Battles
This meat-grinder battle in Maryland resulted from Robert E. Lee's first attempt to invade the north
What is Antietam?
This group provided the main source of manpower for the Union armies
Who are immigrants?
Term for wealthy white plantation owners, who held most slaves and provided the political leadership of the south
Who are planters?
This policy, announced by President Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg, robbed the south of a critical source of manpower
What is emancipation?
This party, led by Abraham Lincoln, dominated the north
Who are the Republicans?
This battle, widely regarded as the turning point of the war, resulted from Robert E. Lee's second attempt to invade the north
What is Gettysburg?
Amount of money that a wealthy person could pay to hire a substitute if called up in the Union draft
What is $300?
Term for white small farmers, the middle class of southern society, who made up the main source of manpower for southern armies
Who are yeomen?
Group whose enlistment in the Union army provided a surge of manpower at a critical time and led to the formation of some units, like the 54th Massachusetts regiment, which became famous for bravery
Who are Blacks?
This party dominated the south, although it split into northern and southern factions during Lincoln's election
Who are the Democrats?
This battle was the one in which Ulysses S. Grant finally captured control of the entire Mississippi for the Union
What is Vicksburg?
The city which suffered huge anti-draft riots in 1863 that required the Army and Navy to put down
What is New York?
The main goal of the southern government in foreign policy
What is seeking diplomatic recognition from Britain?
The job which provided most employment during the war for women, including Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross
What is nursing?
This man was a Democrat from Tennessee made Lincoln's running mate to balance the ticket and emphasize national unity
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The first battle of the war; local people were so casual about it that they brought picnic baskets
What is Bull Run?
This man ran against Abraham Lincoln for President in 1864 on a platform of ending the war
Who is George McClellan?
Northern tactic of causing shortages inside the south by preventing goods from entering or leaving southern port cities
What is a blockade?
Group which found a way to escape strict gender roles in northern and southern society by volunteering for the armies
Derisive nickname for anti-war Democrats suppressed by President Lincoln as subversives
Who are Copperheads?
Location of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, which ended the war with victory for the north
What is Appamattox Courthouse?
The main reason that northern armies could outlast the south
What are factories and railroads?
The main reason that southern armies lasted so long against the north
What is military leadership?
The last Confederate officer to surrender his army at the end of the war, a Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma
Who is Stand Watie?
The amendment to the Constitution, passed during the war, which permanently outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment?