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Ch. 16 Vocab. SA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the Southern attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War. | Fort Sumter |
| joined the Confederacy, was the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia. | Robert E. Lee |
| a slave state that bordered states in which slavery was illegal. | border state |
| cotton was called king because cotton was important to the world market, and the South grew most of the cotton for Europe's mills. | King Cotton |
| a strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the Civil War. | Anaconda Plan |
| when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area. | blockade |
| an 1861 battle of the Civil War in which the South shocked the North with a victory. | First Battle of Bull Run |
| conditions and practices that promote health. | hygiene |
| a gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air. | rifle |
| a bullet with a hollow base. | minie ball |
| a warship covered with iron. | ironclad |
| a Union general whoc captured Ft. Henry/Donelson in Tennessee. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| an 1862 battle in which the Union forced the Confederacy to retreat in some of the fiercest fighting in the Civil War. | Battle of Shiloh |
| soldiers on horseback. | calvary |
| an 1862 Civil War battle in which the Confederacy forced the Union to retreat before it could capture the Southern capital of Richmond. | Seven Days' Battles |
| a Civil War battle in 1862 in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded. | Battle of Antietam |
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