Sec. 1 Voc. A
Furious over Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, seven Southern states declared their formal ________ from the United States to form the Confederacy.
Secession
Alliance
Compromise
Neutrality
What is secession?
Before the outbreak of fighting, many non-military people, or ________, gathered on rooftops in Charleston to watch the distant bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Veterans
Officers
Militiamen
Civilians
What are Civilians?
When the army realized they were heavily outnumbered, the commander ordered his troops to __________ before the enemy could surround them.
-campaign
-retreat
-proclaim
-reinforce
What is "retreat"?
Before the outbreak of the war, dedicated _______ organized meetings and published newspapers demanding an immediate end to slavery across the nation.
What are "abolistionist"
What state is the main character from?
What is Minnesota?
(In the book) To enlist at Fort Snelling without being questioned, Charley lied and told the officers he was this age.
...
(300 points if you can finish this line from the actual newpaper document)
"persisted so strongly that he was at length received and, notwithstanding his youth, passed _______".
What is 18 years old?
What was "passed muster"?
(pg 14) At train stops in northern towns, supportive crowds gathered to cheer, and young girls gave the soldiers sweets and __________.
What were "hankies"?
(pg 21) Near the start of the battle, Massey was killed instantly when his head was taken off by a round from a __________.
What is cannon?
(pg48) What famous battle cry did Charley hear for the first time as the Confederate troops ran toward them?
What was the "rebel yell"?
(pg69) What Southern state was the Confederate soldier from?
What was Alabama?
pg.73) In Chapter 8, Charley told the men in the hospital that he was serving them __________ for the meat of their meals.
beef
pork
horse
turkey
What was beef?
pg 74) How many miles did Charley estimate the troops marched on the morning they set out south?
What is twenty miles?
Prompt: Slaveholding states like Maryland and Kentucky that chose not to join the Confederacy were known as ________ states during the Civil War.
Territory
Border
Sovereign
Free
What were Border States?
At the beginning of the war, both the North and the South relied heavily on local ________ groups made up of untrained citizen-soldiers who volunteered for service.
Mercenaries
Cavalry
Regiments
Militia
What are militia?
Exhausted after hours of continuous combat, the frontline unit was relieved when fresh __________ arrived with extra supplies and soldiers.
-ironclads
-casualties
-blockade runners
-reinforcements
What is "reinforcements"?
This is the term for the official act of taking legal possession of property by a government or authority.
What is "confiscation"?
Why couldn't Charlie enlist in Winona, MI?
Because he is too young?
Writing to Charley three times a week, his mother constantly urged him to do this before he got shot in battle.
What is "desert" (or walk home / leave the army)?
(pg 16) While stopped in Maryland near Baltimore, a woman of color showed kindness to Charley by giving him a __________.
What was a "sweet roll"?
(pg 22) About how many yards away were the Rebel soldiers positioned behind fallen trees on the hill?
What is about a 100 yards?
(pg44) What slang term did the Union soldiers use for stealing food from local Rebel farms?
What was "farming"?
(pg61) How much did sutlers charge soldiers for a cake that tasted as if it were made of wood?
What is 50cents?
(pg 73) The sick men knew the meat was horse because horse fat is __________ in color, while beef fat is white.
What is yellow?
(pg 81) What beverage did Charley crave so much that he hoped to find sugar for it in the Confederate saddlebags?
What is coffee?
General Winfield Scott proposed a two-part Union strategy that included setting up a ________ to shut down Southern ports and choke off the Confederate economy.
Tariff wall
Trade embargo
Naval blockade
Land siege
What is a Naval blockade?
In battle, a soldier’s unit was typically organized into a large tactical group called a ________, which was made up of several smaller companies.
Regiment
Squad
Platoon
Garrison
What is Regiment?
Enemy cannonballs bounced off the hull of the warship because it was an __________ vessel protected by heavy metal plating.
-neutral
-ironclad
-unreinforced
-abandoned
What is "ironclad"?
_____ is a synonym for legal liberation.
What is "emancipated"?
(In the Preface)
During the Civil War, men damaged mentally by combat were said to suffer from this condition? Nowadays we use the term PTSD.
What is a "soldier's heart"?
Although soldiers were told a man could load and fire his musket three times a minute, Charley was only ever able to fire it this many times per minute.
What is two times a minute?
(pg 17) What hostile gesture did the Southern white homeowner make toward the departing train after dragging the woman of color back inside?
What was shake her fist?
(pg 24) What specific weapon was Lieutenant Olafson holding in his hand while pulling on Charley's leg?
What is a saber?
(pg45) What beverage remedy did Dr. Hand give Charley to drink alongside a powder mixed in water?
What was a shot of whiskey?
(pg66) What item had both armies been burning to make a substitute for morning coffee?
What are burnt oats?
(pg 78) Before the cavalry charge, a sergeant instructed the Union soldiers to aim low for the __________ to break the men.
legs
horses
bridles
saddles
What is at the horses?
(pg 83) When fifteen hundred Confederate bullets tore into the Union line, Charley's __________ was sliced off by a bullet.
cap brim
jacket sleeve
belt buckle
shoe strap
What was brim of his cap?
Because Union forces had to travel long distances through hostile territory, maintaining a secure ________ was essential to keep food and ammunition reaching frontline troops.
Supply line
Border guard
Telegraph line
Highways
What is supply line?
Civil War infantry rifles were equipped with a sharp ________ fitted onto the end of the barrel for hand-to-hand combat.
Bayonet
Saber
Navy
Scabbard
What is Bayonet?
President Lincoln issued a formal __________ declaring that all enslaved individuals in rebellious territory were to be set free.
-stalemate
-junction
-proclamation
-retreat
What is "proclamation"?
_____ is a synonym for communicated.
What is "transmitted"?
Though he worked as hard as a grown man in the fields, Charley was actually this age when he decided to enlist.
What is 15 years old.
The .58-caliber rifled muskets issued to the troops fired this hollow-base bullet, named after its French inventor.
What is a Minié ball?
(pg 18) Sitting next to Charley on the train, Private __________ joked about a poor family's shack by saying someone could throw a cat through it without hitting a wall.
Who was Swenson?
(pg 25) What key phrase did Lieutenant Olafson repeat to command the soldiers to fall back calmly rather than panic?
What is "in good order"?
(pg49) What command did the Union officer scream when ordering the men to charge the Confederate line with bayonets?
What was "Give them steel"?
(pg59) What affectionate nickname did most of the soldiers call President Abraham Lincoln?
What is "Old Rail Splitter"?
(pg 82) Although Charley estimated the advancing Rebels were three hundred yards away, the sergeants ordered the men to set their sights for __________ yards.
What was for 400 yards?
(pg 84) What body part did Charley have to place on a dying enemy soldier's chest to pull his stuck bayonet free?
What was his foot?
To finance the massive cost of the war, the U.S. government issued paper currency officially called ________, which was backed by government credit rather than gold or silver.
Continental dollars
Greenbacks
Silver certificates
Treasury bonds
What are Greenbacks?
Soldiers spent long hours every day engaged in repetitive military ________, practicing how to quickly load, aim, and fire their weapons three times per minute.
Inspection
Drill
Supply Line
Arsenal
What is Drill?
After weeks of fierce fighting where neither side could gain a clear advantage or force a surrender, the battle reached a complete __________.
-stalemate
-proclamation
-casualty
-reinforcement
What is "stalemate"?
Because battlefield medicine was limited, military surgeons frequently performed an _______ on badly injured casualties to prevent lethal infections.
What is "amputation"?
How much does Charlie think the army will pay him each month as a soldier?
What is $11 a month?
What were the two Native American (Indians) mentioned on the frontier of Minnesota?
Who are the Sioux and Chippewa?
(pg 19) An army surgeon advised the men to wear clean clothes into combat because dirty fabric carried into a bullet wound could cause an __________.
What is an infection?
(pg 24) What type of weather event did Gary Paulsen compare the flying bullets to as they whizzed past Charley's ears?
What is "horizontal hail"?
(pg41) After nearly three months without pay, Charley received thirty-three dollars in what type of currancy?
What was gold coins?
(pg60) According to the text, soldiers from which state suffered high rates of disease because their city background left them unprepared for camp sanitation?
What is New York?
(pg 87) What childhood injury did Charley remember as he lay waiting for the pain of a combat wound to set in?
What was a gash in his foot?
(cut/axe slice/ etc are acceptable too)
Outside the surgeon's tent, Charley saw a pile of severed arms and legs that stood four feet high and ten to __________ feet long.
What was 12 feet long?
Confederate officials attempted to win European allies through a strategy called ________, believing Great Britain's dependency on Southern agriculture would force them into an alliance.
Agricultural alliance
Trade diplomacy
Cotton diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy
What is Cotton diplomacy?
Shortly after war broke out, Confederate forces began seizing federal property in the South, including military outposts and any government ________ where weapons and ammunition were stored.
Foundry
Depot
Arsenal
Fortress
What is Arsenal?
General Grant organized a multi-month military __________ that involved several coordinated battles designed to achieve control over the river.
-proclamation
-campaign
-casualty
-stalemate
What is "campaign"?
Before the outbreak of the war, dedicated _______ organized meetings and published newspapers demanding an immediate end to slavery across the nation.
What were "abolistionists"?
Charley’s father, Paul, tragically died after being kicked by a horse that went mad due to this specific incident.
What is being attacked/landed on by a swarm of bees?
What is the date when the troops were ordered into formation and marched to steamboats bound for St. Paul.
What is June 22nd?
(pg 20) What specific three-word statement did Charley plan to write in his letter to prove to his family that he was no longer a child?
What is "I am a man"?
(pg 26) As the men retreated across the open field under fire, what weather condition did they look like they were bent over walking through?
What is rain?
(pg43) Unlike other soldiers who hoped the fighting was over, Charley was convinced of the absolute certainty of his own __________.
What is his own death?
(pg69) What term/slang did the Confederate soldier use to refer to his picket/guard duty shift when saying it was almost over?
What was "trick"?
(pg 89) How many hours did Charley sleep sheltered in the lee of the wall of dead bodies?
What was 5 hours?
(pg 72) How many horses were captured from the Rebel cavalry unit after their failed early morning raid?
What was 11?