Border States & Geography
The term for slave states that remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
What are Border States?
Confederate officer famously known by the nickname "Stonewall".
Who is General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
The victor in the western battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg.
Who is the Union?
The winner of the United States Presidential Election of 1864.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Economic condition that left many Southern citizens completely bankrupt following the war.
What is worthless Confederate currency?
The names four Border States.
What are Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and Delaware?
Union commander who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential Election of 1864.
Who is General George McClellan?
The victorious side at the Battle of Chancellorsville and 2nd Bull Run.
Who is the Confederacy?
U.S. Secretary of State during Abraham Lincoln's administration.
Who is William Seward?
A key advantage of the North's factory workforce, along with its main disadvantage as soldiers.
What is the ability to produce war goods (advantage) and lack of outdoor/military experience requiring heavy training (disadvantage)?
Southern state that was not a Border State despite being surrounded by territories.
What is Texas? (or Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee)
Confederate officer who led a famous, disastrous infantry charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Who is Major General George Pickett?
The victor at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Who is the Confederacy?
The position in his administration that President Lincoln had the hardest time filling effectively early in the war.
What is Head General?
Military tactic used during Sherman's March that targeted civilian infrastructure and resources.
What is "scorched earth" policy (or total war)?
Region where states retained greater sovereign power than the central government.
What is the Confederacy (or the South)?
Famous Confederate cavalry commander known by his initials J.E.B..
Who is General J. E. B. Stuart?
The officially recognized winner of the naval campaign for New Orleans.
Who is the Union?
The name given to paper currency issued by the Union government to fund war expenses.
What are Greenbacks?
Total estimated financial cost of the Civil War.
What is over $5 billion?
The key river the Union sought to control to split the Confederacy into two parts.
What is the Mississippi River?
Famed Union officer who fought at Gettysburg and later died at Little Bighorn.
Who is General George Custer?
The official outcome of the bloody battles at Wilderness and Spotsylvania.
What is "No clear winner" (a draw/tie)?
Constitutional principle definitively established regarding the relationship between national and state powers as a result of the war.
What is federal supremacy over state governments?
Prolonged siege operation that directly led to Lee abandoning Richmond and surrendering shortly after.
What is the Siege of Petersburg?