Union
First major battle fought on union soil:
Battle of Gettysburg
Were copperheads northern democrats or northern republicans?
Northern democrats who wanted the war to end
A general rise in prices
inflation
At the first major battle of the war, confederates stood like a _______________.
Stone wall
Ulysses S. Grant was a general for which side?
Union general
The union won which battle after General McClellan found the confederates plans?
Battle of Antietam
TRUE OR FALSE: it was important to northern republicans that the war be fought until the Union was saved and slavery was abolished
TRUE
Not favoring either side in a dispute
Neutral
Who was the confederate military commander?
Robert E. Lee
Women helped the war effort by serving as:
Spies, nurses, hospital administrators
Whose goal was it to keep the union united?
President Lincoln
What was Grant's strategy for Vicksburg?
To lay siege on Vicksburg until they surrendered
Warship covered with protective iron plates
ironclad
Two strategies the confederates planned to rely on:
- Seeking help from overseas/supplies, etc.
- Defending their land until the north got tired of fighting
Why was it necessary to hold a draft after so many people originally volunteered for the war effort?
By the end of the war many initial soldiers were dead, injured & other men were less excited to join the war effort
Name the 3 main advantages the union had over the south at the beginning of the war:
- 2x the amount of railroad
- They had the majority of the countries factories
- Had 2/3 of the countries population
First battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run
Military term for a person, killed, wounded or missing in action
Casualty
TRUE OR FALSE: The confederates won The Battle of Bull Run
True
African Americans contributed to the war effort by:
Volunteering for service, worked as cooks, wagon drivers & hospital aids
Who was the union general and what was he known for?
Cautious McClellan
Name two new pieces of wartime technology that were used:
Ironclad ships & rifles
Type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
Martial Law
Confederates surrendered at ____________ and then lost ____________.
Confederates surrendered at Vicksburg and then lost Petersburg.
A speech given by Lincoln freeing all enslaved people:
Emancipation Proclamation