Union/Confederate
What color uniform did the Union wear?
Blue
Who won the Battle of Bull Run?
Confederates
What were abolitionists?
People that wanted slavery to end.
How did Abraham Lincoln die?
What is the definition of slavery?
When a person is owned and held captive by another person. Enslaved people were considered by law to be property and without rights.
Who was the Union General during the Battle of Fort Sumter?
General Robert Anderson
Was general Lee a confederate or a union general?
Confederate
What is the deadliest conflict in American History?
When did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect?
January 1, 1863
What are bayonets?
Dagger/knife designed to fit on the muzzle of a rifle.
How did the Union win the Battle of Vicksburg? What was their strategy?
They surrounded Vicksburg, where a bunch of confederate soldiers were. They didn't let any food or water in and didn't let anyone in or out.
How did the Battle of Gettysburg start?
The confederates wanted new shoes and had an accidental run in with the Union.
What was the Rebel Yell?
When confederates charged the Union Soldiers, the men made high pitch shriek noises.
What was the leading cause of death in the war?
Disease
What started the Civil War?
Disagreement on slavery.
What color uniform did the confederates wear?
Gray
Why was the Seven Days battle called that?
The confederates attacked the Union every day for a week (7 days).
Who was Harriet Tubman?
She was a former slave. She was a abolitionist and activist. She helped free many slaves from slavery.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
An order that allowed all slaves to be free.
How many states seceded from the Union?
11
Who won the Civil War?
The Union
How did Harriet Tubman help free a bunch of slaves during the Civil War?
She talked to the slaves in the confederate territory and she told the union soldiers where the warehouses for cotton and rice were. The soldiers torched the warehouses and houses of plantation owners then slaves ran to the riverbanks and got on union boats. More than 750 men, women, and children escaped.
How did the first person in the Civil War die?
What was the most common method of treating a battlefield wound?
Amputation
What were the dates of the Civil War?
April 12, 1861-April 9, 1865