Civil War Quiz
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Kevinmccarthy78 on April 11, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Fort Sumter | Fort in South Carolina--site of the 1st shots of Civil War when Confederate guns fired and forced surrender of Union troops. |
| Robert E. Lee | Leader of all Confederate forces. Led attacks at Antietam and Gettysburg. |
| Anaconda Plan | Union plan to smother South's economy by |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Winner at Shiloh, later becomes leader of all Union forces and chases Lee to end the war |
| border states | Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware. States that had slavery but remained in the Union |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Issued after Battle of Antietam, officially freed all slaves in states that were in rebellion against the U.S. |
| African-Americans in the Civil War | A total of 180,000 African-Americans fought and most were given the worst jobs. Usually led by white officers |
| 54th Massachusetts | One of first African-American regiments. First to fight in battle, lost at Fort Wagner where almost 1/2 regiment was killed |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union General who marched from Atlanta to Savannah waging total war. |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Town where Lee finally surrendered to Grant. |
| Pickett's Charge | Fateful part of Battle of Gettysburg when 13,000 Confederate troops marched directly up hill into hail of gunfire. Disaster for Confederates and sealed defeat at Gettysburg. |
| Copperheads | a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War and criticized Abraham Lincoln |
| Clara Barton | One of the most famous nurses during the Civil War who founded the Red Cross |
| Ironclad | The first iron covered warships in the Civil War. The two most famous were the Merrimac and the Monitor |
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