacy would never invade Northern territory again n Bloodiest battle of the war n Lincoln’s famous speech given after the battle n Turing point of the war - Confederacy would never invade Northern territory again n Bloodiest battle of the war n Lincoln’s famous speech given after the battle

62. Appomattox Court House

63. n Where Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War