Important Battles
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First Battle of Bull Run
Who was president of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What Union strategy involved blocking Southern ports?
Blockade
What famous speech begins “Four score and seven years ago…”?
Gettysburg Address
What new armored ships fought in a famous naval battle?
Ironclads
What was the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
What was the name of the Union’s overall plan to defeat the South?
The Anaconda Plan
What document declared slaves free in Confederate territory?
Emancipation Proclamation
What invention allowed quick battlefield communication?
Telegraph
What three-day Pennsylvania battle included Pickett’s Charge?
Gettysburg
Which Union general was hesitant to send his army into battle?
George McClellan
What river was vital for Union control of the South?
Mississippi River
What was Lincoln’s assassination called?
Assassination by John Wilkes Booth
What transportation system moved troops quickly?
Railroads
What battle fatally wounded Stonewall Jackson?
Chancellorsville
Who led the destructive March to the Sea?
William Sherman
What type of warfare targeted civilians and property to destroy morale?
Total War
What event transformed the war into a war of liberation?
Emancipation Proclamation
What flying technology was used for observation?
Manned balloons
What battle ended with Lee’s surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Court House
Which Union admiral helped capture New Orleans?
David Farragut
What fast Southern ships slipped through Union blockades?
Blockade-runners
What helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864?
Military victories and absentee soldier ballots
What weapon improvement made warfare deadlier?
Rifled guns and cannons
What was the last city on the Mississippi River to fall to the Union?
Vicksburg
Who became Lincoln’s running mate in 1864?
Andrew Johnson
What city’s capture opened the door for Union advance into Georgia?
Chattanooga
Why did Britain refuse to recognize the Confederacy?
Because of the Emancipation Proclamation
Name four innovations that made the Civil War the first modern war.
railroads, telegraph, ironclads, photography, submarines, rifled guns, trench warfare, mines, wire barricades, balloons