Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on
January, 1863
called it “the greatest event of our nation’s history.”
Frederick Douglas
About ___% [nearly 200,000] of the eligible black male population volunteered to fight in the Civil War.
85%
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson killed by “friendly fire”
Chancellorsville
Logs painted black by Confederates to exaggerate their artillery strength
Quaker Guns
_________________________ was actually freed by the Proclamation because it theoretically applied only to areas controlled by the
nobody
Others called it unconstitutional or “an empty gesture.”
Emancipation Proclomation
where was Ambrose Burnside was defeated by Robert E. Lee
Fredicksberg
Ulysses S. Grant captured the last Confederate-controlled outpost on the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
“Peace Democrats” who favored negotiating with the South
Copperheads
African Americans made up ___% of the Union population.
1%
Bloodiest battle of the war; more than 50,000 casualties
Gettysburg
Adolescents who assisted gun crews aboard Union ships
Powder Monkeys
Someone who agreed to serve in your place if you were drafted
Substitute
Lincoln was afraid that freeing all the slaves might cause the four loyal slave states to
Secede
By war’s end, African Americans made up ___% of the Union Army.
10%
where was Joseph Hooker defeated by Lee
Chancellorsville
Currency printed by the North during the war
Greenbacks
_______________ killed two men for every one who died in battle.
disease
The Union victory at the Battle of ____________________ in Maryland on September 17, 1862 allowed Lincoln to announce his proclamation.
Antietam
37,000 black soldiers were killed
10,000 __________ soldiers also fought.
Mexican
Lee’s second [and final] invasion of the North turned back by George Meade in Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Guarantees accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed (Lincoln and and Davis suspended this during the Civil War)
Habeas corpus
More than _______________ soldiers died during the Civil War.
600,000