Battles
This famous battle took place after the two armies accidentally encountered each other in Pennsylvania and was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
This was one of the South's only advantages in the Civil War
What is military leadership?
(could also say fighting a defensive war)
This monetary phenomenon resulted from the Confederacy not tying their paper money to gold and silver
What is inflation?
The Confederacy sent representatives to what country in an attempt to secure a diplomatic relationship, all which ended in the Trent Affair
What is Great Britain?
The main reason Lincoln declared war on the Confederacy
What is the issue of secession/the right to secede? (Lincoln's determination to save the Union)
At this first organized battle of the Civil War there were spectators and one man fought in a tuxedo and top hat
African-Americans made up this percent of the Union army
What is ten percent?
These men helped the Confederacy attain the small amount of supplies that it did despite the Union's Anaconda Plan
Who are blockade runners?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed how many slaves?
What is zero?
This was the name of the North's war strategy, which included a blockade and control of the Mississippi river
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The Union discovered the battle plans for this battle on paper wrapped around three cigars, yet despite knowing the plan it turned out to be the bloodiest single day battle in American history
What is the battle of Antietam?
This general did not support slavery or the right to secede, but fought for the Confederacy after Virginia seceded
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Why did southern governors appoint hundreds of justices to avoid mass conscription?
What is because they refused to recognize federal power to draft over states rights?
This man assassinated President Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The support of this in the North made the South feel like they paid too much in imports just to support Northern industry
What are tariffs?
This is the name for General Sherman's path of total war after the Atlanta campaign
What is the March to the Sea?
List two advantages the North had over the South in terms of resources
What is.....? (some possible answers)
Farmland for food
Larger population
Control of most banks
Industry
Lincoln suspended what law, which meant that people could be jailed without cause or trial?
What is The Writ of Habeas Corpus?
The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation other than freeing slaves
What is offering the Confederate states a chance to return to the Union?
This state was created during the Civil War
What is West Virginia?
The nine month siege and eventual fall of this city marked the end of the Civil War
What is Petersburg?
This important introduction by the federal government allowed the Union to help fund the civil war
What is the first income tax?
Lincoln feared the secession of this state, so he ordered the military occupation of the state and arrested any potential confederate sympathizer
What is Maryland?
Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 election
Who is George McClellan
Name the four border states
What are Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware?