Capitals
& States
& States
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
What is Richmond, Virginia?
The Union wanted to divide the Confederacy in two by taking control of what river?
What is the Mississippi River?
What was the significance of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac?
What is the battle that marked the end of wooden warships and the beginning of ironclads?
What was the South hoping Britain and France would do during the war?
What is support the Confederacy in exchange for cotton?
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is President Lincoln’s order to free slaves in Confederate-controlled areas?
What was the capital of the Union?
What is Washington, D.C.?
What naval strategy did the Union use to prevent the South from trading?
What is a blockade of Southern ports?
What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
What is the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history that gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
What foreign policy did the South use involving cotton?
What is Cotton Diplomacy?
When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
What is January 1, 1863?
When did Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas join the Confederacy?
What is after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861?
What did the South call its strategy to withhold cotton exports?
What is Cotton Diplomacy?
Which battle marked the bloodiest single day in American history?
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Why did Cotton Diplomacy fail?
What is Britain and France had other sources of cotton and didn’t support slavery?
Who did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
What are slaves in Confederate-held territories?
What were the four original Border States?
What are Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware?
What was Cotton Diplomacy?
What is the Confederate strategy to win foreign support by withholding cotton exports to Britain and France?
This naval battle introduced the era of ironclad ships.
What is the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac?
How did foreign nations respond to the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is they were less likely to support the Confederacy because the war became about ending slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in which states?
What are the Border States and areas already under Union control?
These states were vital to the Union due to their location and divided loyalties.
What are the Border States: Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware?
What was the Anaconda Plan?
What is the Union strategy to squeeze the Confederacy by blockading ports and gaining control of the Mississippi River?
Why was the Battle of Antietam considered a turning point in the Civil War?
What is it halted Lee’s invasion of the North and led to the Emancipation Proclamation?
How did Lincoln’s handling of war powers influence future presidents?
What is it expanded presidential authority during times of national crisis?
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the focus of the war?
What is it shifted the Union’s goal to include the abolition of slavery?