The Civil War

Site of federal armory defended by federal troops in 1859

Founder of the Amerian Red Cross

Fighting in the Civil War included all the following EXCEPT

Declared all slaves of rebel masters free from servitude - 1862

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the war affected the South?

Act establishing a system of national banks that replaced the antebellum system of state banks

Offered 160 acres of public land to settlers who agreed to live on and improve it

Lee divided his forces and defeated the Union, though he lost his "right hand man"

Led failed raid on a federal armory to secure weapons, hoping to incite a slave uprising

Which state did NOT initially secede from the Union?

Declared all slaves in rebel-held areas free - 1863

Name given to peace Democrats

Site of Lee's surrender to Grant

Northerners thought a good site for a picnic until union troops almost ran over them in retreat

Union general who marched from Atlanta to Savannah, causing mass destruction

Turning point of the war- South never launched another offensive in north after this defeat

Set aside public land for states to sell to create univer. emphasizing agriculture & mech. arts

Lincoln speech after this battle insisted war would result in a government of and by the people

Union victory that sent Confederate troops limping home; bloodiest day of war

Allowed seizure of any slave employed by the Confederate military; abolished slavery in capital

First state to secede from the Union

6 week long siege of city, whose defeat split Confederacy in two