Confederacy
Who was the vice president of the Confederacy?
Alexander H. Stephens
Who was the Commander in Chief throughout the duration of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
The Enrollment Act (1863) allowed people to hire a substitute or pay a $___ commutation fee to avoid fighting in the war
$300
What was the main motivation for many African Americans fighting for the Union?
Abolition
What was the deadliest battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
How many states seceded from the United States to form the Confederate States of America?
11 States
This 1863 presidential decree declared all enslaved people in the Confederate states free.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Enrollment Act, which established the Union's first national __.
Draft
What are two ways in which African American soldiers were discriminated against while they were serving?
Medical care, monthly pay, when captured by the Confederacy, segregated troops (United States Colored Troops/USCT), menial tasks
How many people died in the Battle of Gettysburg?
Over 50,000 combined casualties
What battle marked the official start of the Civil War (first shots fired)?
Battle of Fort Sumter
What is the name of the group that called for an immediate end to slavery and harsh punishments for the South?
Radical Republicans
What violent event occurred as a result of the Enrollment Act?
New York Draft Riots
What was the most famous African American unit in the Civil War?
54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Why was the Gettysburg Address given?
To honor the lives of those who died fighting for the Union
What was the name of the strategy put into place by Confederate leaders to cause a “cotton famine”?
Cotton Embargo
What was the term that described the ultimate annihilation of the South during the Civil War?
The March to the Sea
Fill in the blank:
A rich man's war, but a __ __ __.
poor man's fight
Approximately how many Black soldiers were there fighting for the Union army?
180,000
About how many people were in the Union Army?
More than 2.5 million
To fund the war effort, what was the name of the paper currency used by the Confederacy, named after its soldiers' uniforms?
Greybacks
The states Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri, were vital for what reason during the war.
They were border states
The Revenue Act imposed a 3% tax on individual incomes over $___
800
Who was the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor?
William Harvey Carney
Which battle had the most casualties in a single day?
Battle of Antietam