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100
In April 1862, the South Carolina Executive Council approved this law. It was not popular because exceptions were made for owners of fifteen or more slaves and because people could hire substitutes. To some, it appeared that the war was being fought by the poor.
What is conscription.
100
Before he left office, this United States President and former Secretary of Statee, born in 1791 and died in 1886, encouraged Congress to find a compromise to the secession crisis
Who is James Buchanan?
100
This campaign caused the deaths of innocent civilians and was an attempt produced by United States President Abraham Lincoln to seize this Confederacy capital.
What is the Battle of Richmond?
100
This plan was a success for the North to blockade the South and seize the Mississippi River which was one of the Confederacy's most important resources.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
100
Because he was right-handed, he thought that his right hand was getting more blood than his left, and so by raising his hand, he’d allow the excess blood to run into his left hand. He also never ate food that tasted good, because he assumed that anything that tasted good was completely unhealthy.
Who is General "Stonewall" Jackson
200
This was a Union strategy that helped prevent shipping and was intended to cause a failure economically.
What is blockade?
200
On April 12, this major who was commander of the Union troops in the fort, was given an choice to surrender immediately. When he refused, South Carolina and Confederate forces under the command of General P. G. T. Beauregard bombarded the fort. Thirty-four hours later, the major surrendered the fort. He and his troops were then allowed to board ships for the North.
Who is Major Robert Anderson?
200
This campaign took place near the ports of Charleston, South Carolina and the first shots of the Civil War had erupted.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter.
200
This was an act from the South to stop trading with Great Britain in order to be recognized as an important power. This was a failure and caused the South to suffer economically while Great Britain just moved on to Asia to get even more supplies.
What is King Cotton Diplomacy?
200
During the Civil War, glasses with colored lenses were used to treat disorders and illnesses. Yellow-trimmed glasses were used to treat syphilis, blue for insanity, and pink for this. Thus we get the term, To see the world through rose-colored glasses.
What is depression?
300
The slave states that did not secede, along with the western counties of Virginia, which later became the state of West Virginia, are known as these and though they stayed neutral in the Union, they were not spared fighting.
What are border states?
300
This general with the help of Robert E. Lee led reinforcements to prevent the Union from taking over the capital of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA. He routed the Union soldiers that were encouraged by 16th US President Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
Who is General Thomas “Stonewall”Jackson?
300
The Union troops had taken over this port near Beaufort, South Carolina and in effect freed all of the slaves in this area. Unfortunately, the Union troops had a loss when marching down to Charleston from this port.
What is Port Royal?
300
After Antietam, Lincoln issued this document. The proclamation stated that after January 1, 1863, slaves were to be free. This document did not free any slaves in the border states or in Union states. Thus, this document was only used to cause chaos in the South since they still had to follow United States law.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863?
300
After the Battle of Gettysburg, the discarded rifles were collected and sent to Washington to be inspected and reissued. Of the 37,574 rifles recovered, approximately 24,000 were still loaded; 6,000 had one round in the barrel; 12,000 had two rounds in the barrel; 6,000 had three to ten rounds in the barrel. One rifle, the most remarkable of all, had been stuffed to the top with this many rounds in the barrel.
What is twenty three rounds?
400
the Confederacy used these fast ships to be able to outrun the naval ships, and to bring in goods and supplies. Some were very successful, and the ship owners made huge profits when these entered Confederate ports. Too often, however, luxury items were brought into the cities. Not the guns, medical supplies, and other materials needed to fight the war
What are blockade runners?
400
This man was elected President of the Confederacy and alerted Georgia for help with South Carolina but his efforts were a failure.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400
In March 1862, Union troops moved down the Potomac and Chesapeake rivers to the mouths of the York and James rivers east of Richmond. By May 1862, over 110,000 Union troops were less than forty miles from Richmond. Union General George McClellan waited to attack. The Confederates, led by General Joseph E. Johnston, attacked. Neither side gained an advantage in this campaign, but the loss of life was staggering. When Johnston was wounded in the battle, General Robert E. Lee became commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
What is the Battle of Seven Pines?
400
In February 1864, the Confederacy tried a different type of blockade runner. The Confederate submarine called this left the dock in Charleston with a crew of eight. The crew powered the submarine by turning a long shaft connected to the propeller. On February 17, 1864, this submarine succeeded in ramming a shaft armed with explosives into the side of the U.S.S. Housatonic. Unfortunately, the Hunley sank before it could return to shore and all on board perished.
What is the H.L. Hunley?
400
The Civil War was also known as, this war, the War for the Union and the War of the Rebellion.
What is The Brothers’ War?
500
A method of settling an agreement between two opposing parties that would produce, most likely, equal terms on each side of the agreement.
What is a compromise?
500
In 1864 and 1865, these two union generals came up with the strategy that brought victory. Their plan was to destroy Confederate armies and to destroy the land so civilians would stop supporting the war.
Who are General Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman?
500
The first of this battle was with Pope against Lee. On September 17, 1862, at the little town of Sharpsburg on a creek, this battle began. Lee had 50,000 men; McClellan had 100,000. In the bloodiest single day of the war, over 13,000 Confederates died or were wounded; the Union lost over 12,000 soldiers. This battle too was basically a draw. Lee’s invasion of the North was stopped, and he retreated into Virginia. The North claimed victory.
What are the Battles of Manassas and Antietam?
500
In August, Union troops began a bombardment of these places that lasted over a year. Union troops did not occupy these areas until January 1865, but the siege certainly brought the war home to those who had pushed for secession.
What are Fort Sumter and Charleston?
500
This artifact was gained from a Confederacy descendant in 2009 that, according to family lore, was used to transmit secret messages.
What is a rectal acorn?