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- 3. This city in Virginia was the capital city for the Confederacy
- 5. This is your right to see a judge after being arrested, who will determine if you’re being held for legitimate reasons. In his most controversial action, Lincoln suspended this right during part of the war (2)
- 7. Life for captured soldiers in _________ like Andersonville and Elmira was miserable, inhumane, and very deadly.
- 9. A _____ is a soldier who died in battle, or became too wounded to continue fighting
- 11. The North (a.k.a. “the Union”) officially ____ the Civil War (won or lost?)
- 16. With a victory in sight, the Northern congress passed the ____th Amendment in 1865, which finally abolished slavery in the United States (spell the number)
- 17. Many African Americans fought well and bravely during the war, including the famous 54th Regiment from this state.
- 18. This was the capital of the Union, right across the Potomac River from Virginia
- 19. Ulysses S. ______ was became a hero for the North for his many victories in the West
- 21. This famous (and short) speech by Lincoln was to dedicate a cemetery, but it also served to unite Northerners to finish the war (2)
- 25. With the Civil War over, a new era called ________ began to reunite the country, fix the destruction of the war, and help the South adjust to life without slavery
- 29. Lincoln was supported by other Republicans like himself, but _______ in the North either disapproved how he was conducting the war, while others called for an immediate end to the war
- 31. Robert E. Lee invaded the North twice, trying to impress countries like France and ______ in order to get their support in the war
- 32. Many thought Lincoln would only a one-term president because the North was doing poorly in the war, but the big victories at Atlanta and Mobile Bay convinced enough Northerners to re-______ him to a second term in 1864.
- 33. In the last year of the war, the North used this strategy to bring terror to ALL Southerners - not just the soldiers.
- 36. The ____ states were very important to the North’s success, especially Maryland, because Washington DC would have been surrounded had it seceded
- 38. Lee finally, and officially, surrendered to General Grant at _______ Court House in Virginia
- 39. General Grant was fighting a controversial war of ______ - he knew that both sides were losing many lives, but he also knew that he could replace his more easily than the South could
- 41. Generals Robert E. ____ and Stonewall Jackson had huge success for the Confederacy in the East
- 42. Bringing the seceded states back was the main goal of the ______ going into the war
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- 1. Stonewall Jackson was killed from wounds caused by ______ - or shots accidentally shot from his fellow soldiers - at the Battle of Chancellorsville (2)
- 2. The war lasted almost exactly this many years, from April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865 (spell the number)
- 4. After the big victory in Atlanta, Union General William Sherman continued his total war strategy all the way to Savannah, GA in his famous” __________” (4)
- 6. The war had a bigger impact on the lives of people in the _______ states because most of the battles were fought there (northern or southern?)
- 8. Being recognized as an independent nation was the main goal of the _____ going into the war
- 10. At the beginning of the war, _____ slavery was NOT one of Lincoln’s goals. That would later change halfway through the war (Starts with an A)
- 12. The Battle of ______ was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War - and the South won despite being inexperienced and outnumbered (2)
- 13. The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t immediately free slaves, but it announced that ________ would be banned forever if the Union won the war
- 14. The victory at Antietam was huge for Lincoln because it allowed him to finally announce the ______ (2)
- 15. Thomas “______” Jackson became a hero for the South in the Battle of Bull Run
- 20. The North’s victory during the famous 3-day battle in this Pennsylvania town was the turning-point of the war, shifting the momentum to the Union’s side
- 22. The Battle of _______, one of the two major battles to take place in the North, was the deadliest single day of the entire war with about 23,000 casualties
- 23. General Grant offered very generous terms in Lee’s official _______ by letting soldiers keep their small firearms and horses, and even offered thousands of rations of food
- 24. The Union plan for the war, designed by General Winfield Scott, was known as the ______ Plan.
- 26. The Peace Democrats were also known as the ________. Many think they encouraged the South to continue fighting by showing Southerners that the North was divided and might quit
- 27. The Battle of ______, named after a Tennessee church near where it was fought, was a deadly war with over 23,000 total casualties
- 28. The North had an ironclad ship of their own, called the __________
- 30. Better leadership and fighting on their own land were advantages for the _____ going into the war
- 34. The South used the hull of an old ship called the Merrimack and renamed it the U.S.S. ______ after converting converting it into an ironclad ship. It was used to attack the Union blockades
- 35. The war led to new roles for ______ too, with many serving as nurses for the first time
- 37. Both sides had to institute a ______, which forced citizens to serve in the military to strengthen their numbers
- 40. A larger population and better manufacturing and transportation resources were important advantages for the _____ going into the war