Chapter 11 Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history | Antietam |
| Confederate general earned his nickname by holding up well in stressful battle conditions | Stonewall Jackson |
| President Davis decided that the war should begin here | Fort Sumpter |
| Union general who spent more time preparing for battle (Potomac) and less time leading the army INTO battle | George McClellan |
| Bloody battle, in which Confederate forces took Union forces by surprise | Battle of Shiloh |
| This is called for a 3 part assault on the Confederacy | Anaconda Plan |
| Union general earned his nickname by being a stubborn negotiator | Ulysis Grant |
| Battle-Confederate victory and retreat of Union soldiers and picnickers | Bull Run |
| Union admiral who helped the Union to achieve its goal of cutting the Confederacy in 2 | Farragot |
| Confederate general known for his determination and unusual tactics | Robert E. Lee |
| Writ of habeas corpus is a court order that requires | arrested people but were allowed a fair trial |
| 1863... riot breaks out among lower-class New York City workers ... why? | There was the draft of the Conscription |
| During the war, what powers of the federal government were expanded? | executive |
| What was a copperhead? | a northern democrat who supported peace with the south |
| Some Northern states paid bounties to _____? Why? | Volunteers because they needed more people |
| Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? | to give the war more of a moral cause |
| Confederate troops shot to death more than 200 African American prisoners - at __________? | Fort Pillow |
| What caused mob actions in the South? | food shortages |
| Why was the U.S. Sanitary Commission set up? | to improve hygenic condition and to train nurses |
| In 1863, who instituted the 1st income tax? | Lincoln, Union, Federal Government |
| What was considered the worst Confederate prison camp? | Andersonville |
| Who was known as "angel of the battlefield"? | Clara Barton (Union nurse) |
| Where was the final surrender of the Confederate Army? | Appomadix Courthouse |
| With the fall of Port Hudson and the city _______________ did the Union finally achieve its goal of cutting the Confederacy in 2 parts? | Vicksburg |
| Where did the Confederacy win an important battle, but lose a great general? Who was the general? | Chancellorsville; Jackson |
| This 3 day battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War? | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Which general surrendered on April 9, 1865? | Lee |
| This helped Americans in the Union to realize that the US was a single nation | Gettysburg Address |
| His march across Georgia created a wide path of destruction | Sherman |
| Who promised Lincoln, "Whatever happens, there is no turning back!" | General Grant |
| The Civil War drastically did___________to the federal government's power | increase |
| Which amendment abolished slavery? | 13th |
| Before the war, who held 30% of the national wealth | South |
| What were the Monitor and Merrimack | Union and confederate ironclad warships |
| John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln before or after Lee surrendered to Grant | after |
| What play was Lincoln watching when he got shot? | "Our American Cousin" |
| What was the capital of the Confederacy? | Richmond |
| Total restriction of exports | embargo |
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