Civil War Flashcards
System of selecting people for a required military service
Draft
Court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the peron
Habeas Corpus
Fee paid to the government based on the amount of money you ear
Income tax
Slave states that stayed in the Union
Border States
Northern Democrats who wanted to make peace with the South
Copperheads
A soldier who is killed, injured, captured, or missing in battle
Casualty
Setting up a physical barrier to communication and/or trade
Blockade
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
President of the United States of America
Abraham Lincoln
General-in-Chief who developed the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
General who stood his ground and helped the Confederacy win at Battle of Bull Run
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Main Commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Which side had more miles of railroads?
Union
Which side had more experienced officers?
Confederacy
Which side was more frequently fighting on their own land with help from local people?
Confederacy
Which side had more factories?
Union
Which side had more farmland to help feed their soldiers and civilians?
Union
Which side had better communication due to the telegraph?
Union
What lesson was learned from the First Battle of Bull Run?
The war would be long and difficult
Identify examples of Civil War technology.
Rifled guns, ironclads, telegraph, etc.
What led to the Battle of Antietam? Where did it take place? Why is the battle noteworthy?
President Jefferson Davis wanted Lee to move his troops into Maryland to bring the war deeper into the Northern states and move into Pennsylvania. When they got there Lee ordered to split troops into four groups to confuse McClellan but a Confederate officer lost his orders and one of the Union soldiers found the orders and brought them to McClellan. Later McClellan attacked. It took place in Antietam a place near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Yes it was noteworthy because it was the deadliest single day of fighting in war.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation? Who wrote it? When? Why?
This decree freed all enslaved people in rebel-held territory. Abraham Lincoln wrote it. It was on January 1, 1863. He wrote it because it declared that the Government thought slavery was wrong.
What was life like in the South during the Civil War?
Southerners who lived in the paths of marching armies lost their crops and sometimes their homes. Thousands of Southern civilians became refugees— people displaced by war.
What were 3 contributions of women during the Civil War?
They ran offices, taught school, and kept government records.
