Civil War 6
What was the new policy that Sherman instigated in the South?
Total War
What was the Union Plan of attack named?
Anaconda Plan
What was the leading killer during the Civil War?
Disease
What is a Copperhead in the Civil War?
Northern Democrats who wanted the war to end
What general was attacking the Shenandoah Valley and inciting the same kind of damage as Sherman?
Sheridan
What did Abraham Lincoln suspend?
habeas corpus
What was the major change in the technology of warfare?
Rifling of guns/bullets
Who was the Union and Confederate General leadership at Gettysburg?
General George Meade- Union/ General Robert E. Lee- Confederacy
Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Courthouse
What is another name for the draft?
conscription
What was the prison camp in Georgia that is the most infamous?
Andersonville
Why is Gettysburg considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Union victory had held- But Meade didn't go after Lee
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln said of this short speech, "that speech won't scour".
Gettysburg Address
What were each sides colors?
Union-Blue
Confederacy- Gray
Why is the Battle of Vicksburg important?
Grant had taken the city which allowed the Union to control the Mississippi- it took 3 weeks to fall
What were the 3 major consequences of the Civil War?
1) Acceptance of the importance of the nation
2) The federal government expanded
3) Industry prospered
What did John Wilkes Booth do for a living?
Actor
Who was shot by his own men and died of pneumonia eight days later?
Stonewall Jackson
Grant was given charge in 1864. His plan was to have Farragut attack on the water, Himself to attack the Confederacy on all fronts, and have which person attack from Chattanooga to Atlanta?
William Tecumseh Sherman