Emancipation Proclamation
This key historical term defined in the text refers to the legal act of freeing enslaved people.
What is emancipation?
This was the official term to refer to escaped slaves who were granted the right to join the Union army.
What were "contrabands"?
Opponents gave Midwestern Peace Democrats this nickname, comparing them to a poisonous snake because they opposed the war and sympathized with the South.
What are "Copperheads"?
Soldiers attached this sharp blade to their guns before rushing toward enemy lines.
What was a bayonet?
This was the formal act of a state breaking away or withdrawing from a nation or political union.
What is "secession"?
Before the outbreak of the war, dedicated _______ organized meetings and published newspapers demanding an immediate end to slavery across the nation.
What are "abolistionist"
(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?
This President was eleccted two non-consecutive times.
(Two possible answers)
Who is Donald Trump?
Who was Grover Cleveland?
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22 of this specific year.
What is 1862?
Approximately this total number of African American soldiers served in the Union army during the Civil War.
What is 180,000?
This term refers to a system of forced military service used to recruit soldiers.
What is a "draft"?
This infamous Confederate prison camp in Georgia was notorious for extreme overcrowding, starvation, and disease.
What was Andersonville?
This is a strict, repetitive training and practice in marching, handling weapons, and tactical maneuvers.
What is "drill"?
This is the term for the official act of taking legal possession of property by a government or authority.
What is "confiscation"?
(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?
Who was elected as a President of the United States and served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Who was George Washington?
Many Northern Democrats opposed freeing enslaved people because they feared this specific outcome.
What is taking their jobs for lower wages?
During the 1864 presidential election, President Lincoln suggested rewarding African American soldiers for their military service by granting them this civil right.
What is the right to vote?
Who did Lincoln run against for the 1864 election?
(Lincoln won in a landslide)
Who was George McClellan?
Nicknamed the "angel of the battlefield," this volunteer brought supplies to soldiers and later founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
This is a military strategy using warships to seal off enemy ports to stop trade, supplies, and weapons from entering or leaving.
Whatis a "Naval Blockade"?
_____ is a synonym for legal liberation.
What is "emancipated"?
(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?
Which two presidents were father and son?
Two possible answers.
Who were John Adams and John Quincy Adams?
....or....
Who were George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush?
Why was the Empancipation Proclamation considered largely symbolic?
Because it did not abolish slavery in border states loyal to the Union government where the federal government actually had the power to enforce its laws.
By the spring of 1863, African American army units proved their bravery in combat during a major Union attack on this Louisiana site.
What is Port Hudson?
Under the Union's new draft, a man could legally do this to aviod his military service?
What is pay $300?
Compared to those killed in direct combat, this was the proportion/ratio of soldiers who died from diseases like typhoid and pneumonia.
What was about twice as many?
This is the term for a soldier lost through death, injury, capture, or disappearance during battle.
What is "casualty"?
_____ is a synonym for communicated.
What is "transmitted"?
(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"?
Who is the only U.S. president to be elected to four terms, leading the country through the Great Depression with his "New Deal" programs and through most of World War II?
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
As Union troops advanced, thousands of enslaved people escaped to army camps. What was the effect on the Confederacy.
What is crippling the South's ability to wage war?
What was the outcome of the 54th Regiment fighting bravely at Fort Wagner?
What is they became the most celebrated black military unit?
----or----
What is people argued for them to have more rights?
This is the name of the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment that Lincoln suspended so Union officials could jail/detain critics without trial or evidence.
What is Habeas Corpus?
Jefferson Davis commissioned Sally Louisa Tompkins as an army captain after she founded a major hospital in this Confederate capital.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This is a term for a series of connected military operations planned to achieve a strategic goal.
What is a "compaign"?
Because battlefield medicine was limited, military surgeons frequently performed an _______ on badly injured casualties to prevent lethal infections.
What is "amputation"?
(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?
Which president issued an 1823 foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in or colonize the Western Hemisphere?
Who was James Monroe?
Lincoln waited to announce his plan until Union forces achieved a strategic military victory in this bloody September 1862 battle.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Before allowing African Americans to form combat units, Congress passed a law in July 1862 permitting the army to sign up volunteers to serve as?
What are laborers?
Clement L. Vallandigham claimed a person should talk to who in order to answer what the Union has gained from the war?
Who were the dead at Fredricksburg and Vicksburg?
Demonstrating how women stepped into agricultural roles, a 1862 visitor to Iowa noted seeing more of them doing this work than men.
What is working in the fields (or farming)?
This is a term for a military situation where neither side can gain an advantage or victory.
What is a "stalemate"?
Before the outbreak of the war, dedicated _______ organized meetings and published newspapers demanding an immediate end to slavery across the nation.
What were "abolistionists"?
(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 guard duty shift when saying it was almost over?
What was "trick"?
This founding father wrote the Declaration of Independance and was a President of the United States?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?