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The Conflict Takes Shape
No Easy Victory
A Promise for Freedom
Hardships of War
The War Ends
100
Name one of the border states
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee or Arkansas
100
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
The battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
100
This unit of soldiers led an attack on Fort Wagner and gained respect for African-American soldiers in the war
54th Massachusetts Regiment
100
Who were the northerners who opposed using force to keep the South in the Union?
Copperheads
100
What was the place where the official surrender and end to the Civil War occurred?
Appomattox Court House
200
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
200
What were the Virginia and the Monitor?
Ironclads
200
What was the document that Abraham Lincoln trying to free enslaved African Americans living in the Confederacy?
The Emancipation Proclamation
200
To help pay for the war, Congress created the nations first what?
Income tax on people's earnings
200
Who was the General that led "the march to the sea?"
General William Sherman
300
Name two of the strengths of the North
More citizens (soldiers), Industries made manufactured goods, a strong navy or large fleet of navy ships
300
What battle was one of the Union's worst defeats in December of 1862?
The Battle of Fredricksburg
300
Why did President Lincoln act cautiously when it came to slavery at the beginning of the war?
To keep the border states in the Union and not turn over to the Confederacy
300
What is a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money?
Inflation
300
What tactic destroys food, equipment, and anything else that is useful to the enemy?
Total War
400
What is rule by the army instead of the elected government?
Martial Law
400
The Union plan involved capturing the Confederate capital. What was it?
Richmond, Virginia
400
How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect African Americans in the South?
They slowed down their work or refused to work at all to hurt the South's war effort
400
How did the war benefit the North?
There was a greater need for machines to plant and harvest crops
400
What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln give where he said the Civil War was a test to see if a democratic nation could survive?
The Gettysburg Address
500
Name two of the strengths of the South
White Southerners fought for independence and defending their homeland, knew the countryside better, used forests for cover
500
What was the main goal for Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War?
To keep the Union together
500
Why did Abraham Lincoln have to wait to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
He had to wait for the Union to win a battle to not look desperate to free slaves in a losing cause
500
Who was the African American anti-slavery leader who worked in Union hospitals and camps for freed slaves?
Sojourner Truth
500
What was the name of the General who ordered a charge of 15,000 men to charge 1,000 yards to attack the Union troops in the Battle of Gettysburg
General George Pickett