| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Robert E. Lee | Commander of the Confederate forces |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | . Led the Union march from Atlanta to the sea |
| George McClellan | Commander of the Union armies after Bull Run |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Commander of the Union forces to whom Robert E. Lee surrendered |
| Stonewall Jackson | Confederate general who earned his nickname for standing firm at Bull Run |
| industry | The North's greatest resource in the Civil War was its |
| the Confederacy | Lincoln had trouble finding good generals for the Union army mainly because many of the best officers had joined |
| union | The South planned to win the war by wearing down the |
| few railroads | A serious weakness of the South was that it had |
| ability to accept criticism, humor, and patience | Name three things that helped to make Abraham Lincoln and great leader. |
| a larger population and industry | Name two advantages enjoyed by the North at the beginning of the war. |
| Missouri, Maryland and West Virginia | Of Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland, and West Virginia, which states stayed in the union? |
| Control the Mississippi River, capture Richmon, and blockade southern ports | Name three of the goals the union had at the beginning of the war. |
| iron clad ships | The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack resulted in the building of more |
| Shiloh | Of Shiloh, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Bull Run, which was a CLEAR Union victory? |
| soldiers | The Battle of Bull Run made each side realize they needed to train what better? |
| save the union | "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." In this quotation, Lincoln states that his main goal as President was to |
| Confederacy | Lincoln hoped to weaken the south by freeing all of the slaves in the |
| states in rebellion | The Emancipation Proclamation said that all slaves in what states were freed? |
| Ending slavery | As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation what became a major goal of the war? |
| food shortages, weapons shortages, and inflation | What were three problems faced by the south during the war? |
| Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg | Lee won decisive victories at |
| Confederacy | The issue of states' rights played a part in the war because it caused problems for the |
| clothing, ammunition and other industries | The Civil War helped the northern economy by creating a boom in |
| weapons | Civil War battles were deadly because new types of |
| more factories, soldiers and railroads | Why did the tide of the war slowly turn in favor of the Union? |
| to preserve the union | In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln once again said that his main goals was |
| fighting a total war | General Grant planned to end the war by |
| General Grant's Troops | Robert E. Lee surrendered because his troops were trapped by |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at |
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