Military Technology and strategy
Leaders from the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Key Battles and Amendments
Hodge Podge
100
The development of this "weapon" allowed a person to fire much more accurately at all distances- increasing the amount of people who could be killed or wounded
What is the conoidal or cone shaped bullet?
100
This tall President was the leader of the Union forces and President of the United States. He also led the the fight to end slavery through his Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
This President, and leader of all of the Union and author of the Emancipation Proclamation, was brutally gunned down on April 14, 1965 while watching a play shortly after the end of the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
This Amendment stated slavery or human servitude was banned in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
Since there were many in the South who could not run for office, many migrated from the North to fill positions in government; Southerners referred to these people as this, named after their luggage's resemblance to carpet.
What are carpetbaggers?
200
The idea of this, or wearing down your opponent through constant attack and use of soldiers, was the main strategy used by both sides
What is attrition?
200
This man became President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
200
This document, which ended slavery, was issued by Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
This Amendment to the Constitution stated that citizenship would be granted to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and that no state can deny any person of life, liberty, or property without the due process of law
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
This is what Southerners were called who decided to work with Northern Republicans during Reconstruction.
What are Scalawags? Yes Nikee, Scalawags!
300
Just like the snake, this “plan” wanted to slowly strangle the South into surrender by cutting them off from each other and cutting off their resources from outside the country
What is the Union’s Anaconda Plan?
300
This General led a campaign to take the Cumberland and Tennessee River Valley. This action would divide the South in half and succeeded in providing the Union with access to the South. He was also kicked out of the military when he was younger for drunkenness.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This man assassinated Lincoln at the Ford Theater while he was watching a play called "My American Cousin".
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
300
This Amendment, passed after Johnson left office, said that a citizen’s right to vote would not be denied based on race or previous condition of servitude. This Amendment gave black men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
300
This is the name given to blacks in the South, who in many ways had it nearly as bad as before the war, that farmed but had to use half or more of the crops they grew to pay the rent for the land they farmed.
What are sharecroppers?
400
The Anaconda Plan called for the blockade of all Confederate ports, and was successful over the long run; but the Navy was spread thin and many times these "fast ships" that attempted to take dangerous missions running supplies, were successful in getting through.
What are Blockade Runners?
400
This man was perhaps one of the best Generals in all of history but unfortunately for him happened to lead the Confederacy and we know how that turned out for them.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
400
Lincoln offered this, or pardon, to all Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the United States, and accepted the proclamation banning slavery in his plan to Reconstruct the South.
What is amnesty?
400
At this battle, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, demanded the fort surrender before the supplies arrived, knowing that if they fired even one shot war would result. Not one person was killed in the barrage, but the Civil War had now officially begun.
What is Fort Sumter?
400
These are the people in Congress who, unlike Abraham Lincoln, wanted to punish the South for secession.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
500
Using this strategy Lincoln was able to put his military in charge instead of local governments preventing Maryland from seceding and thus keeping Washington DC from being surrounded by Confederate territory.
What is martial law?
500
This man led his Union troops on a "March to the Sea" using Total War tactics, burning and destroying every city in their paths.
Who was General Tecumseh Sherman?
500
As a means to deter Northerners from helping those in the South, Lincoln suspended the writ of "this", which requires the court to charge an imprisoned person with a crime or be set free.
What is habeas corpus?
500
This 3 day battle fought in Pennsylvania marked a dramatic turn of fortunes for both sides: The Union had devastated the Confederate Army, crippling one of their last hopes to keep fighting; the Confederacy lost nearly 1/3 of its best fighters and had little or no supplies left to continue.
What is Gettysburg?
500
This government agency was created to supply freed slaves with food and clothing through military rations and provide help in finding a job.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
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