General Winfield Scott established a blockade of Northern ships around the Southern states’ coastline, particularly at the mouth of the Mississippi river. The blockade prevented the south from exporting cotton and receiving supplies, named after a large snake that strangles its prey.
Anaconda Plan
100
The Confederate government passed a conscription act or __________ in April 1862, requiring citizens to serve in the military.
Draft
100
Appointed head commander of the Union troops.
Ulysses S Grant
100
3 day battle- a Civil War victory that turned the tide against the Confederates in Pennsylvania.
Battle of Gettysburg
100
Resulted in a southern victory but the south lost control of Chattanooga
Battle of Chickamauga
200
The south believed that the need from other countries for cotton, would help win the foreign support and help against the Union.
King Cotton Diplomacy
200
For every 20 slaves on a plantations, 1 white man was exempted. Some southerners saw this as a way for the wealthy to avoid military service.
20 Slave Exemption
200
A general in the Union army during the Civil war, he captured the city of Atlanta and then led his troops on a March to the sea, which devastated Georgia and broke the Confederacy’s ability to mount a strong defense.
William T Sherman
200
1864, the 60 mile march of destruction between Atlanta and Savannah taken by Sherman’s troops in the Civil War.
March to the Sea
200
It guaranteed the right to vote to all male citizens
15th Amendment
300
Confederate troops fired the first shots of the war at this fort
Fort Sumter
300
African American troops were part of the federal forces. This regiment was the first regular army regiment of African American soldiers organized in the North.
54th Massachusetts Volunteers
300
a professional soldier, he led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil war.
Robert E Lee
300
- Civil War General William T Sherman’s order to his troops to live off the land in their final march through Georgia during the March to the Sea.
Field order No 120
300
African American man elected to the Georgia House of Representatives during Reconstruction.
Henry McNeal Turner
400
The first major battle of the war occurred on July 21, 1861, on the banks of a stream that ran through Manassas, Virginia. The Confederates won this battle, it is also where Stonewall Jackson got his nickname.
Battle of Bull Run
400
as supplies became scarcer, some southern women became desperate. In cities in the south women staged _____ _________ demanding better prices and rations.
What is food riots
400
A union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single day battle in U.S. military history.
Battle of Antietam
400
the location of a Confederate prison in Georgia during the Civil War, built to hold 10, 000 Union prisoners, it eventually held 33,000.
Andersonville
400
This abolished slavery: _________________
One of the most important contributions of black legislators during Reconstruction was:
14th Amendment
Getting a Constitution law made to establish free public education in Ga.
500
Located at the mouth of the Savannah River, this fort was a massive structure that many thought to be invincible. It guarded the city of Savannah from invasion by sea.
Fort Pulaski
500
was the first conflict between the North and South that showed how fierce and horrible later battles would be. This was near the Tennessee river, more than 100,000 soldiers took part in the battle.
Battle of Shiloh
500
an order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in all regions rebelling against the Union, took effect January 1, 1863.
Emancipation Proclamation
500
an order issued by Civil War General William T Sherman on his March to the Sea that gave each household of Freed slaves 40 acres of land along the coast.
Field order No 15
500
During the Reconstruction period what impact did the Freedman's Bureau have on Georgians?
Helped people who were formerly enslaved and poor whites by providing food, clothing & educational opportunities, and supervision of legal contracts.