KEY BATTLES
KEY TERMS & VOCAB
KEY PEOPLE
THE WAR IN THE WEST & EAST
RANDOM
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The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War--and of U.S history
What was the Battle of Antietam?
100
War ships that were heavily armored with iron
What are ironclads?
100
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President during the Civil War?
100
General “Stonewall” Jackson.
Which Confederate General stood alone with the Virginian regiment against the Union soldiers in the First Battle of Bull Run?
100
The Union was the side that won this WAR
Which side won the Civil War?
200
A key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates and lasted 3 days.(2 questions)
What was the Battle of Gettysburg and how long did it last?
200
(Two part answer) The freeing of the slaves, and people who worked to end slavery
What is emancipation and abolitionists?
200
Copperheads
What is the name of the people who sympathized with the South?
200
A copy of General Lee’s battle plan.
During General Lee’s northward advance, what did Union soldiers find at an abandoned Confederate camp?
200
He played the role of the president of the United States/ leader of the Union
What role did Abraham Lincoln play during the Civil War?
300
A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops in 1861
What was Fort Sumter?
300
An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War
What is a contraband?
300
Ulysses S. Grant, George Mcclellan, William Sherman Tecumseh
Who are three of the union generals?
300
He covered his ship with trees, covered his ship with heavy chains to protect them like ironclads, and slapped mud on the ship’s hulls.
David Farragut did what to his ships to pass unnoticed around the entrance of New Orleans? (Must have 2 out of the 3 answers)
300
They were nurses, raised money for supplies, and sometimes worked at war camps.
What role did women play in the war?
400
A series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.
What was the Wilderness Campaign?
400
A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
What is the Habeas corpus?
400
George G. Meade
Who was the general during the Battle of Gettysburg on the Union side?
400
Grant worked on drilling new recruits because he didn’t expect an attack.
What did General Grant do near a Shiloh church instead of preparing his troops for defenses?
400
They performed daily chores and the jobs usually done by men.
How were women the backbone of civilian life during the war?
500
The First Battle of Manassas
What was the First Battle of Bull Run also called?
500
The small town of ____________ (2 words), where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
500
George Pickett
Who caused Pickett’s charge?
500
To take control of the Mississippi River to destroy the Southern economy.
What was Ulysses S. Grant’s battle strategy in the West?
500
To destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade or gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South.
What was one of General Winfield Scott’s strategy to defeat the South in the Civil War?
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