Preparing for War
Early Years of War
Life at Home
End of the War
Miscellaneous
100
The four slave states that did not secede
What are border states?
100
A person killed, injured, or captured in war
What is a casualty?
100
People in the North who were against the war
Who were Copperheads?
100
The destruction of food, equipment, and anything else of use to soldiers and civilians
What is total war?
100
The goal of this plan was to squeeze the Confederacy by blockading southern ports and attacking the South along the Mississippi River.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
200
Rule by an army instead of by elected officials
What is martial law?
200
This southern general believed the South's best chance to win the war was to do it quickly.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
200
They took jobs making uniforms and weapons, worked in government offices, and doing work that had always been done by men in the past.
What are women?
200
This city in Georgia was an important center for railroads and factories. In November 1864, this city was destroyed by General Sherman's Union troops.
What is Atlanta?
200
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War that lasted for 3 days, often called the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
The first big battle of the war took place here in 1861.
What is Battle of Bull Run?
300
A person who is not a soldier.
What is a civilian?
300
This volunteer nurse began the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
300
This city was the capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
300
President Lincoln decided to let this group of men serve in the Union army.
What are African American soldiers?
400
More soldiers to fight, lots of money, factories and workers to build weapons, and railroads to carry supplies to soldiers
What are strengths of the NORTH?
400
The Virginia and the Merrimac
What are ironclad warships?
400
These laws were passed to draft people for military service.
What are conscription laws?
400
General Lee and General Grant met here to sign an agreement to end the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House?
400
Unfair treatment of people because of their skin color, gender, and religious beliefs.
What is discrimination?
500
Strong military leaders, experience with horses and weapons, fighting to protect their land
What are strengths of the SOUTH?
500
After this battle, the Union army controlled the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
500
This public statement said that on January 1, 1863, all slaves in the Confederate states would be "forever free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
This happened to President Lincoln while watching a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
What is he was assassinated?
500
These people have been soldiers in war.
What are veterans?
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