Vocab
People
Major Battles
Everyday Life
Big Questions
100
To give someone freedom.
What is emancipate?
100
President of the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
100
One of the most traumatic realities of the Civil War was that it often divided these; men from the same one might be fighting for different sides.
What are families?
100
The main issue the Civil War was fought over.
What is slavery?
200
The military term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action.
What are casualties?
200
The two most famous Confederate generals.
Who are Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson?
200
A three-day battle in July of 1863 that was the bloodiest battle of the war and a major turning point. It was the farthest north the Confederate Army ever reached, and they were defeated.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
The main food of both armies.
What is hardtack?
200
Two reasons ordinary citizens (of either side) were not 100% supportive of the war.
North: not all people supported abolition, some thought Lincoln had forced the South into war, some thought the South had a perfectly good right to secede. South: areas with lots of slave owners tended to support the war while areas without many slave owners tended to not support it, strong feelings about states' rights divided support.
300
Slave states that did not secede.
What are border states?
300
A Union general during the early years of the war, whose cautious approach allowed the Confederacy to win battles and territory. He was replaced after the Battle of Antietam.
Who is George McClellan?
300
The first major battle of the Civil War; it convinced both sides that the war would not be as quick and easy as they had thought.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
300
Describe daily life for a soldier in the Civil War.
What are miserable conditions, poor food, boredom, and the looming possibility of death?
300
Three effects of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is freed slaves in areas fighting the Union, made the war specifically about slavery, encouraged African Americans to support the Union, and prevented Great Britain from helping the Confederacy?
400
A general rise in prices.
What is inflation?
400
A Union general at the end of the war who is famous for his "total war" approach and the March to the Sea after burning Atlanta to the ground.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
400
The final battle of the Civil War; the Confederate Army officially surrendered here.
What is the Battle of Appamatox Creek Courthouse?
400
Describe the ways women's lives changed during the war.
What are many more opportunities for jobs outside the home, running farms, disguising themselves and joining the army, and sometimes looting to keep from starving?
400
This collision of old and new ideas is one of the main reasons the Civil War was as destructive as it was.
What is old military tactics and new, better weapons?
500
The term for a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
What is habeas corpus?
500
A Union general who commanded forces in the West at the beginning of the war and was appointed commander of the entire Union army near the end of the war. He accepted the Confederate Army's surrender.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
A six-week siege of this town ended in July 1863, giving the Union control over the entire Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
500
Name three ways the economy of the country as a whole was affected by the war.
What is shortages of goods, shortages of food, extreme inflation, and/or the first income tax?
500
Name two advantages the North had at the beginning of the war AND two advantages the South had at the beginning of the war.
North: dominance of manufacturing, larger population, more railroad lines, more supplies. South: fought a defensive war, were fighting for their property, much better military leadership.
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