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| Which state was the first to secede from the Union? | South Carolina |
| What was the Confederate capital? | Richmond, VI |
| What was the headline in the New York Tribune every day for 30 days? | "Forward to Richmond" |
| How long did most people think the war would last? | 90 days |
| Who was the first leader of the Union troops? | Irwin McDowell |
| Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War? | Fort Sumter |
| This is the military term for those killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action. | Casualties |
| What were some of the strengths of the North? | They had more railroads, twice as many factories, well balanced economy, more money, a functioning government, 2/3rds of the population |
| What were some of the Strengths of the South? | best military generals, had to fight a defensive war, they were fighting a war of independence to keep their way of life. |
| Who was the President of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| What was the Union's military strategy? | use a naval blockade and gain control of the Mississippi |
| What was the Confederate war strategy? | fight a war of attrition where one side takes continuous losses to wear down the others strength and wait for them to give up. |
| How did the technology of the time affect the Civil War? | Cone shaped ammunition would drift less and be more accurate, causing more deaths, They put a small groove in the barrel to make the bullet spin and go straighter and faster, used exploding shells, was the first war that was photographed. It was also the first war to use ironclad ships. |
| After Bull Run, who became the second commander for the Union? | General George McClellan |
| What was the name of the battle between the two ironclad ships? | The Merrimack and Monitor |
| Who was the commander of the Confederate troops? | General Robert E. Lee |
| How could McClellan's fighting tactics be described. | He was slow to act and very cautious and often retreated. |
| What change of command took place after the Seven Days' Battles? | McClellan is fired and Pope takes charge for about two weeks, then after the Second Bull Run, McClellan is put back in charge. |
| What was the name of the battle the first time Lee invaded the North? | Antietam |
| Could the Civil War have ended with the Battle of Antietam? | It was very possible. McClellan had learned of the Confederate plans, but was slow to act and allowed them time to prepare for the attack. After the attack, Lee was weakened from his losses and retreated to Virginia, Lincoln told McClellan to follow, but he did not follow orders. |
| What effect did the War have on Congress? | With the Southern Democrats out of Congress, the Republicans were able to get a large amount of legislation passed. |
| This act allowed the federal government to give land and money to companies to construct a railroad from Nebraska to the West Coast. | Pacific Railroad Act |
| This act offered free government land to people willing to settle on it. | Homestead Act |
| Who had the first homestead under the Homestead Act and where was it located? | Daniel Freeman, near Beatrice, NE |
| The four states that remained in the Union were called ______________. | border states |
| This is emergency rule by military authorities and some rights contained in the Bill of Rights may be suspended. | martial law |
| This was a national currency that was not backed by gold, but was accepted as legal tender. | Greenback |
| How could a person avoid the draft in either the north or the south? | They could hire a substitute |
| This was the name for an anitwar democrat | Copperhead |
| This is a legal protection that states that a court must hold a hearing before a person is jailed to determine if they should lawfully be imprisoned. | Writ of Habeous corpus |
| What was the purpose of the Civil War. | to preserve the union |
| This applied only to places under confederate control and it said that the slaves in these areas were free. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| What is contraband? | captured items that become the property of the enemy government. Since slaves were considered property in the south, slaves could be taken as contraband and set free. |
| He ran a factory in the North to produce guns for the army. | Samuel Colt |
| What was the most famous prison camp of the Civil War? | Andersonville |
| She served as a nurse during the Civil War and after the war, she started the American Red Cross. | Clara Barton |
| She was a mental health reformer and she headed the Union army nurses corp. | Dorthea Dix |
| The second time that Lincoln replaced General McClellan, he replaced him with who? | General Burnside |
| What Battle was fought while Burnside was the commander? | Battle of Fredericksburg |
| What was General Burnside's plan for winning the war? | He went on a frontal attack of Lee's forces and lost badly. |
| Who replaced Burnsides as commander of the Union army? | Joseph "fighting Joe" Hooker |
| What was Lee's biggest loss at the Battle of Chancellorsville? | Jackson was shot by his own men and later died of complications from his wounds |
| What was the name of the second battle where Lee tried to invade the North? | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Why did the Confederates enter Gettysburg? | They needed shoes and it was believed they had a supply of shoes stored there. |
| Who was the Union commander at the Battle of Gettysburg? | General Meade |
| Where did the Union make their position in the Battle of Gettysburg? | Cemetery Ridge |
| Where did the Confederates make their position in the Battle of Gettysburg? | Seminary Ridge |
| Who was the Confederate General at the Battle of Gettysburg? | General Longstreet |
| What Confederate General is given the credit for leading the charge up Cemetery Ridge in the Battle of Gettysburg? | Pickett |
| What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War? | The Battle of Gettysburg |
| Why was Vicksburg important? | It and a fort at Port Hudson, Lousisiana were the only ones preventing the Union from having full control of the Mississippi |
| How did Grant finally defeat Vicksburg? | He laid siege to the town |
| A tactic where an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make them surrender. | siege |
| Why was Lincoln's Gettysburg Address important? | He explained the meaning of the Civil War, that freedom and equality no longer belonged to only white men as it had in 1776, but it existed to preserve freedom for all. |
| He led a march from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia | General William Tecumseh Sherman |
| When Sherman was doing his march to the sea, what town was he marching to. | Savannah, Georgia |
| Who ran as Lincoln's running mate in the Election of 1864? | Andrew Johnson |
| Who was the Democratic Candidate in the election of 1864? | General George McClellan |
| This amendment abolished slavery. | 13th amendment |
| Where did General Lee surrender to Grant? | Appomatox Court House, Virginia |
| Soldiers who used hit and run warfare were called ____________. | guerrillas |
| What were the terms of surrender in the Civil War? | Southern soldiers could take their horses ans mules and go home, no one would be punished as a traitor as long as they followed the laws where they lived, Grant even offered to feed the starving Confederate army |
| Who shot Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| This is a legal way to force people to serve in the military. | draft |
| Name the four border states. | Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri |
| Why was Maryland the most critical border state? | If Maryland joined the Confederacy, Washington, DC would be completely surrounded by Confederate territory. |
| This was the name given to General Winfield Scott's plan to seal the South off from the rest of the world. | Anaconda plan |
| What was cotton diplomacy? | This was the idea that if France and Great Britain did not get cotton from the South they would join the South and help them win the war. |
| Did cotton diplomacy work and why or why not. | It did not work. The British resented the attempt at blackmail, Southern cotton was stockpiled from the year before, they decided to buy cotton from India and Egypt instead. |
| Another name for foot soldiers. | infantry |
| What were some of the new devices of war that were used during the Civil War? | observation balloons, camouflage was used to disguise tents and guns from view, the telegraph allowed for quick communication, railroads were used to move troops. |
| In this battle, General Burnside crosses right in front of Lee's troops and has huge losses. | The Battle of Fredericksburg |
| Why did President Lincoln have the Emancipation Proclamation apply to only the Southern states? | He was afraid if he banned slavery in the north the border states would leave the Union. |
| This was created to help improve medical conditions in camps. They provided nurses and ambulance drivers to the army. They also inspected hospitals and army camps and offered advise on sewage disposal hygiene, disease prevention and nutrition. | The Sanitary Commission |
| What were some of the hardships faced by civilians in the Confederacy during the Civil War? | Shortages of food and rapid inflation. |
| This term means forced service. | conscription |
| This was name supporters of the Copperheads used to refer to themselves. | Peace Democrats |
| How did women help in the Civil War effort? | Some dressed as men and served as soldiers, other took over family farms and businesses so the men could fight. They worked in the factories andmade ammunition, they made uniforms and bandages, volunteer nurses. |
| Who was the first woman surgeon in the U.S. army. She also earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. | Dr. Mary Walker |
| She was known as the "Angel on the Battlefield." | Clara Barton |
| boats build for speed that brought cotton out and other goods into the Confederacy. | blockade runners |
| How was the draft handled by Lincoln for the western states. | it was not enforced in order to help ensure western loyalty. |
| Which side did Native Americans take in the Civil War? | They were divided over the issues of loyalty and slavery and they fought on both sides. |
| He was a Cherokee leader and the last Confederate general to surrender at the war's end. | Stand Watie |
| Name the two Civil War battles that took place on northern soil | Gettysburg and Antietam |
| It was at this battle that Stonewall Jackson was killed by his own men. | Chancellorsville |
| This was the speech given by President Lincoln to dedicate the Union cemetery and remind America why we were fighting. It was a profound statement of American ideals. | Gettysburg Address |
| This was the last Confederate hold on the Mississippi | Vicksburg |
