Civil War Causes & Important People. 8th Grade U.S History. McCoy.

Lincoln offered this man command of the Union Army prior to the Civil War but he refused. He resigned from the U.S Army and Served as the General for the Confederate forces of the South.

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• William Carney

Appointed General-in-chief of the Union Forces during the Civil War. He is known for making Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse.

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William Carney

• Abraham Lincoln

He was president of the Union.

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

He was appointed President of the Confederate States of America.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

One of Lincolns most trusted generals as a result of his performance during the war in the "West".

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• William Carney

Confederate General in the Civil War. He earned his name at the Battle of Bull Run.

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

This man is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He is also the first African American soldier to receive the award. He served in the 54th regiment for the Union Army.

• William Carney

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

The Union soldiers were typically called "__________".

• Rebels

• Yankees

• Traitors

• Prohibitionists

The Confederate Soldiers were typically called "________"

• Rebels

• Yankees

• Wildmen

• Abolitionists

Sectionalism is a cause of the Civil War because...

• Northerners & Southerners were loyal to their local customs and way of life.

• Settlers in the West refused to participate in the War.

• The Southerners believed in Abolition.

• The North wanted Slavery.