GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
THE UNION'S BEST GENERAL AND THE COLOR OF HIS UNIFORM
US GRANT, BLUE
THIS ATTACK BY THE CONFEDERACY STARTED THE CIVIL WAR
FORT SUMTER
THIS PERMANENTLY ENDED SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES
13TH AMENDMENT
THIS NEW TYPE OF BULLET TRAVELED FARTHER AND MORE ACCURATELY
MINIE BALL
KENTUCKY, MISSOURI, MARYLAND, AND DELAWARE WERE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THIS
BORDER STATES
THE CONFEDERACY'S BEST GENERAL AND THE ARMY HE COMMANDED
ROBERT E LEE, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
BULL RUN or MANASSAS
THESE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ENDED SLAVERY IN WASHINGTON, DC DURING THE WAR
RADICAL REPUBLICANS
THIS BATTLE WAS THE BLOODIEST SINGLE DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY WITH 23,000 CASUALTIES
ANTIETAM
THE TWO WAYS NORTHERNERS REGULARLY LEARNED ABOUT THE RESULTS OF BATTLES AND THE HIGH CASUALTIES.
NEWSPAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHY
HIS MARCH TO THE SEA EMBRACED THE "TOTAL WAR" TACTIC.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
GRANT EARNED THE NICKNAME "BUTCHER" AFTER THIS BATTLE
SHILOH
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION FREED SLAVES IN THESE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS (WHICH DIDN'T REALLY FREE THEM)
AREAS/STATES IN REBELLION
ON THE THIRD DAY OF GETTYSBURG, THIS CAUSED ENORMOUS CASUALTIES FOR THE CONFEDERACY, CAUSING THEM TO RETURN TO THE SOUTH
PICKETT'S CHARGE
SHE VOLUNTEERED AS A BATTLEFIELD NURSE AND HELPED CREATE A NEW PROFESSION FOR WOMEN (AS NURSES)
CLARA BARTON
BENJAMIN BUTLER REFERRED TO ESCAPED SLAVES AS THIS (SO HE COULD CONSIDER THEM FREE)
CONTRABAND
THE NAME OF THE TWO BATTLES FOUGHT IN THE UNION AND THE STATES THEY WERE FOUGHT IN.
ANTIETAM, MARYLAND
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
THE CAPTURE OF THIS CITY BY GENERAL SHERMAN HELPED LINCOLN WIN RE-ELECTION IN 1864
ATLANTA
THIS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE RICHMOND DEMONSTRATED GEORGE MCCLELLAN'S WEAKNESS AS A GENERAL
SEVEN DAYS CAMPAIGN
TWO WAYS ALL BLACK UNITS LIKE THE 54TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT STILL FACED RACISM.
officers were white
unpopular duties (cooking, cleaning, digging latrines)
led attacks with high casualties expected
did not receive equal pay for most of the war
THIS FORMER GENERAL RAN AGAINST LINCOLN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864
GEORGE MCCLELLAN
THE CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG RESULTED IN THESE TWO OUTCOMES FOR THE UNION
1. COMPLETE CONTROL OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER
2. CUT OFF PART OF CONFEDERACY (AR, TX, LA)
HE WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1856 (AND LATER TRIED TO FREE SLAVES IN MISSOURI)
JOHN C FREMONT
TWO REASONS THE BATTLE OF THE MERRIMACK AND MONITOR IS SIGNIFICANT. (THINK SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM)
1. UNION BLOACKADE WAS NOT BROKEN
2. ALL NAVAL SHIPS START BEING MADE OF METAL/IRON
"A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM", 1776, AND HONORING THOSE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED ARE ALL MENTIONED IN THIS SPEECH.
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS