US History Chapter 1
Confederate Army General who was in command in Virginia
Who is Robert E. Lee
Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
What is Habeas copus
President Lincoln gave a speech called
What was the Gettysburg Address
Second Battle of Bull Run
What was Jackson's troops met Pope's Union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862, three day battle
History teacher at VMS that is retiring
Who is Coach Cogle
Ships heavily armed with iron
What are ironclads
Organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield (person)
Who was Clara Barton
Contrabands
What is escaped slaves
Wedged between the North and the South were the key ______ _______ of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-slave states that did not join the Confederacy
What are boder states
Free 10 points
Free 10 points
The freeing of slaves
What is emancipation
Consisted mostly of free African Americans
Who were 54th Massachusetts Infantry
Sherman practiced ________ destroying civilian and economic resources
What is total war
History teacher at VMS was awarded teacher of the month
Who is Mrs. Fleming
A series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia
What is Wilderness Campaign
The Siege of Vicksburg did this
What was to starve the city into surrender
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
The bold campaign of General ______ ______ ______ provided this key victory for the Union Army
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman
Federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
Nearly 15,000 men took part in
What is Pickett's Charge
Led an assault force into Tennessee in 1862
Who was Ulysses S. Grant
Copperheads
What are midwesterners that sympathized with the South and opposed abolition
A key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederate
What was the Battle of Gettysburg
The first major battle of the Civil War, and the Confederate' victory
What is the First Battle of Bull Run
Developed a two-part strategy (1) destroy the South's economy
(2) gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South