Vocabulary
What is a person called who is forced to leave their home due to war?
A refugee
This Confederate general was a master of strategy, winning early battles like Fredericksburg
General Robert E. Lee
Name one new job that women took on during the war while men were away fighting.
Running farms or factories, teaching, working in government offices, nursing
At this battle, General Lee's entrenched forces on high ground defeated General Burnside's Union army.
The Battle of Fredericksburg
Why did President Lincoln suspend habeas corpus?
To jail war opponents (or suspected traitors) without a trial
What word describes a military blockade of a city to force its surrender?
A siege
This woman, who founded the American Red Cross after the war, was famous for helping wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Clara Barton
Why did the South suffer more destruction and shortages than the North?
Most of the fighting took place on Southern soil AND/OR the Union naval blockade cut off supplies
This 3-day battle in Pennsylvania was a major Union victory that dashed Confederate hopes of gaining help from Britain and France.
The Battle of Gettysburg
The capture of what major Southern city in 1864 helped Lincoln win reelection?
Atlanta
What is the term for a system that requires men to join the military?
A draft
This famous Confederate general was accidentally wounded by his own troops at Chancellorsville and later died.
General Stonewall Jackson
What was the nickname, named after a deadly snake, given to Peace Democrats who opposed the war?
Copperheads
This Union victory on the Mississippi River successfully split the Confederacy in two.
The Siege/Battle of Vicksburg
This infamous Confederate prison in Georgia was so overcrowded and unsanitary that nearly 13,000 Union prisoners died there.
Andersonville
What is the legal protection that prevents the government from jailing someone without a trial?
Habeas corpus
This famous abolitionist served as a Union spy and led a mission that freed many enslaved people.
Harriet Tubman
How could wealthy men in both the North and South legally avoid the draft?
By hiring a substitute or paying a fee
What was General Sherman's strategy of destroying towns, crops, and civilian infrastructure called?
Total war (or the March to the Sea)
This amendment, passed by Congress in January 1865, officially banned slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
What is the term for a general rise in prices, which caused hardship for working people in the North?
Inflation
He led the Union army to victory at Vicksburg and was later appointed by Lincoln to lead all Union armies.
General Ulysses S. Grant
What was the name for the paper money printed by the North to help pay for the war?
Greenbacks
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson used this tactic to launch a surprise attack on the Union army's side.
Flank attack
Where did General Lee officially surrender his army to General Grant on April 9, 1865?
Appomattox Court House