He's Famous
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Turning point battle in Pennsylvania
What is Gettysburg?
Sherman's two word term for "making the civilians suffer."
What is hard war?
1 of the 5 border states
What is Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri?
The first African American regiment in the Union Army
Who is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
Union commander (East) at the end of the war
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
After this battle, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg?
Destroying anything useful to the enemy
What is scorched earth?
For $300 dollars you could do this to avoid military service
What is hire a substitute?
His famous charge at Gettysburg cost the lives of 15000 Confederates and is considered the "high water mark" of the Confederacy
Who is George Pickett?
His "March to the Sea" destroyed most of central Georgia (including Atlanta)
Who is William T. Sherman?
The Confederate army was forced out of Maryland
What is Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
Confederate farmers had to turn over a portion of their crops & livestock to feed the Confederate army.
What is the One Tenth Tax?
The constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
After Lincoln announced this policy, England and France refused to form an alliance with the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Union general was fired by Lincoln twice
Who is George McLellan?
After this battle, the Union captured Richmond, Virginia
What is Petersburg?
The Woman's Loyal National League raised money for the war and hoped to gain ______ after the war.
What is the right to vote (suffrage)?
The original Confederate capital
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
Lincoln suspended this and had southern sympathizers arrested and held without trial
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
Lincoln's assassin
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Lee surrendered here
What is Appomattox Court House?
Paper currency first printed by the north in limited amounts during the war.
What are greenbacks?
This general, famous for his whiskers, ordered repeated Union charges at the Battle of Fredericksburg
Who is Ambrose Burnside?
Union general Ben Butler coined this word to describe runaway slaves who escaped to the Union army. Butler refused to return these runaways to their owners.
What is "contraband?"