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- 4. In 1862, the U.S. issued the first paper currency called _____.
- 5. New ______ gradually changed the military strategy.
- 8. Lincoln gave the Gettysburg ______.
- 10. More than three _____ men fought in the Civil war.
- 11. Lincoln's body was carried to ________, Illinois to be buried.
- 14. How many slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America?
- 16. Grant had a strategy to immobilize Lee's army in Virginia while Sherman raided ______.
- 17. The last battle, ________ _______, Texas was fought on May 13, 1865.
- 18. who did Lincoln fire on November 7, 1862?
- 20. Lee's senior corps commander at Gettysburg.
- 21. Gettysburg lasted 3 ____.
- 23. A soft lead bullet that was more destructive than earlier bullets. (2words)
- 24. The bloodiest battle.
- 28. President Lincoln issued the _____ proclamation after the Battle of Antietam, freeing all slaves in rebellious states.
- 29. In the North most industries _____ but cotton textiles declined.
- 30. The battle of Shiloh was fought in this southern state and resulted in 24,000 casualties.
- 31. news of Fort ____'s fall united the north.
- 32. How many miles was the battle of Bull Run from the Union capital?
- 33. Northerners and Confederates expected a ______, glorious war.
- 35. On November 24th, 1863 Gen. Hooker's men stormed this stronghold near Chattanooga, TN. (2 words)
- 36. The First Battle of Bull Run took place in this Southern state.
- 38. The union devised a ____-part plan to conquer the South.
- 39. At cold harbor, Virginia 7000 Americans fell in ________ minutes.
- 40. Starting May 1864, Grant threw his troops into battle in the wilderness near ____________, Virginia.
- 46. _______ percent of Confederate prisoners died in Northern prisons.
- 47. _______ believed the Emancipation Proclamation would only prolong the war by agonizing the South.
- 50. _______ were outraged with the Emancipation proclamation.
- 51. Confederates smuggled _____ into the North in exchange for gold, food, and other goods.
- 52. Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's _______ in 1865.
- 53. The Union had many advantages in _______.
- 55. what are more accurate than old fashioned muskets?
- 56. March 1864, Lincoln appointed Grants as ______ of all union armies?
- 60. March 4, 1865 Lincoln was __________ for a second term.
- 62. President Lincoln ordered a ______________ of Southern ports in 1861.
- 63. Where was the worst Confederate prison?
- 65. a particularly gruesome massacre occurred at fort _______, Tennessee in 1864.
- 68. Substitutes for _______ were brewed peanuts, dried apples, or corn.
- 69. The economic boom in the North had a dark side, people's standards of living ________.
- 70. On April 18,1861 which supply ship dropped anchor off the coast of New Jersey?
- 71. What ship was an instrument of Grant and Farragut in the west as a new type of war machinery.
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- 1. Who won the Civil War?
- 2. This state was admitted to the union on June 20, 1863.
- 3. Lincoln responded to the defeat at Bull Run by calling for the enlistment of 500,000 men to serve for 3 ___ instead of 3 months.
- 6. In the presidential election of 1860, who led the Republican party?
- 7. Under the emancipation proclamation free blacks were also allowed to _____ in the Union army.
- 9. Who was appointed by Ulysses S. Grant as commander of the military division of the Mississippi?
- 12. Lincoln did not feel that the government could ______ slavery where it already existed.
- 13. This general was forced to surrender Vicksburg after a six week siege led by U.S. general Grant.
- 15. The government passed the ________ ______ ___ of 1863, which set up a system of federally chartered banks.
- 19. Fort Sumter was on an island in which harbor?
- 22. State where Gettysburg was located.
- 25. The first major bloodshed occurred on July 21, about three months after _____ ________ fell.
- 26. In ______ 1862 a Union army invaded western Tennessee.
- 27. Slave resistance gradually ________ the plantation system.
- 34. Capital of the Confederacy?
- 35. In 1863 who was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg?
- 37. David G. Farragut was assigned to seize ___ ______, the Confederacy's largest city and biggest port.
- 40. How many years did The Civil War last?
- 41. _______ seceded from the union on December 20, 1860.
- 42. A court order that requires authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed.(2 words)
- 43. What nurse was described as the "angel of the battlefield"?
- 44. Lincoln was ______ on April 14, 1865.
- 45. The Civil War was one of the earliest true _______ wars.
- 48. On April 9, 1868 Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate _____.
- 49. emancipation would discourage Britain from supporting the _______.
- 54. A __________ was passed in March 1863, making all men between 20 and 45 subject to being called for military service.
- 57. This Texas Harbor city fell to the confederates in January 1863.
- 58. A union steam frigate, the _______, had sunk off the coast of Virginia in 1861.
- 59. Shiloh was close to which border?
- 61. The Northern newspapers dubbed their strategy the _________ plan.
- 62. The four year war was estimated to cost 3.3 ______ dollars.
- 64. Gettysburg was considered the ____ point of the civil war.
- 66. Bull Run was the first victory for the _____.
- 67. A head general who was a west Point graduate.