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Unit 5-B: The Civil War

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Who became the most important commander of Confederate forces during the Civil War?Robert E. Lee
Which general is most responsible for winning the Civil War?Ulysses S. Grant
Which order issued by Abraham Lincoln made the abolition of slavery a new war-time goal for the Union?The Emancipation Proclamation
Which battle was the turning point in the Civil War, resulting in a defeat of Lee's army?Gettysburg
Which battle gave the Union control over the Mississippi River?Vicksburg
What were the Northern anti-war Democrats called during the Civil War?copperheads
How did Lincoln deal with anti-war protests during the Civil War?jailing protestors and suspending the writ of habeus corpus
What did the Union and the Confederacy use to draft soldiers into service?conscription
Which military campaign tried to destroy the South's resources and support for the war?Sherman's March to the Sea
Where did Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?Appomattox
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?John Wilkes Booth
After the Civil War, what was the re-unification of Southern states into the Union called?Reconstruction
What officially freed the slaves?The Thirteenth Amendment
Which amendment guaranteed black male suffrage?The Fifteenth Amendment
Which Amendment was passed to provide lasting citizenship rights and "equal protection under the law" to African-Americans?The Fourteenth Amendment
Where did the Civil War begin?Fort Sumter (1861)
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?First Bull Run (Manassas-1861)
Who was the winning general at the 1st Battle of Bull Run?Stonewall Jackson
Who did Lincoln initially make as the Union's commanding general?General George McClellan
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?Battle of Antietam
After Antietam's disastrous finish, Lincoln replaced McClellan with who?General Burnside
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?allowed for African-American Participation
To help stop terrorist attacks, what did Lincoln do with Southern sympathizers?jailed them & suspended their writ of habeas corpus
While commemorating a battle, Lincoln expressed his desire to see the nation reunited in the....Gettysburg Address
Who did Grant appoint to help him win in the South?William Tecumseh Sherman
Who won the Election of 1864?Lincoln's 2nd term
One of the new military technologies was .....ironclad ships...Merrimack & the Monitor
One of the infamous prisons of the war was at......Andersonville
Who was the 1st Superintendent of Nurses?Dorothea Dix
Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?Clara Barton
Who did Lincoln appoint after he dismissed Burnside?General Hooker
White Southerners in the Republican party were nicknamed....Scalawags



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