Civil War Battles
Secession
Civil War
War in Louisiana
Vocabulary
100
Longest Siege in Civil War History
What was the Siege of Port Hudson?
100
Louisiana seceded from the United States
100
What called for war on both sides?
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
100
Why was Louisiana a primary target for the Union?
Port of New Orleans and Mississippi River were crucial to Confederate trade and transportation.
100
Goal was to weaken military and economy.
Blockade
200
Gave the Union complete control over the Mississippi River
What was the result of the Siege of Port Hudson and Vicksburg?
200
Disputes over which two issues led to the creation of the Confederates States of America?
Slavery and States' Rights
200
New Orleans was one of the largest ports for commerce in the United States.
Why was Louisiana a important Civil War battlegound?
200
Why did Wheat's unit become known as the "Fighting Tigers"?
They were ferocious with the enemy and wild on the battlefield.
200
To separate from
What is secession?
300
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What was the Battle of Antineim?
300
What happened as a direct result of Lincoln's election in 1860?
Southern states began to secede from the United States.
300
Union wanted to separate the Confederacy into two parts.
Why did Union focus on Mississippi River?
300
Led the Union forces in the attack on New Orleans.
Who was David Farrugut?
300
It allowed Union soldiers to take possession of property belonging to Confederate supporters.
Confiscation act
400
Failed Union strategy to take possession of Shreveport
What was the Red River Campaign?
400
Why did many Southerners feel Lincoln's election was illegitimate?
His name was not on the ballots in ten of the fifteen slave states
400
Blockading the South's major ports and waterways would cripple their transportation, supplies, and economy
Anaconda Plan
400
Feeling of hopelessness.
What was the morale of the people of Louisiana during the war?
400
Used to preserve meat --was discovered in Avery Island
What is salt?
500
Brought the war home to the people of Louisiana.
What was the battle of Shiloh?
500
Division in nation over slave ore free
What is sectionalism?
500
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
to pressure the Confederates to end the war
500
Lost $500 million dollars in revenue and destroyed infrastructure.
What was the economic impact of Civil War?
500
Tactic where an enemy tries to capture a fort or town by surrounding it and preventing supplies from reaching it.
What is a siege?
600
Led to a Confederate Surrender
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
600
What was Louisiana's primary concern when considering secession?
Economic impact
600
How was the complaint "a rich man's struggle but a poor man's fight" related to the Conscription Act?
Draft exemptions favored upper class professionals and those who benefited from slavery.
600
Passed the Woman's Act in New Orleans.
Who was Benjamin Butler?
600
The murder of a prominent person.
What is an assassination?