The Civil War

What is Sectionalism and how does it relate to the Civil War? Pick the BEST answer.

The president of the Union was _______________ and the president of the Confederacy was _______________.

Abraham Lincoln main goal when he started the war in the first place was to get rid of slavery.

A copperhead is a poisonous type of snake. This was also a nickname to people ____________________.

How many volunteers did Lincoln call for?

The first shot of the Civil War was in _____________.

This short-lived political party wanted to keep slavery out of the west. This group of people consisted of former anti-slavery members of the Whig and Democratic Party.

Why did the South want to seperate to create their own country?

Where was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?

What were some advantages of the Confederates during the Civil War?

What were some advantages of the Union during the Civil War?

How long did the Civil War last? Was it longer or shorter than expected?

What is martial law?

Who was the first general appointed by Abraham Lincoln?

Why was Lincoln dissatisfied with this general?

Who did Lincoln put in charge after this general failed him?

Who was the general after the general in question 16?

Who was the commander and cheif of the Confederate Army?

An ironclad ship was a ship completely made of steel. These ships were so important because they weren't seriously damaged after a battle; this meant that both sides of the war still needed to work harder to fight off the opposing side. The Union's ironclad ship was the _____________ and the Confederate's ironclad ship was the ______________.

What was the Missouri Compromise?

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

What were the five parts of the Compramise of 1850?

What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?

What were the states that were accepted into the Union even though they were slave states?

When General Lee found out that Jackson died, he said "I lost my right arm." This meant that Lee lost his main fighter that always helped him win the battles. What battle did Stonewall Jackson die in?

How did Stonewall Jackson get his nickname?

Who won one of the bloodiest battles, the Battle of Shiloh?

Who won the Battle of Fredricksburg?

What was so important about the Battle of Vicksburg?

What were some war tactics used MOST in the Civil War?

When Dorothea Dix saw the conditions at prisons and mental hospitals, she decided to______________.

_______________ was a hospital nurse and also created the American Red Cross in 1881.

A regiment is a unit in the army commanded by a colonel. What was the name of the first African American Regiment?

In addition to the ironclad ships, what were some other new advancements in the Civil War?

Jefferson Davis had some trouble creating a strong centralized government in the Confederacy because the states wouldn't pay their taxes. He decided to make the ______________ to help this matter.

Inflation is when the ___________ decreases and the __________ increase. This happened to the South's currency.

Who captured and destroyed Virginia?

Who's plan for the war was to destroy everything in the Union troops' path except for the things they could steal (total war)?

What captured and destroyed the city of Atlanta?

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Lincoln, what did it do?

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech was the Gettysburg Address. It was important because it ____________________.

Where did the Civil war end?

Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist and author wrote a book called ______________. It was about the cruelty of slavery and how the slaves were treated.