Technology in the Civil War
What weapons did they use to shoot?
Rifles
A famous abolitionist in the Civil War.
Frederick Douglass
A gunshot fired by John Wilkes booth, a southern agent, is an event now known as ___.
President Lincoln's Assasination
After the war, what organization did Clara Barton found?
The American Red Cross
Which side won the American Civil War?
The Union
The new way of transportation was ___________.
The railroad
Which leading general in the Civil War saw more victories than the other?
General Ulysses S. Grant
What was the battle where the Civil War officially started?
The Battle of Fort Sumpter
What was the medical process/surgery often performed?
Amputations
*Random Western Expansion Question*
How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost?
$15 Million
Why were Minie balls invented?
Because other bullets didn’t fit in rifles/took too long to load
A leading Confederate general, famous from the First Battle of Bull Run.
Stonewall(Thomas) Jackson
A presidential order that freed many enslaved people and angered the South.
The Emancipation proclamation
How did they preserve dead bodies being sent home?
Embalming the corpses/dead bodies
*Random Western Expansion Question*
What landmark connected parts of New York and marks the start of Western Expansion?
The Erie Canal
The new way to send messages.
The Telegraph
One of the most important women in the Civil War was ___.
Clara Barton
When Union General Sherman led his troops through Atlanta and “burned the city to the ground”.
March to the Sea
What would doctors give a wounded soldier to ease their shock?
Whisky
What fraction of the men who died during the American Civil war died from disease?
2/3