People

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 1

• Role: President of the U.S. during the Civil War
• Significance: Opposed the expansion of slavery, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, kept the Union together

Question 2

Jefferson Davis

Answer 2

• Role: President of the Confederate States
• Significance: Led the South during the war, struggled to gain foreign support

Question 3

General Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 3

• Role: Union general and military commander
• Victory: Accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House

Question 4

General Robert E. Lee

Answer 4

• Role: Confederate general
• Significance: Brilliant strategist; surrendered to Grant in 1865

Question 5

Union vs. Confederacy

Answer 5

• Union: More population, factories, railroads
• Confederacy: Better military leadership, home advantage