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The Civil War
Chapter 16 sections 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Union call their 187,000 soldiers? | Yankees |
| What did the confederacy call their 112,000 soldiers? | Rebels |
| How were the conditions of the camps soldiers were held in? | The camps were filled with a pleasant amount of songs, letters, and baseball games. There were drills, bad food, marches, and rain. |
| Who proclaimed blockades on all Southern Ports? | President Lincoln |
| What is a blockade? | Blockades prevented the South from trading or receiving goods, etc. |
| The confederates rebuilt an abandoned warship and clad it iron so that it could withstand cannon fire. What was this ship called? | The Merrimack |
| What events took place at the Battle of Bull Run? | A lot of fighting took place and Civilians came to watch |
| What was The Monitor? | A steel ship built by the Union which battled the Confederates' steel ship |
| Who was Frederick Douglass? | An Abolitionist and former slave |
| Which woman left home to become a nurse on the Confederate side? | Kate Cumming |
| Who was the first female soldier? | Mary Edwards Walker |
| Which woman disguised herself as a man so she could fight in War? | Loretta Janeta Valazquez |
| What were the conditions like in Prison Camps? | Prisoners were allowed to keep a blanket and a cup. Horrible conditions. Many died from starvation, etc. |
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