Civil War 1
What woman was in charge of the nurses in the Civil War?
Dorthea Dix
What were the North's strengths?
1)- HUGE POPULATION: 4X'S AS MANY PEOPLE-PRODUCE MORE
2)- INDUSTRY WAS IMPORTANT- 90% OF GOODS PRODUCED
3)- 75% OF RAIL LINES IN NORTH
4)- STRONG NAVY
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freeing of the slaves in the Southern States that had seceded
Grant won various attacks in his Tennessee campaign. What Ft. allowed him to attack easier, and what was the first major confederate city to fall?
Ft. Henry, and Nashville
What were the years of the Civil War in the United States of America?
1861-1865
What was the first attack by the Confederacy in S. Carolina for supplies in 1861?
Ft. Sumter
Who was the Union's President?
Abraham Lincoln
What regiment was immortalized in the movie "Glory" that was a black regiment that attacked Ft. Wagner in 1863?
54th Massachusetts
Grant wins a major victory at what costly battle in Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing?
Shiloh
What is martial law
RULE BY THE ARMY INSTEAD OF THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT
What was the first major battle in the Civil War, and who won?
1st Battle of Bull Run or Manassas
Confederacy
Who was the Confederacy's President?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the Union General who was defeated at Fredricksburg?
Ambrose Burnside- attacked 14 times up a hill
David Farragut helped lead a victory in capturing what major city?
New Orleans
How many slave states stayed in the Union?
4
Who was put in charge of the Army of the Potomac at the beginning of the war?
George McClellan
What is the name of the first woman doctor in the United States?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Who was the Union General who was defeated at Chancellorsville?
Joseph Hooker
Who was the man that gave information to Lee on what the size of McClellan's troops?
Jeb Stuart- allowed him to win the Seven Days' Battle
What state formed when Virginia seceded?
West Virginia
What were the 2 ironclad ships of the Civil War, and which side did each fight on?
Monitor- Union
Virginia (Merimack)- Confederacy
What woman organized the Red Cross in history?
Clara Barton
The victories of the Confederacy led the U.S. congress to try and instill a draft. What was the result?
there were riots and upset individuals
Who won at Antietam, and explain why Lincoln was mad a McClellan again?
Draw- Union won a political battle- he did not go after Lee at the end
What were the South's strengths?
1)- FIGHT DEFENSIVE WAR: "JUST LEAVES US ALONE"
2)- NORTH WOULD HAVE TO ATTACK- PRIDE WOULD MOTIVATE
3)- HUNTING, HORSE RIDING SKILLS USED EVERYDAY
4)- SOUTHERN WEST POINT GRADS= GOOD LEADERSHIP