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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of Antietam | Civil War battle in Maryland in 1862 |
| Confederate Advantages | 1. Superior generals 2. Expected help from England and France 3. Only needed to defend their territory to win 4. Planned to pay for the war by selling cotton |
| Civil War | War between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South; fought from 1861-1865 |
| contraband | items seized from the enemy during wartime |
| Second Battle of Bull Run | Civil War battle that ended in a decisive victory for Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was emboldened to push further into the North. |
| Union Advantages | 1) bigger population 2)bigger weapon production 3) bigger railroad mileage 4) bigger factory production |
| Union Strategy | Anaconda Plan: 1) Gain control of MS river 2) block southern coastline 3) Capture Confederate Capital |
| Confederate Strategy | 1) Capture Union capital 2) Be defensive 3) break coastline blockade 4)Get aid from Europe |
| ironclads | warships covered with protective iron plates |
| war of attrition | A type of war in which one side inflicts continuous losses on the other in order to wear down its strength |
| canister | a special type of shell filled with bullets |
| recognition | official acceptance as an independent nation |
| Copperhead | during the civil war and antiwar Northern democrat |
| writ of habeas corpus | legal protection requiring that a court determine whether a person is lawfully imprisoned |
| First Battle of Bull Run | first major battle of the Civil War, won by the Confederates in July 1861 |
| casualty | Military term for a person killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action |
| shell | device that explodes in the air, or when it hits a solid target |
| draft | required military service |
| greenback | name given to the national paper currency created in 1862 |
| Martial Law | emergency rule by military authorities during which some Bill of Rights guarantees are suspended |
| Battle of Shiloh | Civil war battle in Tennessee in 1862 |
| Battle of New Orleans | Civil war battle that marked New Orleans incorporation into the Union and essential in gaining the control of the MS river |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union. |
| 54th Massachusetts | First African American Regimen, successfully defended Fort Wagner, SC. Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw |
| North Advantages | 1) bigger population 2) owned most railroads 3) stronger navy 4) more mineral resources 5)stronger economy + industrialization 6) available farmland |
| South Advantages | 1) defensive strategy 2) excellent officers 3) familiar w/ outdoors 4) "king cotton" 5) fighting for clear goal |
| Anaconda Plan | 1) Gain Control of MS river 2) block south coastline 3) capture Richmond |
| Confederate strategy | 1) capture Washington DC 2) defensive strategy 3) break blockade 4) Win European aid |
| Improved Weapons | 1) Rifles 2) Minie ball 3) Gatling gun 4) ironclads |
| Criticisms of the draft | it took charge of the economy + was against state rights |
| What did the Confederacy want from Europe? | aid, food, and goods |
| When did Lincoln first begin planning to emancipate the slaves? | July 1862 |
| What battle announced the Emancipation Proclamation? | Battle of Antietam |
| When did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect? | January 1st 1863 |
| What did the Emancipation Proclamation state? | Any slaves freed are free forever but this only applies to states still rebelling from the Union |
| What changed Lincoln's mind about emancipation? | 1) punish the south economically 2) North now had a dual purpose 3) Turn foreign popular opinion in favor of the Union 4)Slaves helped in Confederate efforts |
| Most infamous Civil War prison | Camp Sumter |
| What killed more soldiers in the war? | 1) disease 2) poor nutrition 3) Contaminated food 4) Wounds+ amputations |
| Women jobs in war | nurses and sanitation inspectors |
| Significance of day 1 of Gettysburg | Union had the high ground |
| Day 2 of Gettysburg Confederate objective | Shorten the duration of the battle |
| Day 2 of Gettysburg significance | Union maintained the high ground after day 1 |
| Significance of Gettysburg day 3 | Pickett's charge |
| Significance of Gettysburg overall | 1) Confederate army never came this far north ever again 2) Bloodiest American battle 3) Turning point in war |
| Who ran against Lincoln for 1864 election? | George McClellan |
| Who won the election of 1864? | Lincoln |
| Who assassinated Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| Goal of Lincoln's assassination | Inspire Confederacy to keep fighting |
| What was the significance of the battle of Bull Run? | 1st real Civil War battle + confederacy won |
| What was the significant outcome of monitor v merrimack | worldwide navies realized their technology was outdated |
| Significance to Capture of New Orleans | Important to gaining control of MS river + Union wins |
| Significance of battle of Shiloh | Bloodiest battle of the war so far+ Union wins |
| peninsular campaign significance | weakened Union morale+ Confederate wins |
| seven days battle significance | McClellan was replaced w/ Pope + weakened Union morale + Confederate wins |
| 2nd Bull Run significance | pope was replaced with McClellan +confederacy wins |
| importance of battle of Antietam | mcclellan is fired, boosted union's confidence, emancipation proclamation |
| significance of Fredericksburg | burnside is replaced, Union criticizes Lincoln's leadership |
| Significance of chancellorsville | stonewall Jackson dies, Lee invaded North, hooker is replaced, confederacy wins |
| significance of vicksburg | South surrenders, Union wins + controls MS river |
| significance of wilderness | Lee met a worthy adversary |
| significance of cold harbor | lee's final victory |
| significance of siege of petersburg | Union captures railroads, Petersburg, + richmond |
| significance of sherman's march | anything he came across in the south was set on fire |
| significance of Appomattox courthouse | ended the civil war |
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