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PALS Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Northern war strategy that closed ports to keep the South from importing and exporting goods | naval blockade |
| declared freedom for all slaves in states of rebellion against the USA. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| signed the Emancipation Proclamation | President Abraham Lincoln |
| Which Civil War battle fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland was the bloodiest single day in American history? | Antietam |
| leader of the Confederate Army and surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865? | General Robert E. Lee |
| Union general that led the March to the Sea | General William T. Sherman |
| Confederate war prison where thousands died from dehydration, starvation, and disease. | Andersonville |
| three day battle considered the "turning point" of the war? | Gettysburg |
| battle that occurred in northwest Georgia near Chattanooga, Tennessee over control of a railroad. | Chickamauga |
| series of battles for control over Atlanta led by Gen. William T. Sherman. | Atlanta Campaign |
| Sherman used "total warfare" to break the Confederacy's will to fight and ultimately shortened the war. | March to the Sea |
| Sherman's March to the Sea began at which city? | Atlanta |
| Sherman's March to the Sea ended at which city? | Savannah |