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Chapter 11-Civil War Flashcards

1
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This section had little industry.

A

South

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2
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Richmond’s ______ iron works was nearly the only large scale industry in the southern states.

A

Tredegar Iron Works

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3
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The South tried to finance the war by printing money which resulted in run-away ____.

A

inflation

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4
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Many southerners claimed that ___ was the real reason for Civil War in 1860.

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States Rights

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5
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Many New Englanders claim that ____ was the real reason for Civil War in 1860.

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Slavery

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6
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Northern money was often called __.

A

Greenbacks

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7
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Drafting non-volunteers to fight the Civil War was called ____.

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Conscription

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8
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The _____ were peace Democrats willing to accept peace at any price, even letting the southern states to secede.

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Copperheads

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9
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The _____ was when a Union warship stopped a British ship, boarded it, and kidnapped Mason and Slidel from their mission to England.

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Trent Affiar

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10
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President Lincoln’s military frustration was ____.

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finding a Union General who could win victories.

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11
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What was the name of the the Union’s war strategy?

A

Anaconda Plan

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12
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Lincoln issued a ______ of southern ports to strangled the rebelling states.

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Naval blockade

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13
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Which two southern ports remain open to commerce until 1865.

A

Charleston, S.C.

Wilmington, N.C.

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14
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Lincoln’s war goal at the beginning of the Civil War was ____.

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to preserve the Union.

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15
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After the battle at Antietam, Lincoln shifts his war goal to ____.

A

emancipating the slaves.

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16
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What Union general did Lincoln finally find that could really fight and win?

A

Grant

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17
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“…that government of the people, for the people, and by the people will not perish from the earth.” From which speech do these lines come from.

A

Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.

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18
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What was the Confederates strategy to win the Civil War?

A

Seek Foreign intervention
Win one great battle.
War of Attrition

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19
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First major land battle was ___.

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First Manassas in July 1861.

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20
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What general will win a famous name at First Manassas?

A

General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson

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21
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Who lost the first battle at Manassas?

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Irwin McDowell

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22
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Bloody April is the battle at ___.

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Shiloh, Tenn.

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23
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What two generals fought at Shiloh?

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Albert S. Johnson v. Ulysses S. Grant

24
Q

McClellan was delayed by two months by Joe Johnson at _____ in spring of 1862.

A

Yorktown, Va.

25
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McClellan was pushed away from Richmond, Va. by Robert E. Lee’s army at the _____.

A

Seven Days Battles in summer of 1862

26
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The battle of Second Manassas was fought between ___ and ___.

A

Pope and Lee

27
Q

____ captures the largest southern city of New Orleans in the spring of 1862.

A

Admiral Farragut

28
Q

This was the most bloody single day in US History and resulted in Lincoln changing the war goal to ending slavery.

A

Battle of Antietam

29
Q

Who failed to decisively defeat Robert E. Lee at Antietam?

A

George B. McClellan

30
Q

After Antietam, Lincoln issues the _____ freeing slaves in the rebelling states.

A

Emancipation Proclamation

31
Q

What two generals fought at Chancellorsville?

A

Robert E. Lee and Joseph Hooker

32
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Who died from the results of complications from his wounds at Chancellorsville?

A

Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson

33
Q

This was the turning point battle on the Mississippi River.

A

Vicksburg, Miss.

34
Q

Who was authorized to carry out a deep cavalry raid behind Confederate lines in Mississippi.

A

General Grierson

35
Q

What is the turning point battle in Pennsylvania?

A

Gettysburg, Penn.

36
Q

What two generals fought at Gettysburg.

A

Robert E. Lee v. George Meade

37
Q

This was a railway hub and entrance to the invasion of Georgia.

A

Chattanooga, Tenn.

38
Q

What two generals fought at Chattanooga in 1863?

A

Braxton Bragg v. Ulysses Grant

39
Q

What southern Georgia city was captured and burned to the ground by troop under command of Gen. Sherman?

A

Atlanta, Ga.

40
Q

What did General Sherman do in Georgia?

A

Marched to the sea from Atlanta to Savannah, burning all they could find. War is Hell!!

41
Q

List four battles in 1864 that General Lee fought Grant

A

Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg

42
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What was Gen. Grant’s cavalry commander named who burned much of the Valley of Virginia?

A

General Sheridan

43
Q

In April 1865, General Lee ___

A

Surrenders to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox

44
Q

General Grant understood how General Lee was able to reinforce his army and thus stopped all ____ in 1864.

A

Prisoner of War Exchanges

45
Q

to search for food and supplies in enemy territory is called ____.

A

Foraging

46
Q

Symbol of Hospital women workers during Civil War was ____.

A

French woman Florence Nightingale

47
Q

Leader of the US Sanitary Commission was __.

A

Elizabeth Blackwell, female doctor

48
Q

Woman nurse who would later start the American Red Cross.

A

Clara Barton

49
Q

What two things caused more deaths than all the battles combined?

A

Disease

infections

50
Q

This was an army cracker and primary soldier’s food.

A

Hard tack

51
Q

The south faced many _____ in the army and at home during the war.

A

food shortages

52
Q

List two occupations for women war work during the Civil War

A

making uniforms and shoe production

53
Q

_____ were allowed to join the military effort but were discriminated against.

A

African-Americans

54
Q

Which military regiment was formed from African American enlisted men and fought with bravery at Battery Wagner near Charleston, S.C.

A

54th Massachusetts Infantry

55
Q

The Confederate authorities used ____ to import war materials through the blockade.

A

Blockade runners

56
Q

The _____ freed all slaves in the entire country.

A

13th Amendment

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