Texas and the Civil War TEST Review

A slave that lived in free Territory. sued for freedom. Ruling said that he was a slave and not a citizen had no rights

First major battle of the Civil War

Confederate naval victory near Louisiana border. led by Richard Dowling

Someone that wanted to end slavery

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

Federal fort in South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War

Sherman's march to Savannah which cut off confederate supplies received by the sea

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the South?

A speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, he praised the bravery of Union soldiers

Began when he and his men took over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion.

Texan who was the second highest ranking general in the Confederate army; killed at the Battle of Shiloh.

Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

Site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to the Unions Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War

President of the Confederate States of America

Last battle of the Civil War after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. It was a Confederate victory.

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

Commander of the Confederate Army

A battle near a sluggish little creek. It proved to be the bloodiest single day battle in American History.

the right of states to limit the power of the federal government

General of the Union Army

a novel published by harriet beecher stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves

Which of these was NOT a Theater of the Civil War?

Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war

Civil War battle were Union troops stopped a Confederate invasion led by Henry H. Sibley in Northern New Mexico

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