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| Robert E. Lee did not accept command of the Union troops because | he could not fight against Virginia |
| Jefferson Davis wanted to fight a war of attrition, in which the South would | avoid large battles and force the North to exhaust its resources |
| The prison in the South where 13,000 captured Union soldiers died was | Andersonville |
| The North had many advantages over the South during the war, but this was not one of them | more military colleges |
| The North's Anaconda Plan proposed many things except this | a strong, quick invasion toward the capital of Richmond |
| The Emancipation Proclamation | decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the states at war with the Union |
| The Amendment to the Constitution that banned slavery in the United States was the | Thirteenth |
| In the summer of 1862, Congress introduced a militia law that required states to draft people for military service called | conscription |
| Lacking sufficient money from taxes or bonds, the Confederacy was forced to print paper money to pay its bills, causing rapid | inflation in the South |
| It was clear that a large, well-trained army would be needed to defeat the South after the Union defeat at | the First Battle of Bull Run |
| The collapse of the South's transportation system and the presence of Union troops in several important agricultural areas in the winter of 1862 led to severe | food shortages |
| Frederick Douglass believed that serving in the military would help African Americans overcome | discrimination |
| Women filled labor shortages in various industries, particularly in clothing factories and | shoemaking factories |
| In addition to ending the enslavement of millions of African Americans, the North's victory in the Civil War also saved the Union and strengthened the power of the federal government over the | states |
| Sherman's troops set fires to destroy structures, but the fires quickly spread, burning down more than a third of what city? | Atlanta |
| With his ragged and battered troops surrounded and outnumbered, General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, at | Appomattox Courthouse |
| During the Civil War, many African Americans faced prejudice on both sides, but one all black company successfully saw action. They were known as the: | 54 Massachusetts |
| In 1849 thousands of peope came to California because | gold had been discovered there |
| After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, Northerners headed for Kansas because | they wanted to create an antislavery majority there |
| Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding because if it did | Washington DC would be surrounded by Confederate terrritory |
| The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was | Harriet Tubman |
| The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case | considered free soil unconstitutional |
| John Brown's intention in raiding the arsenal at Harpers Ferry was to arm | enslaved people and begin an insurrection against slaveholders |
| What border state did not secede from the Union? | Missouri |
| By rejecting the Lecompton constitution, Kansas voters | rejected slavery in their state |
| After the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee's forces remained | on the defensive for the rest of the war |
| Who inspired the Confederate troops at the First Battle of Bull Run and went on to become one of the most effective commanders in the Confederate army? | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
| What was the bloodiest one-day battle in the Civil War and in American history? | Battle of Antietam |
| What battle proved to be the turning point of the war? | Battle of Gettysburg |
| What required ordinary citizens to help capture runaway slaves? | Fugitive Slave Act |
| Who was Dred Scott? | an enslaved man whom had been taken to live in free territory before returning to Missouri with his owner |
| With few financial resources and little industry, the South suffered more _________ and __________ ___________ during the Civil War than did the North | inflation and critical shortages |
| Infection spread quickly in field hospitals of the Civil War because of the practice of | using unsterilized instruments |
| Southerners believed that the Constitution gave them the right to retrieve an enslaved person who fled across | state lines |
| The Confederate Constitution stated that each state | was independent |
| What was the Fugitive Slave Act? | anyone can claim an African American had escaped from slavery, could take them into custody, slave brought before federal commissioner, sworn statement given claiming that the slave had escaped or testimony of white witness, slave sent back to the South |
| What new roles did women take on during the Civil War? | Women were able to farm with less manpower due to mechanized reapers & mowers, women filled labor shortages in clothing & shoemaking factories due to new sewing machines, on the battlefield: served as nurses to wounded soldiers, fed sick, bandaged wounded |
| Describe the conditions at Andersonville prison? | in southwest Georgia was an open camp with no shade or shelter for the huge population of captured Union soldiers-exposure, overcrowding, lack of food, and disease killed more than 100 men per day during the summer of 1864-13,000 of 45,000 prisoners died in camp |
| As the Civil War began, President Lincoln's goal was to preserve the Union, even if it meant allowing slavery to | continue |
