Chapter 7: The Civil War

Slavery ended in the South but grew in the North.

Some people supported slavery and some thought it was wrong.

Which side thought that states should not be able to leave the Union?

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln supported slavery.

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

Where did South Carolina attack on April 12, 1861 that started the Civil War?

Put a check next to the Northern advantages in the Civil War.

Who was the best general in the South and won all of his battles until towards the end of the war?

Who was the best general in the North and never gave up, even when the fight was hard?

Who was the northern general who conquered Atlanta and destroyed everything in his path including farmland and property, even of people who weren’t soldiers?

Because the war was fought in the South and all of their things were destroyed, it was much harder for the South to recover after the war.

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant on April 9, 1865?

Who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in a theater right after the war ended?