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___________ Was the northern democratic candidate in the 1860 Presidental election.
Stephen Douglas
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Which of the following was not considered a border state in 1861?
B) North Carolina
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At the beginning of the Civil War, the South was more interested in fighting a(n) offensive/defensive war?
Defensive War
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This was the name of the North's two part strategy, which was devised by General Winfield Scott.
Anaconda Plan.
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In this type of warfare, you attempt to wear your oppenent down and take away their will to fight.
Gorilla Warfare.
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True or False: When the civil war started in 1861, slavery was legal in all four of the border states.
True
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True or False: Fort Sumter, South Carolina was the site of the first official battle of the civil war.
False
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This was the first battle in the Civil War that produced major loss of life.
Battle of Shiloh
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This was the Union General that was successful in securing Union victories at Fort Henry and Donelson early in the war.
General Ulysses S. Grant
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The battle for this Southern port city was important because it could open up the mississippi river to the Union.
Battle of New Orleans
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Captured war supplies
Contraband
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This battle took place outside of Washington, D.C and proved to be the deadliest one day of the civil war.
Battle of Antietam
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True or False: Freedmen were automatically accepted into the Union Army as soldiers on January 1, 1863.
False
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True or False: Slaves proved to be of little or no help to the success of the Union Army in the south.
False
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The ____ Massachusetts Regiment was the first all black regiment in the history of war.
54th
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The ____________ Act mandated that black soldiers be accepted into the Union military.
Emancipation
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what was president lincoln's main purpose in writing the emancipation proclamation was to provide this for slaves?
To give slaves hope.
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True or False: One of the outcomes of the Battle of Antietam was that it preserved the state of Missouri for the Union.
False
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What fort did Robert Gould shaw and his massachusetts regiment attempted to take in Charleston, South Carolina?
Fort Wagner
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True or False: When the Emancipation proclamation took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, it abolished slavery in borth Union and Confederate states.
False
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This was legistlation that allowed the Union treasury to issue paper money and create the first ever common currency in the United States.
Legal Tender Act
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This legislation gave land grants to companies to build rail lines through Union territory.
Pacific Railroad Act
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What was the capital City of the Confederacy?
Richmond
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When did the civil war "Officially" ended?
June 19th, 1865
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Name some information of the Lincoln assassination
- -Died 5 days after General Lee's surrender to grant.
- -Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theatre
- -John Wilkes Booth was the gunman
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Who was the first women to get hanged in the United States during the Civil War
Mary Surratt
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What are some reasons the North won the war?
- -Greater Technology
- -Larger Population
- -More Resources
- -Military leaders willing to do anything to win the war
- -President Lincoln and his great leadership
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A period of time that on the surface looked good but was just covering the economic decay that was actually defining america.
Gilded Age
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What is the Land Grant college Act?
Gave money from the sale of public lands to States to establish Universities.
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