Vocabulary
What is the term for weapons, ammunition, and equipment used in war?
Munitions
Who was the Union general at the Battle of Gettysburg?
George Meade
The North raised enough food to feed civilians and soldiers and even sold extra food to Europe.
True
What did the Emancipation Proclamation promise?
To free all enslaved people in rebellious states
What is the name of the Confederate general who surrendered?
Robert E. Lee
What word means to discuss or bargain between two or more parties to reach an agreement?
Negotiate
Which battle was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
The loss of Southern corn was the hardest blow to factories.
False - Cotton
What battle had a profound influence on the Civil War in Northern territory?
(Gettysburg)
What type of strategy did the Union use to block Southern ports?
Blockade
What is the act of spying to gather information about the enemy?
Scouting
Who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Battles fought on fertile soil, flight of slaves, and lack of factory production disrupted the Northern economy.
False – Southern economy
What was the purpose of Reconstruction?
To rebuild the nation after the Civil War
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the term for a military operation that surrounds a city or fort to force surrender?
Siege
Who captured and burned Atlanta?
William T. Sherman
Both Union and Confederate governments paid for the war by issuing paper money and raising taxes.
True
Which side’s economy suffered more due to factory production losses?
The South
What was the main economic reason for the Civil War?
Slavery and Southern dependence on agriculture
What is a temporary fortification where guns are mounted?
Siegeworks
Who risked sailing past New Orleans’s battery of guns?
David Farragut
William Rosecrans shot President Lincoln during a play.
False – John Wilkes Booth
What were some key challenges during Reconstruction?
Reuniting the nation, rebuilding infrastructure, defining rights for freed slaves
Name two major effects of the Civil War.
End of slavery, strengthened federal government, Southern economy collapse, start of Reconstruction, etc.