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Civil War
To what political
party did Abraham
Lincoln belong?
•Republican Party
What political party
split in the 1860
presidential election?
•Democratic Party
Who did the American
people elect as president
in 1860?
•Abraham Lincoln
What did several Southern
states do, when Lincoln
won the 1860 presidential
election?
•Seceded from the
Union
What did it mean
for a state to secede
from the Union?
• Leave the Union, or
• Withdraw from the Union
What country did the
seceded Southern
states form in 1861?
• The Confederate States of
America or
• The Confederacy
Who was elected
president of the
Confederacy?
•Jefferson Davis
What four things
did the secession of
the Southern states
trigger?
• The Civil War
• Northern victory
• The Union restored
• Emancipation of
African-American
slaves
What did it mean to
emancipate slaves?
•Free them
What constitutional
debate did the Civil War
involve?
•Federal Power vs.
States’ Rights
From what fort did
President Lincoln refuse
to remove federal troops
in April, 1861?
•Fort Sumter
Where is Fort
Sumter located?
•Charleston, South
Carolina
What event
caused the Civil
War to begin?
•Confederate forces
fired on Fort Sumter
Where did the
Civil War begin?
• Fort Sumter in
Charleston, South
Carolina
What were the dates
of the Civil War?
•1861-1865
Define the term civil
war.
•A war between
people of the same
country
In what war did the
most Americans die?
•The Civil War
Who served as president
of the United States
during the Civil War?
•Abraham Lincoln
What was Lincoln’s
attitude toward secession?
• Opposed secession
• Union must be held
together, by force if
necessary
Who was the leading
Union general during
the Civil War?
•Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the leading
Confederate general
during the Civil War?
•Robert E. Lee
Who was the
commander of the
Army of Northern
Virginia?
•Robert E. Lee
What was Robert
E. Lee’s attitude
toward secession?
• Opposed secession
• Did NOT believe the Union
should be held together by
force
• Wanted Southerners to accept
defeat and unite as
Americans again at the end
of the Civil War
Identify
Frederick
Douglass.
• Former African-American
slave
• Important black abolitionist
• Encouraged President
Lincoln to recruit former
slaves to fight in the Union
army
Name the two most
important battles of the
Civil War.
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg
Which side won the
Battle of Antietam?
•The North
Where was the
Battle of
Antietam?
•Maryland
What did President Lincoln
issue after the North’s
victory at the Battle of
Antietam?
•The Emancipation
Proclamation
What did the
Emancipation
Proclamation do?
• Freed all slaves who lived
in states still in rebellion
on Jan. 1, 1863
What was the North’s war
aim before the
Emancipation
Proclamation?
•Preservation of the
Union
What were the
North’s war aims
after the
Emancipation
Proclamation?
•Preservation of the
Union
•Abolition of
African-American
slavery
What two European
countries considered aiding
the Confederacy?
•Great Britain
•France
What effect did the
Emancipation Proclamation
have on England and France?
• Discouraged them from
siding with the
Confederacy
Which side won
the Battle of
Gettysburg?
•The North
Where was the
Battle of
Gettysburg?
•Pennsylvania
Who wrote the
Gettysburg
Address?
•Abraham Lincoln
What did Lincoln
identify as the North’s
two war aims in the
Gettysburg Address?
•Preserving the
Union
•Abolishing
Slavery
What did Lincoln believe
was the nature of the
Union?
• The United States was one
nation, instead a federation
of independent states
What did the South think
was the nature of the
Union?
• The states had freely joined
the Union and could freely
leave (secede)
•What vision did
President Lincoln
describe for the
United States in the
Gettysburg Address?
•The United States
was dedicated to
the idea that “all
men are created
equal”
In the Gettysburg Address
what did Lincoln call a
“Second American
Revolution”?
•The Civil War
Who said the United States
was ruled by a government “of
the people, by the people, and
for the people”?
•Abraham Lincoln
In what speech did Lincoln
use the phrase “of the
people, by the people, and
for the people”?
• The Gettysburg Address
According to what Lincoln
said in the Gettysburg
Address, what institution must
not exist in the United States?
•African-American
Slavery