Road to War
The name of the network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
The nickname for Union and Confederate soldiers
What are Yankees and Rebels?
The Battle of Bull Run was important for this reason
What is the shock it delivered to the North -- the war would be long and bloody?
This was the basic idea of the Anaconda Plan
What is to blockade Southern ports, control the Mississippi, and capture Richmond?
This is one way the civil war changed daily life for families and children
What is half of children not attending school? etc
The meaning of popular sovereignty
What is the people in a state deciding if it would have slavery?
The full name of the general nicknamed "Stonewall" at the First Battle of Bull Run
Who is Thomas Jackson?
This was unusual about the 1862 battle between the Virginia and the Monitor
What is they were both ironclads and neither side won?
This is why the Confederacy mainly used a defensive strategy
What is to tire out the North and make them give up?
This woman became the superintendant of nurses for the Union Army
Who is Dorothea Dix?
The 1854 law proposed by Stephen Douglas that addressed slavery in the territories
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The president of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This fact is significant about the Battle of Antietam
What is it was the deadliest single day of fighting in the war?
This is why controlling the Mississippi was important to the Union
What is splitting the Confederacy and cutting Southern supply lines?
This is the law that caused riots in NYC in the summer of 1863
What are the draft laws?
The Dred Scott decision said this about African Americans and citizenship
What is slaves are not citizens?
This Union general led the March to the Sea after capturing and burning Atlanta
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
The Union victory at the Siege of Vicksburg accomplished this
What is it gave the Union control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two?
This is the major way the Union's goals changed during the Civil War
What is focusing on ending slavery?
This percentage of the Union army was African American by the end of the Civil War
What is 10%?
John Brown's goal at Harper's Ferry
What is seizing the federal arsenal, arming enslaved people, and starting a revolt against slaveholders?
These generals were the primary leaders of the Union and Confederate armies and ended the war at Appomattox Court House
Who are Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee?
Pickett's Charge occurred during this battle
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
What are the names of BOTH Union victories in July 1863 that mark a turning point of the war
What are the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg?
The 54th Massachusetts was famous because of this reason
What is an African American regiment that courageously attacked Fort Wagner?