Test 8-4 and 8-5 Flashcards
Battle that showed both the union and the confederate soldiers needed training
Battle of bull run
Once the confederates took over the ship the USS Mermack they renamed it
The Virginia
The unions ironclad
Monitor
Why is general Tomas Jackson called “stonewall”
A confederate soldier said “there is Jackson standing like a stone wall…”
A battle where never side was a clear winner
Battle of Antietam
One of the unions worst defeats
Battle of Fredericksburg
What is the battle of bull run also known as
Battle of Manassas
How did the emancipation proclamation change the purpose of the civil war
Union troops were fighting to end slavery as well as to save the union
A battle where general grant beat back the confederates
Battle of Shiloh
A battle won by general lee
Battle of Chancellorsville
Free
Emancipate
Why did Lincoln emancipate the slaves
He believed he could only save the union by broadening the goal of the war
A preliminary proclamation addressed by Lincoln
Emancipation proclamation
One of the most famous African American units in the union army
54th Massachusetts regiment
A fort attacked by the 54th Massachusetts regiment near Charleston Virginia
Fort Wagner
How did disease affect civil war troops
It had killed more men then guns and cannons did
Northerners who opposed to use force to keep south in the union
Copperheads
Required all able-bodied men 20-45 to serve in the military
Draft
How did the civil war strengthen the norths economy
There were greater needs for machines and goods
Tax on people’s earnings
Income tax
The right to be charged or have a hearing before being jailed
Habeas corpus
Manufacturers who made fortunes by profiteering
Profiteers
How were draft problems in the south between those in the north? Why was the war called a rich mans war and a poor mans fight
North
- shortage of volunteers - congress passed draft - men could get out by paying $300 - caused war to be called rich mans war and poor mans fight
South
- people believed in states rights & wouldn’t pay taxes - only men who had 20 slaves or more could get out of it - let enslaved African Americans fight in war
What happened when Jefferson Davis tried to use economic pressure to force Britain to side with the south
The tactic backfired. Britain bought more cotton from Egypt and India, Davis succeeded only in cutting the south income.
