Civil War Terms Test

General for the South, Got his nickname because he refused to retreat during battle.

Battle which was a turning point in the war, made it clear the North would win.

Slave states that remained in the Union

Successful Union General who would eventually be elected President of the United States.

People that are wounded or killed in a battle are called

To leave or withdraw from the Union.

President of the Confederacy

The Southern States that left the union formed the

The March of a union army of 62,00 men from Atlanta toward Savannah in which all was destroyed

This person lost his estate in Arlington, VA which is now home to Arlington National Cemetery.

Novel Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that told how bad slavery was.

Document freeing slaves in Union controlled confederate states. "It did not end slavery"

Official beginning of the Civil War was at this battle

General of the Confederacy would not fight against his own state of Virginia

Condition of being owned by and forced to work by someone else.

A system of messages which would be sent by wires over long distances.

Ships made of Iron

A agreement in 1820 that had Maine enter as a free state and Missouri enter as a slave state.

This is the place where the Civil War ended on April 9 1865.

These items where standard issue to the Union Army

President of the United States of American during the Civil War - Freed the Slaves

Place in Virginia where John Brown led a raid of of freed slaves on a federal arsenal.

A speech given by Abraham Lincoln dedicating Gettysburg National Cemetery.

A rapid fire gun capable of shooting 600 rounds per minute - invented during civil war.

A law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to be free or slave states

A US Supreme Court Decision which determined that slaves could not sue in federal court.

Civil War Battle in which 25,000 men were killed our wounded. Considered the Bloodiest battle

The war between the North and South that raged from 1861-1865 was called

A Union plan to win the war. By squeezing the South on all sides. Blocking the South's Ports