The Two Sides
What is a border state and what are all the border states?
A state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
True or False: The First Battle of Bull Run took place in the Spring of 1861
False: It took place in the Summer of 1861
How did life in the South change?
The South suffered the most destruction in the war because both the Northern and Southern armies spent the majority of the time on Southern soil.
Where did Robert E. Lee move his army?
Out of Maryland into Virginia
True or False: The Union had a bigger army than the Confederacy
True
What happened on April 25, 1862?
The Union captured Mew Orleans, Louisiana
The Union controlled what city during the war?
Jacksonville
What does it mean to entrench?
To place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position
True or False: Kentucky was the most important border state
False: Maryland was
What is a casualty?
A soldier who is either killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
What is a bounty?
A reward or payment given to someone that captured or killed a specific person or animal
True or False: Stonewall Jackson died to accidentally being shot by his own Confederate soldiers
True: He did in fact die to being shot by his own soldiers, causing him to get pneumonia
What were the goals of the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War?
The Union wanted to reunite with the Confederacy while the Confederacy wanted to be it's own independent nation
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
A decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in parts of the Confederacy that were still in rebellion on January 1, 1863
True or False: The Andersonville prison opened in 1864
True
How many soldiers did the Confederacy and the Union have by the summer of 1861 and what were they called?
The Confederacy had 112,000 soldiers called Rebels and the Union had 187,000 soldiers called Yankees
What did Confederate president Jefferson Davis urge Robert E. Lee to do?
To move Confederate troops into western Maryland which is Union territory
What is a greenback?
Paper money issued by the United States government