Unit 12: The Civil War

The blue states are the:

• states with popular sovereignty

• Confederate States

• Union States

• None of the above

The United States government and all the States that remained together (mostly in the North and West) after the Civil War began is referred to as the ___________ (aka "the North").

• Union

• Confederacy

• Northern Alliance

• Democracy

Known as the Confederate States of America, this term refers to the States that broke away from the Union (US) in 1861.

• Union

• Confederacy

• Southern Alliance

• The Yankees

Which event marked the official beginning of the American Civil War in 1861?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

The states in the red are part of the

• Union

• Confederate States of America

• Boarder States

Leader of the Confederate Army of Virginia, he led the fight at Antietam and Gettysburg, and was the most formidable of the Southern generals.

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• General William Tecumseh Sherman

• President Abraham Lincoln

Leader of the Union Army, he won important victories at Vicksburg along the Mississippi River and oversaw the final effort to defeat Gen. Lee's Virginia Army (Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse).

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• General William Tecumseh Sherman

• President Abraham Lincoln

Known for his "total war" (scorched earth) strategy and "March to the Sea" across the South (Georgia, especially), he led Union forces to victory across the southern Atlantic States.

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• General William Tecumseh Sherman

• President Abraham Lincoln

His election as President caused the South to secede initially, and he led the Union brilliantly throughout the Civil War; he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth just days after the fighting ended.

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• General William Tecumseh Sherman

• President Abraham Lincoln

This battle, which occurred simultaneously with the Battle of Gettysburg, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, completing the Anaconda Plan on July 3rd, 1863.

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Vicksburg

• Appomattox Courthouse