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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CONFEDERATE | an ally, accomplice, or associate united in a league, often working together for a common purpose |
| RECRUITMENT | the strategic process of identifying, attracting, screening, and hiring qualified candidates |
| COTTON DIPLOMACY | Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain’s textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy in the Civil War |
| RICHMOND, VIRGINIA | A place they wanted to attack |
| WINFIELD SCOTT | American general, he served as commander in the Mexican War and used a two-part strategy against the South in the Civil War; he wanted to destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade and gain control of the Mississippi River |
| BORDER STATES | Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri; slave states that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War |
| FORT SUMTER | a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by the Confederates in April 1861, sparking the Civil War |
| JEFFERSON DAVIS | Former President of the Confederate States of America.most remembered as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, leading the South through the American Civil War |
| How did the civilians help the soldiers during the Civil War? | Civilians on both sides helped those in uniform. They raised money, provided aid for soldiers and their families, and ran emergency hospitals |
| How much time did the soldiers spend in camp on average | 75 percent |
| How could you tell the difference between the Union and Confederate soldiers on the field? | Union was grey and confederate was blue |
| When did the states in the Upper South secede? | 1861 |