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8th grade History
Chapter 16 Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Site where the Civil War Began | Fort Sumter |
| States with strong ties to both the North and the South | border states |
| The idea that Britain would support the South because it needed the cotton. | cotton diplomacy |
| Southern officer. Stonewall was his nickname | Thomas Jackson |
| The first major battle of the Civil War and a confederate victory. This battle shattered the North's hope of winning the war quickly. | The First Battle of Bull Run |
| This General put together 100,000 soldiers called the Army of the Potomac | George B.McClellan |
| The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War | Battle of Antietam |
| Ships heavily armed with iron | iron clads |
| Union Army gained control of the Mississippi River Valley | BATTLE OF Shiloh |
| General Grant's troops began this in May 1863 cutting off the city and shelling it over and over. | Siege of Vicksburg |
| Which side did the Cherokee support at Pea Ridge? | Confederates |
| Which victory was most valuable to the Union? | Vicksburg |
| What responsibilities did women take on during the war? | Women worked on farms and factories. They also worked in hospitals. |
| Attack by Union general Ulysses S. Grant gave the North control over the Mississippi River. | Siege of Vicksburg |
| Confederate General who held off Union attacks and helped the South win the First Battle of Bull Run. | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
| Important Confederate victory in which General Robert E. Lee defeated Union troops and pushed into Union territory for the first time. | Second Battle of Bull Run |
| Southern strategy of using cotton exports to gain Britain's support in the Civil War. | cotton diplomacy |
| Term given to escaped slaves from the south. | contrabands |
| When and Where did fighting in the Civil War begin? | Fort Sumter |
| How did civilians help the war effort? | Raised money, provided aid for soldiers families , and ran emergency hospitals. |
| What was the Union hoping to accomplish when it marched into Virginia at the start of the war? | To capture the railroad junction in Manassas/Bull Run which would give the Union the best route to Richmond. |
| Was the Union's naval blockade of the South successful? Why or why not? | yes. because it reduced the number of ships entering southern ports from 6,000 to 800 which damaged the South economy. |
| This law freed slaves just in the Confederate States. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| This unit consisted mainly of African American and let a heroic charge on Fort Wagner. | 54th Massachusetts Infantry |
| Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment | Habeas corpus |
| Northern Democrats who were against the war. Many were from the midwest and opposed abolition | Self named "Peace Democrats" Enemies called them "Copperheads" |
| Founded the American Red Cross | Clara Barton |
| War in which the army destroys civilian and economic resources. | total war |
| Place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. | Appomattox Courthouse |
| Date that General Lee surrendered to General Grant | April 9th 1865 |
| Number of Americans who died during the Civil War. | 620,000 |
| Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at a battlefield on November 19, 1863 | Gettysburg Address |
| General who marched from Tennessee to Savannah, Georgia in which he left a path of destruction 60 miles long. | General William Tecumseh Sherman |
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