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Stonewall Jackson |
confederate general who won the first major battle of the Civil War |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
Lincoln’s response to the increasingly difficult issue of slavery |
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Clara Barton |
nurse who started the American branch of the Red Cross |
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Anaconda Plan |
union strategy to control the Mississippi river and split the Confederacy |
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Militia Act |
mandated that african americans be accepted into the military |
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Income Tax |
introduced to help fund the war in the North |
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Conscription |
system of enforced military service instituted in the North |
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Total War |
union strategy that aimed to cripple the south completely |
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Gettysburg |
site of crushing Confederate defeat that ended the South’s hopes for victory |
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Thirteenth Amendment |
abolished slavery in the United States |
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The agrarian South was at a disadvantage against the |
industrialized North |
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Which of the following contributed to Lincoln’s decision to address the issue of slavery in the South |
he was worried about antislavery sentiment in Europe |
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Before the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African Americans who were captured by Union forces were often treated as |
contraband |
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How did the Civil War affect industries in the North |
industries became more mechanized |
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Why was the Civil War’s first large battle, the first battle of Bull Run, so shocking? |
the battle was more brutal than people expected |
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What port on the gulf of Mexico was captured by Union forces early in the war? |
New Orleans |
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What did the United States Treasury create when the Legal Tender Act was passed in 1862? |
a common national currency |
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What risk did a soldier face if he survived being wounded in a Civil War Battle? |
dying from disease |
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what profession grew substantially with women’s participation during the Civil War? |
nursing |
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How did the Civil War affect states’ rights? |
the supremacy of the federal government over the states was firmly established |
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The Union started to control the Mississippi River when troops captured |
Vicksburg |
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After the Battle of Gettysburg, the South |
never again fought on Union soil |
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After 1863, what did General Grant want to do even if it meant thousands of Union soldiers were killed? |
crush large numbers of Confederate troops |
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What did Union forces decide to attack in their effort to demoralize the South after 1863? |
military and civilian targets |
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What event lead to the fall of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia? |
Lee’s retreat from Petersburg |
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Where did Lee finally surrender to Grant? |
Appomattox court house, Virginia |
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What is one advantage that helped the North to achieve victory in the Civil War? |
more technological resources |
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What impact did the Civil War have on the South’s African American population? |
Many migrated north and west |
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What northern battle is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War? |
Gettysburg |
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The capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union troops |
caused the surrender of other Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River |
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