Civil War Test Flashcards
Border states
States that border north and south
Blockade
Blocking ships from coming in
Iron clad
Ships covered with iron
Total war
A war where everything was destroyed including everyone who followed the military
Appomattox court house
The town where the south signed a treaty of surrendering
Emancipation proclamation
The slaves became free in the area that rebelled against the union
13 amendments
Slavery Is illegal
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
StonewallJackson
General known for his bravery died at the battle of Chancellorsville
Georgia B McClellan
General in chief of the Union Army that gets fired by Lincoln
Ulysses S Grant
Head of the union army
David Farragut
Naval officer who overtook New Orleans
Robert E lee
Commander of the confederate army
William Sherman
The general who waits total war
John Wilkes Booth
Shot Abraham Lincoln
54th Massachusetts
Unit in the army made up of African Americans fighting against the south
Merrimac versus monitor
An ironclad ship made by the south and the monitor is a ship made by the north the monitor made the South Shepherd retreat
Bull run
First real battle of the Civil War and confederacy one and Lincoln had to make 1,000,000 more trips to in the army
Anteitem
McClellan had all the information he needed to beat lee and the confederate army but he let them go once he thought he won
Gettysburg/Spicket charge
13,000 Confederate soldiers attacked Cemetery Hill Lee retreated but they didn’t follow him
Siege at Vicksburg
They surrounded the south causing them to starve that they were two were tree and the north gain control of the Mississippi River
Why did people bring picnic baskets to the first battle of the bull run? What happened?
They thought that this battle would be the one & only battle that would defeat the south. But the battle was very bloody and deadly and cause the north an need better army strategies
Why did Lincoln fire McClellan
McClellan received the information he needed in order to fight Lee and the confederacy and if he destroyed their army it would have been a very important victory for the north but since he did not defeat Lee’s army they re treated and Lincoln fire him
Why was the seeds of Vicksburg successful for the north
The northern army wanted to take control of this area so they surrounded the city preventing any supplies from people going in eventually the people were starving and surrender to the north giving them complete control over the Mississippi
