TechComm
This form of communication made Lincoln's control of the War far easier. It was created by Samuel Morse.
The Telegraph (used Morse code to communicate phrases and words)
Robert E. Lee
Name 2 Battles of the Civil War
Answers will vary.
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Vicksburg
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
The North Star was founded by which key abolitionist?
Frederick Douglass
What was the name and material of the new bullet?
The minie ball, made out of lead.
Name 2 Northern Generals.
Ulysses S. Grant
George B. McClellan
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Meade
Name two "successful slave revolts" think of vocabulary terms!
Nat Turners Rebellion
The Violent Slave Revolt in Haiti
This name was given to extremists in Congress who pushed for greater rights for African Americans.
Radical Republicans
Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin was written in response to what law?
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
What two forms of communication allowed people at home learn stories from the battlefield?
Newspaper and the Postal Service (primary source letters)
What General became famous from the Battle of Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the name of the Northern strategy to win the war?
The Anaconda Plan
Andrew Johnson
What compromise established that slavery could not go above the 36 30' line?
The Missouri Compromise
What are 3 industries that grew in the Civil War period?
1. Telegraph
2. Railroad
3. Funeral
What tactic did Union general, Sherman use?
Sherman's "March to Sea" used the strategy of Total War which included mass destruction of Southern property.
What is the deadliest battle of American history?
The Battle of Antietam
13. Abolished Slavery
14. Establishes Citizenship and civil rights.
15. Allowed Black men to vote
Name the two territories of land that nearly doubled the size of the United States for 15 million dollars each.
The Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Cession
Clara Barton founded which association following the Civil War?
The American Red Cross
What military academy did both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant attend? Who was the better student?
West Point, Lee was second to the top of his class while Grant struggled in academic classes.
How many days did the Union army siege Vicksburg?
What case determined, "Separate but Equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico