Generals
Who was confederate general what died at the Battle of Chancellorsville from friendly fire?
Stonewall Jackson.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired where and by whom?
Fort Sumter and by the Confederates.
The Civil War was the first major war to be documented with ___________.
Photographs
Most soldiers on the battlefield fought with guns, which guns were used?
Muskets and Rifles
What was the biggest result of the American Civil War?
the end of slavery
How did Stonewall Jackson get his name?
He would charge his army to the defense line against the Union and he would stand up with his troops as if he as a stone wall.
At the first battle of Bull Run, 35,000 confederate soldiers forced a great number of union troops to retreat towards ______________.
Washington, D.C.
Grooves were cut into the barrel of the rifle to make it more accurate and had a ________________ than muskets.
longer range
There was spiral grooving cut into the barrel to make the bullet spin.
President Lincoln created the ______________ which abolished slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was promoted from private to lieutenant general and conducted stressful raiding operations on federal supplies and communication lines throughout the war?
Nathan Bedford Forrest.
The Union received a victory at the battle of ________, halted the confederate advance and forced Lee and his army to retreat back into Virginia.
Antietam.
The invention of the ________ changed the ways wars were fought. President Lincoln and the Union military leaders were able to communicate in real time using this.
telegraph
Officers often carried _______ or ________ that they would use in close combat.
swords or pistols
Boarder Slave states like ________, _________ & ________ did not secede.
Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland
Ulysses S. Grant
Around ____________ black civil war soldiers would join the Union Army and by the time the war ended around 38,000 lost their lives.
200,000
The north has a more advanced industry than the south, leading the north to be much more connected by __________. This allowed Union armies to be moved longer distances in shorter time.
railroads
Cannons were used by both sides during the war. Cannons were best at destroying enemy fortifications. They could either fire large solid cannon balls or a bunch of small iron balls. A cannon generally took how many men to operate?
4 men
What time era occurred directly after the civil war?
Reconstruction era.
George Mcclellan failed to defeat the Confederate Army at which battle?
Battle of Antietam.
Lincoln put Grant in charge of all Union armies replacing previous generals. Grant led Army Of Potomac towards lees troops in northern Virginia. He suffered heavy union casualties but he still pursued to obtain Petersburg. General Grant put Petersburg under siege for _______ months.
9
The Union used _____________ and would fly above the enemy troops to determine their movements, numbers and locations. Once the south caught on to what the Union was doing, the south used camouflage and figured out ways to shoot them down.
Air balloons
New technology was introduced to naval warfare during the civil war. What were they?
Ironclad ships and submarines made from steel or iron armor plates that were nearly impossible to destroy.
What amendments were added to the constitution after the civil war? Explain them.
13th -abolished slavery
14th - granted citizenship to all people born in the United States
15th - abolished all restrictions on voting and said that all U.S. Citizens would be able to vote no matter what race they were.