The president & commander-in-chief during the Civil War
This event happened on the 14th of April, 1865 in Ford's Theater.
What is Lincoln's assassination?
The area of the United States that made up the Union
What is the North?
All states in the Confederacy allowed slavery. True or false?
True
These are the states that did not secede from the Union, but allowed slavery
What are border?
These people were able to join the Union army after the Emancipation Proclamation
Who are black soldiers?
The first shots of the war were fired at this location by the Confederacy.
What is Fort Sumter?
All states in the Union were free states. True or false?
False
The Confederate states ________-ed from the Union
What is seced-?
Casualties are death, wounded, and ___________ soldiers.
What is captured?
This person sieged the city of Vicksburg, and negotiated surrender with Robert E Lee
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This invention was brought to the Antietam battlefield, and changed the way people viewed the war.
What is the camera/photography?
The Union had _______ factories and railroads than the Confederacy.
What is more?
The Battle of Gettysburg hurt the Confederacy _______, because they had a ________ population than the Union.
What is more, and smaller?
This word means to surround a city in hopes of getting them to surrender.
What is siege?
This person lead the Confederate attacks into Antietam and Gettysburg
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This event gave Northerners confidence that we could win the war, and therefore should reelect Lincoln so he could make it happen.
What is the Fall of Atlanta by Sherman?
Name one weakness of the Union during the war.
Playing offense
Fighting on unfamiliar terrain
Dealing with hostile civilians
Having to send their troops and supplies farther
Name one weaknesses of the Confederacy during the war.
Less factories & railroads
Union blockade stopped the ability to import goods
Growing mostly cotton = food shortage
Population of 5 million, compared to 20 million in the North
Sherman's siege of Atlanta was part of the Union's war of __________.
What is attrition?
These people were not required to have training before getting their jobs, and dealt with disrespect from military officers.
Who are Civil War nurses?
Northerners brought picnics to this battle, because they expected it to be the only battle of the war.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
The name of the Union's plan to cut off Confederate imports and exports
Fighting the war in the South gave the Confederacy access to more ___________ support, and familiarity with the area.
What is civilian?
Lincoln believed it was legal to __________ the slaves because of the military necessity.
What is emancipate?