This battle is known as the bloodiest day in American history.
What is the Battle of New Orleans.
100
This Union general had the "slows."
Who is General George McClellan.
100
This word is defined as behaviors that promote good health. Soldiers in Civil War camps definitely did not have this.
What is hygiene.
100
The idea that states' should have the most important powers left up to them, instead of a strong, central government.
What is states' rights.
100
Two million people served for this army during the Civil War.
What is the Union Army.
200
This battle was fought into the night during a terrible thunder and lightning storm.
What is the Battle of Shiloh.
200
This general captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant.
200
This was the worst Civil War prison camp in the South.
What is Andersonville, Georgia.
200
This is the term for a loss of life in war.
What is a casualty.
200
Name two advantages of the North/Union.
What are miles of railroad tracks, factories, large population, banking capital, iron production...
300
This battle was won by Robert E. Lee's army, and was a battle fought during McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
What is the Seven Days' Battle.
300
This general would stand stoic, emotionless, and still during battles.
Who is Stonewall Jackson.
300
These navy warships are covered in metal, have guns, and were faster than older, wooden warships.
What are ironclads.
300
This type of government is defined by a partnership or alliance; a league.
What is a confederacy/confederation.
300
What percentage of the South's population were slaves during the Civil War?
What is 40%.
400
Name the two warships that fought to a draw in the first ever battle between two ironclads.
What are the Merrimack and the Monitor.
400
This general had 3 horses shot out from underneath him at the Battle of Shiloh and lived to tell about it.
Who is General Sherman.
400
Three examples of this type of Civil War weapon are the Napoleon, Parrott Rifle, and the "Dictator."
What is a cannon.
400
Define/explain what the Border States were.
What are states with slavery that remained loyal to the Union.
400
Name the two parts to the South's battle strategy.
What are fight a defensive war, and get Britain to help.
500
Name 2 of the 3 lessons the North learned from the Battle of Bull Run.
What are 1) The war would not be over quickly, 2) the fighting would be bloody, and 3) the South would fight fiercely.
500
This man resigned from the United States Army to join the Confederacy because he wanted to remain loyal to his home state of Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee.
500
What, structurally, makes a rifled musket more accurate than an old musket?
It has a rifled barrel, meaning that it is spiraled on the inside to put a spin on the bullet.
500
This makeshift toilet was where soldiers went to the bathroom during the Civil War. It was typically made out of wood and placed over a hole in the ground.
What is a latrine.
500
Name 2 of the 3 goals of the Union's Anaconda Plan.
What are 1) Capture the capital of Richmond, 2) control the Mississippi River, and 3) create a naval blockade of the South's coastline.