Civil War review

Word for states leaving the Union.

• Confederacy

• States' rights

• Secession

• Liberty

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

• Lincoln's election of 1860

• They didn't like the North's attitude toward the economy

• The North was taking escaped slaves from the South because they needed help farming

• John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?

• unified popular support for the war effort
• superior military leadership
• economic aid from Great Britain and France
• greater human and economic resources

What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?

• greater manufacturing
• more effective navy
• better government
• more capable military leaders

One of General Lee's most important generals who was accidentally killed by his own men at the battle of Chancellorsville.

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War

• Sherman's March to Sea
• Gettysburg
• Atlanta Campaign
• Fort Sumter

The name given to the northern army. 

• Confederates
• Americans
• Military
• Union

The name given to the southern army.

• Confederates
• Union
• Americans
• Military

This was the first major battle of the Civil War between the North and South

• Shiloh

• Bull Run

• Fort Henry and Donelson

• Gettysburg

This was the president of the Confederate States.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis