Battles and Strategies
This 1863 battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War due to the Union's decisive victory.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union financed the war effort by issuing these government bonds, named for their distinctive color.
What are greenbacks?
President Lincoln issued this proclamation in 1863, freeing enslaved people in Confederate territories.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Union law allowed individuals to avoid military service by paying a $300 fee, angering poorer citizens.
What is the Enrollment Act?
The Confederacy hoped to gain support from this European power due to its dependence on Southern cotton.
What is Great Britain?
Union General Ulysses S. Grant achieved a major victory in 1863 with the capture of this Mississippi River stronghold.
What is Vicksburg?
Women in the North and South contributed to the war effort by serving in this critical role, popularized by figures like Clara Barton.
What are nurses?
This regiment of African American soldiers, depicted in the film Glory, fought heroically at Fort Wagner.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment?
This event in New York City in 1863 demonstrated anger over the draft and racial tensions.
What are the New York City Draft Riots?
Union diplomats prevented the Confederacy from acquiring this type of ship, built in Britain to break the blockade.
What are warships (or raiders)?
This Confederate general led daring campaigns but suffered a significant loss during Pickett’s Charge.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Food shortages and rising inflation sparked this 1863 event in Richmond, Virginia.
What is the Bread Riot?
Enslaved people fleeing to Union lines were often designated as this term, meaning seized enemy property.
What is contraband?
Lincoln suspended this legal protection to arrest suspected Confederate sympathizers without trial.
What is habeas corpus?
This diplomatic incident in 1861 almost brought Britain into the war after Union forces seized Confederate envoys from a British ship.
What is the Trent Affair?
This Union general implemented the "March to the Sea," showcasing the strategy of total war.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This Southern government policy conscripted men into military service, creating resentment among poorer citizens.
What is the Confederate conscription policy?
This amendment, ratified in 1865, formally abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The Confederacy struggled with state governments that insisted on this principle, weakening its unity.
What is states’ rights?
Despite sympathies for the Confederacy, Britain and France were dissuaded from involvement after this Union policy change.
What is the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Confederate victory at this first major battle of the war shocked the North and dispelled hopes for a quick war.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
The Union's establishment of this organization helped improve sanitation and medical care for soldiers.
What is the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
This formerly enslaved abolitionist helped recruit African Americans to fight for the Union.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This political faction within the North criticized Lincoln’s handling of the war and advocated for peace.
Who are the Copperheads?
This Confederate strategy failed as European countries found alternative sources of cotton during the war.
What is King Cotton diplomacy?