Crossword 11.1-11.3 Flashcards
What did Lincoln do to habeas corpus?
He suspended it so that he could jail secessionists and keep unity
“He broke the Constitution to mend the constitution”
As Confederate money lost value the South suffered significant price____.
Inflation
Peace Democrats in the north were also known as
Copperheads like the snake
This was considered derogatory because the snake would sneak up on you in a sneak attack
Number of states that attempted to secede from the union
11
Another word for military draft
Conscription
Thomas Jackson, the CSA hero at the battle of Bull Run (aka Manassas by Chen and CSA) earned the nickname…
Stonewall Jackson
Captured more supplies are called…
Contraband
Jefferson Davies accuse linking of doing this through the Emancipation Proclamation
Inciting a servile insurrection
Habeas corpus
The right not to be imprisoned without being charged with a crime
Lincoln used his war Powers as ______ to free slaves
Commander-in-Chief
Union forces led by Grant won a costly victory at this 1862 battle in Tennessee
Shiloh
Act of Congress that made western land available for a low price
Homestead act
The 54th Massachusetts regiment was formed by a black abolitionist named
Frederick Douglass
Failed union campaign of 1862
Peninsula campaign
Woman who traveled with Union Army as a nurse and later formed the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Colonel in charge of 54th Massachusetts regiment
Col. Shaw
What state was Antietam fought in?
Maryland
What did the CSA threaten to do to black Union soldiers if they were captured?
Execute or enslave them
Gen. whose caution in battle cost the union major victories
McCellan
Plan of union to control southern ports and Mississippi River
Anaconda plan
Name a union slave state
Kentucky
Many soldiers died from ____ as well as their battle wounds
Disease
Slave states that did not secede were called
Border states
The legal tender act allowed US treasury to print paper money that became known as
Greenbacks
The capital of the CSA
Richmond Virginia
To isolate a port by hostile forces
Naval blockade
The Union victory that Lincoln was waiting for in September 1862 before making his famous Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
Officer who turned down offer to head the Union Army and led the Army of Northern Virginia instead
Gen. Robert E Lee
