Civil War Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Who served as the Commanding General of the Confederate army? | Robert E. Lee |
| Secede | to leave or become unassociated with |
| Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender the Confederate army to General Ulysses S. Grant? | Appomattox Court House, Virginia |
| What names were used to refer to the United States during the Civil War? | The Union or the the North |
| Which black regiment is known for leading an attack at Fort Wagner in SC? | 54th Massachusetts |
| What was the name of the Confederate submarine that sunk a Union battle ship before sinking itself? | The Hunley |
| What role did both enslaved and free African Americans play during the Civil War? | They served as Union soldiers during the second half of the war. |
| Why was the Battle of Port Royal important to the Union strategy to win the Civil War? | They held Port Royal for the entire war and were able to use it as a base for the blockade. |
| Why was capturing Richmond, Virginia a part of the Union strategy to win the Civil War? | Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy and capturing the city would mean capturing the Confederate government. |
| Why did Sherman use the tactic of Total War? | The Union wanted to force the Confederacy to surrender by bringing the war to the southern civilians and destroying their will and ability to fight. |
| What are border states? | States that allowed slavery but did not secede. (They remained part of the Union) |
| Which General was finally appointed commander of the Union forces> | Ulysses S. Grant |
| What was the outcome of the Battle of Bull Run, the official first battle of the Civil War? | The South won, but it made both sides realize that it was going to be a longer and more difficult war than either side expected it to be. |
| Who was President of the United States during the Civil War? | Abraham Linclon |
| After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? | Antietam |
| Where were the first SHOTS of the Civil War fired? | Ft. Sumter, South Carolina |
| Why was the Siege of VIcksburg an important victory for the Union? | It allowed the North to take control of the entire Mississippi river and made the Anaconda Plan a success. |
| Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War? | After Gettysburg, the South would be in retreat for the rest of the war. |
| Which war tactic used by William T. Sherman involved the destruction of military and non-military targets to destroy the civilians' will to fight? | Total War |
| What was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War? | Richmond, Va |
| Conscription | requiring people to enlist in the army to fight a war |
| Why did the Confederacy choose to fight a defensive war? | They could defend their home territory until the North tired of fighting and ended the war. |
| Who was Robert Smalls? | He was a slave who piloted a boat to freedom past Confederate forces in Charleston Harbor. His escape provided the Union with a ship and valuable information about Confederate troops around the Charleston area. |
| What was South Carolina's reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation? | They did not recognize Lincoln's authority and did not obey the Proclamaion. |
| Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? | It shifted the goal of the war from just keeping the union together to ending slavery. |
| What was Lincoln's primary goal at the start of the Civil War? | To keep the Union together. |
| What impact did the Civil War have on women in the South? | It made their lives difficult because of shortages of needed items and lack of food and supplies. |
| Why did the Confederacy believe that Britain and France would support them in the war? | Britain and France both depended on Southern cotton and the South thought they would help break the blockade and provide supplies in order to maintain their supply of cotton. |
| How were African Americanas in the North affected by the Civil War? | During the second half of the war, almost 200,000 African American men fought for the Union. |
| Which Northern war strategy was most effective because it kept the South from getting much needed supplies or from selling cotton to Europe? | The blockade of Southern ports. (Anaconda Plan) |
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