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What did the 13th amendment make illegal?
slavery
confederacy's military strategy:
defensive
part of the union's strategy to win the war included a blockade of the southern coast, called the...
anaconda plan
what event triggered the secession of the first seven states?
the 1860 election of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln's main goal in fighting the Civil War was to
preserve the Union
with the victories at port hudson and vicksburg the union managed to...
cut the confederacy in two
where did the final surrender of the confederate army take place?
Appomattox Court House
the first state to secede from the union was...
south carolina
the confederates nearly got help from the British in an event called the...
trent affair
why is the battle of gettysburg considered a turning point in the war?
crippled the confederate forces so badly that they never again tried to invade the north
the conflict that started the civil war occurred at...
fort sumter
In the summer of 1863, Ulysses S. Grant placed this city under siege for 47 days, surrounding and bombarding the city until its defenders gave up.
Vicksburg
what was the union three-part plan to win the war?
blockade, capture confederate capital, split the confederacy in half by controlling the Mississippi River
Robert E Lee's FIRST invasion of the north led to this battle, the bloodiest single day in American history
Antietam
the leading cause of death for all soldiers was...
disease and illness
Part of a soldier’s food ration was a hard, tasteless biscuit called...
Hardtack
The saying that the Civil War was a "rich man's war but a poor man's fight" most likely indicates that
the average soldier was poor or working class
Just five days after the Civil War ended, this man assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater.
John Wilkes Booth
Which overly-cautious Union general, whom Abraham Lincoln fired for having “the slows,” later challenged Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election?
George McClellan
The turning point of the war can be considered July 1863 because of which two Union victories?
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
list the reasons Lee chose to invade Pennsylvania (five) :
1) disrupt union's ability to attack confederate capital
2) draw the US defenses away from the safety of their capital
3) take the war away from farmers in Virginia
4) to get food and supplies from northern land
5) win a decisive victory on northern soil that could hopefully end the war
At the Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), Union troops
retreated to Washington DC in a panic
what were five advantages the north had going into the war?
1) national treasury and large banks
2) bigger population
3) more railroads
4) strong navy
5) most of the nation's industries
This Union general's "March to the Sea" across Georgia left a wide path of destruction, terrorized civilians, attracted thousands of former slaves, and destroyed the morale of white Southerners.
William Tecumseh Sherman
This Union Army nurse later founded the American Red Cross...
Clara Barton