Civil War Vocabulary Test

1861-1865

• War between Union and the Confederacy over states' rights and slavery

• Westward Expansion began and ended

• The American Revolution

• The Indian Wars

Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attck on the fort marked the start of the Civil War.

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

The First major battle in the American Civil WAr to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Getysburg

• Vicksburg

1863 July 1-3 - turning point in war, Union victory, most deadly battle

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

Split the Confederacy in two and gave the North control of the Mississippi River.

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Getysburg

• Vicksburg

Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #1

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #2

A speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rights.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #1

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #2

Speech was given to preserve the Union and prevent Civil War. He appealed to "the better angels of our nature" to prevent Civil War.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #1

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #2

Speech given mentioned slavery as the cause of the war and abolition as the purpose of the Union.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #1

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address #2

An American general and the 18th President of the United States. He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Wilkes Booth