Civil War Terms
Use your book {History Alive!} to identify the following historical figures
or famous battles. Tell what they are & why they are historically significant.
(2-3 sentences)
1) Abraham Lincoln Who was he? How did he change U.S. history?
2) Election of 1860 (p.299) Who won? How did the South react? Why?
3) States Rights (p.156) What is it? How did the South use it?
4) Confederate States of America (p.303) What were they? How did they change
U.S. History?
5) Fort Sumter (p.300) What happened? How did it change U.S. History?
6) The First Battle of Bull Run (p.308 - 309) What was it? Who won? How did
the North react afterwards?
7) Shortages in the South (p.316) Why were there shortages? What items? Effect?
8) Robert E. Lee (p.454 - 455) Who was he? What effect did he have on
the Civil War?
9) Antietam (p.310 - 311) Where? Who won? Impact on the Civil War?
10) Emancipation Proclamation (p.312) What was it? Why was it issued? What
effects did it have?
11) 54th Massachusetts (p.317) Who were they? Lincoln’s response?
12) Draft Resistance (p.312, 313 - 314) What were they? Why were Northerners
angry?
13) Gettysburg (p.312 - 313) Why did Lee invade? Who won? Effect?
14) Vicksburg (p.315 - 316) Where? Who won? Importance? Effect on the Civil War?
15) Gettysburg Address (p.314) Where? Why? Meaning?
16) Ulysses Grant (p.455) Who was he? After Chattanooga? What was his plan?
17) “Touched by Fire” (p.320) What did this mean? What changed? At what cost?
18) Total war (p.318) What was it? Effect on the Civil War?
19) Sherman’s March to the Sea (p.319) What was it? Effect on the Civil War?
20) Appomattox (p.319) When was it? Where was it? Effect on the Civil War?
To get full credit you must explain why they are significant/important
