North Carolina’s Soldiers
What side did North Carolina fight for in the Civil War?
What is The Confederacy.
What was the biggest battle fought in North Carolina?
What is The Battle of Bentonville.
What did North Carolina make for soldiers?
What is Clothes, weapons, and food.
Did the war make life easy or hard for people in North Carolina?
What is Hard.
What year did the Civil War end?
What is 1865.
What nickname was given to North Carolina soldiers because they never gave up?
What is "Tar Heels."
What fort protected North Carolina’s coast?
What is Fort Fisher.
What did women in North Carolina do during the war?
What is Took care of farms, made supplies, and helped as nurses.
What happened to many farms in North Carolina during the war?
What is They were destroyed or couldn’t grow enough food.
What happened to enslaved people after the war?
What is They were freed, but life was still hard for them.
Did North Carolina send a few or a lot of soldiers to fight?
What is A lot—more than any other Southern state!
Who won the Battle of Fort Fisher, the Union or the Confederacy?
What is The Union (they captured the fort).
What was a "blockade runner"?
What is A ship that sneaked supplies past Union ships.
What happened to enslaved people in North Carolina during the war?
What is Some escaped to freedom, and others were forced to keep working.
What was Reconstruction?
What is The time when the South had to rebuild after the war.
What did some North Carolina soldiers do instead of fighting for the Confederacy?
What is Some fought for the Union or tried to stay out of the war.
What happened at Bennett Place in North Carolina?
What is The Confederate army surrendered to the Union.
Why did the Union try to stop supplies from reaching North Carolina?
What is to weaken the Confederacy.
How did children help during the war?
What is They worked on farms, made supplies, and took care of families.
What was one big problem North Carolina had after the war?
What is Many farms and towns were destroyed.
Why was life hard for soldiers in the war?
What is They had little food, bad weather, and many got sick.
Why were battles in North Carolina important?
What is They helped decide who would win the war.
What happened when the Union captured Wilmington?
What is The Confederacy lost its last big supply line.
What was the biggest problem for families in North Carolina during the war?
What is They had little food and many lost family members in battle.
What did North Carolina have to do to rejoin the United States?
What is Make new laws and promise to stay in the Union.