Historian Hustle - The Civil War

______________________ was the first state to secede from the Union.

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

• Georgia

• Appomattox Court House

_____________________ was the president of the Union during the Civil War

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

__________________________ was the president of the Confederate States of America.

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

The Battle of _________________________ was the start of the Civil War.

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

• March to the Sea

• Appomattox Court House

Many African American joined the war fighting for the Union in the ________________________________________________ and the _____________________________________.

• Fort Sumter

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 13 U.S. Colored Troops.

• 54^th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

In September 1862, Lincoln signed the ________________________________ which freed all slaves in the rebelling Confederate states.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Court House

• March to the Sea

• South Carolina

General Sherman marched troops from Tennessee to the east coast of Georgia destroying and burning towns along the way. This became known as Sherman’s ________________________.

• March to the Sea

• 54^th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

President Lincoln gave a famous speech at the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. This speech became known as the __________________________________.

• Bull Run

• Appomattox Court House

• Gettysburg Address

• 13 U.S. Colored Troops

__________________________ was a Confederate General who surrender at Appomattox Court House.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

___________________ was a Union general who is known for capturing the capital of Richmond.

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee