The Civil War

2. capturing this city in the South was a major turning point for the North, giving them control of the Mississippi River.
4. enslaved people in these states were not included in the Emancipation Proclamation.
7. the Emancipation Proclamation made foreign _____ on behalf of the South more difficult because it broadened the focus of the war to include ending slavery.
11. the first 2+ years of the war were fought to a _____, both sides had victories, but neither side was clearly winning the war.
12. this American fort in South Carolina was attacked by the South, largely considered the first act of the Civil War.
14. the Confederate general who surrendered to the North to end the war.
15. the Union general who accepted the South's surrender to end the war, he later becmame President.

1. victory for the North at both Antietam and Gettysburg resulted in the North stopping the South's _____ of the North.
3. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address redefined the war as an effort to end this practice in the United States.
5. having more of these was a major advantage for the North during the war.
6. this major battle in 1862 was the single bloodiest day in American military history, proved the North could win a major battle against the South.
8. this city was a major Confederate hub of transportation, supplies, and manufacturing, its capture in 1864 was the beginning of the end of the South's war effort.
9. this 3-day battle in the North was the bloodiest battle of the war, a major turning point in favor of the North.
10. the South's military had better ones.
13. July 1863 saw a huge _____ shift in favor of the North with victories at both Gettysburg and Vicksburg.