The Civil War

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  1. 4. Who was their first president?
  2. 5. What was he(#68)?
  3. 6. This battle was Lee's last clear victory of the war.
  4. 7. Confederate soldiers fought to protect the ____.
  5. 9. The most famous Copperhead, Ohio congressman.
  6. 10. How old was he (#68)?
  7. 11. This battle, fought September 19–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
  8. 16. Northern Democrats who advocated peace with the South.
  9. 17. The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because it ended Confederate hopes of formal recognition by ___ ____.
  10. 18. President during the Civil War?
  11. 19. Lincoln died on ___ 15, 1865.
  12. 23. Name of the place where the first battle was fought.
  13. 25. A major battle of the American Civil War, that was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
  14. 27. Admitted as a State in the Union on June 20, 1863.
  15. 30. How many states, in total, seceded?
  16. 31. In April 1862, General McClellan's troops left northern Virginia to begin the ____ ____.
  17. 32. On November 23-25, Union forces pushed Confederate troops away from _____.
  18. 33. A series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia.
  19. 35. A tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income.
  20. 36. Which General was held responsible for the defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run because he had failed to commit his troops to battle quickly enough and later was forced out of the army by 1863?
  21. 37. What were Booth’s last words?
  22. 39. An executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
  23. 42. General who won several victories around Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  24. 43. Place in Tennessee where, on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant.
  25. 47. Grant’s Campaign, a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864.
  26. 48. Name of the British comedy Lincoln and his wife went to see?
  27. 50. Where did Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate surrender on April 9, 1865?
  28. 52. The ____ claimed that the Emancipation Proclamation would only prolong the war by antagonizing the South.
  29. 53. Who was named general-in-chief of the Union army on July 11, 1862?
  30. 54. The ______-_______ Campaign was nine months of trench warfare in which Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg unsuccessfully.
  31. 56. The Union inflation rate at the end of the war was ___ percent.
  32. 57. The first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil.
  33. 58. Where was the worst Confederate prison?
  34. 59. From January 1863 on, it was a fight to the ____.
  35. 61. By April 25, 1862, Flag Officer Farragut was in command of ____ ______.
  36. 62. By late March 1865, it was clear that the end of the ____ was near.
  37. 65. Union nurse that often cared for the sick and wounded at the front lines.
  38. 67. In ___ (month) 1861, inexperienced northern troops confronted 25,000 raw confederate soldiers.
  39. 68. After how many hours did the garrison surrender?
  40. 69. Side that had the advantage in terms of industrial production.
  41. 70. Campaign A series of American Civil War battles and maneuvers in East Tennessee during the fall of 1863.
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  1. 1. A series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  2. 2. Lincoln could not take office until ___ (month) 1861.
  3. 3. On May 31, 1862, the Confederate army attacked and almost defeated federal forces at ___ ____.
  4. 4. Name of Lincoln’s assassin.
  5. 8. Battle that was fought on December 11–15, 1862.
  6. 12. On March 9, 1862, every navy in the world took notice after the North’s ironclad ___ traded fire with the South’s ironclad Merrimack.
  7. 13. During which act did the shooting happen?
  8. 14. City in Alabama where the Confederate Constitution was created.
  9. 15. A series of battles fought in June and July 1863.
  10. 17. After how many years was the Civil War over?
  11. 20. Although this commander was one of Robert E. Lee's best corps commanders in the East, he was unsuccessful in his role as an independent commander in the West.
  12. 21. Who obtained government jobs for the first time?
  13. 22. Those States formed the ___ ___ __ ____.
  14. 24. Weapons more accurate than old-fashioned muskets, soldiers could load them more quickly and therefore fire more rounds during battle.
  15. 26. General Quincy A. Gillmore battered Fort ____ into submission in less than two days (April 10-11, 1862).
  16. 28. Federal supply ship that dropped its anchor off the coast of New Jersey on April 18, 1861.
  17. 29. Where did he hit the president with the pistol?
  18. 34. Battle that followed the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness.
  19. 38. The Union commanding general?
  20. 40. A draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army.
  21. 41. Cautious, longterm strategy? Anaconda Plan
  22. 44. Fell to Confederate General Jackson on September 15, along with a great number of men and a large body of supplies.
  23. 45. President that was blamed for not holding the seceders in the Union by sheer force?
  24. 46. Who commanded Confederate soldiers?
  25. 49. Northerners and Confederates alike expected a ___ war.
  26. 51. Percent of voters that preferred some other candidate?
  27. 55. 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.
  28. 60. In July 1864, General ____ ____ led his forces into Maryland to relieve the pressure on Lee's army.
  29. 63. Where did the states vote to secede?
  30. 64. Lincoln replaced general McDowell with general George B. ____.
  31. 66. Which foreign country was no longer dependent on Southern cotton?