Vocabulary
People
States
The North
The South
100
This means a group of soldiers that rode on horseback
What is a cavalry?
100
He was the general at the First Battle of Bull Run
Who was Thomas J. Jackson?
100
The number of Confederate states
What was 11?
100
The population of the Union during the Civil War
What was about 22 million?
100
The approximate number of slaves were under the Confederate states
What were 3.5 million?
200
These are conditions and practices that promote health
What is hygiene?
200
The general who gained important victories in THE EAST
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
The number of that states made up the Union
What was 24?
200
The percentage of the nation's factories were under Union control
What was 85%?
200
The reason that Confederate soldiers fought so passionately for the Confederacy
What was to preserve their way of life?
300
These were slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal
What were border states?
300
The Confederate general that was once a Union general
Who was Robert E. Lee?
300
Name two slave states that did NOT secede from the Union.
What are Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware?
300
The percentage of the nation's railroad mileage was under Union control
What was 70%?
300
The overall total of the Confederate population?
What was 9 million?
400
This means that armed forces were used to prevent the transportation of goods or people in or out of an area
What is a blockade?
400
He developed the Anaconda Plan
Who was General Winfield Scott?
400
Name 3 states of the 11 that made up the Confederacy.
What are Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, & Virginia?
400
This was the ironclad Union ship that battled the Confederate ship Merrimack
What was the Monitor?
400
A blood curling scream that scared Union soldiers
What was the Rebel Yell?
500
These were warships covered with iron that proved to be a vast improvement over wooden ships
What are ironclads?
500
He decided to keep Fort Sumter in Union territory.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
Name 4 out of the 24 states that made up the Union.
What are CA, OR, KS, MO, Iowa, Minn, Wis, Ill, Ohio, Mich, PA, N.Y., N.J., R.I., Main, Vermont, N.H., Mass, Conn, Indiana, Kentucky, W. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware
500
This plan included a naval blockade of the South's coastline, taking control of the Mississippi River, capturing Richmond, VA?
What is the Anaconda Plan?
500
The South depended on this to win foreign support.
What was King Cotton?