This was the Union's strategy, which included a blockade of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, taking control of the Mississippi river, and attacking from the east and west.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
100
He led the Union soldiers on the "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
100
New military technology had this effect on Civil War soldiers.
What is, "resulted in more injuries and deaths?"
100
Period of rebuilding after the Civil War, during which the Southern States rejoined the Union.
What is Reconstruction?
100
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the thirteenth amendment?
200
Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union army in this town.
What is Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia?
200
This statement gave freedom to slaves in Confederate States at war with the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
Northern soldiers had the advantage of more ____ and ____ to make weapons.
What are "factories and resources"?
200
He was president during Reconstruction. The U.S. Congress did not like his views.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
200
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the fifteenth amendment?
300
He became famous during the First Battle of Bull Run because he refused to retreat.
Who is General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
300
They supported the Civil War by collecting food, clothing, and supplies for the troops.
Who are "women"?
300
This law required men of a certain age to serve in the military, if called.
What is the draft?
300
These laws made segregation (separating people based on race) legal.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
300
This amendment granted citizenship to African Americans.
What is the fourteenth amendment?
400
It's a method of warfare that involves civilians as targets and is designed to destroy the opposing army and the people's will to fight.
What is total war?
400
He was assassinated just 5 days after the Civil War ended.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
Name three things that made life difficult for soldiers.
possible answers: had to walk up to 25 miles per day, shortage of supplies, had to carry all of their supplies (around 50 lbs), uncomfortable uniforms, and disease.
400
This Federal Agency set up in 1865 provided food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves in the south.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
400
People from the North who came to the South during Reconstruction were called this.
What is "carpet bagger?"
500
This is the reason President Lincoln would tell you he was fighting the Civil War.
What is "to keep the Union together"?
500
This officially started the Civil War.
What is the battle at Fort Sumter?
500
A Union soldier would tell you that they were fighting the Civil War to do this.
What is "end slavery"?
500
Many African Americans ended up renting land from plantation owners. They paid their rent with a portion of their crop. This system is called _________?
What is sharecropping?
500
White people in the South who supported Reconstruction were called this.