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History Ch 9

Terms in this set (50)

Blockade Runner
ship that runs through a blockade usually to smuggle goods to a protected area
Bounty
money given as a reward to encourage enlistment in the military
assemble
to bring together in a certain place for a particular purpose
crucial
important or essential
George McClellan
appointed by Lincoln to be over the Union forces in the east, he failed to capture Richmond (confederate capital)
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate commander nicknamed for standing like a "stone wall"
David G. Farragut
Naval commander
captured New Orleans
Gave the North control of the Mississippi river
Ulysses Grant
Union General in the South, victory at Shiloh
Emancipation Proclamation
Decree that freed all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863
First Battle of Bull Run
Union defeated by Stonewall Jackson
Battle of Shiloh
Union victory at a church in Tennessee
Battle of Murfreesboro
Gave Union control of western Tennessee
Seven Days Battle
the Peninsular campaign, Mcclellan was trying to take Richmond (Confederate Capital), Lee inflicted heavy casualties but was unable to defeat, McClellan ordered to retreat.
Hardtack
a hard biscuit made of wheat flour
prisoner of war
soldiers captured by the enemy in battle
54th Massachusetts
African American regiment in the North
Elizabeth Blackwell
First female physician, started United States Sanitary commission
United States Sanitary Commission
started by Elizabeth Blackwell
provided medical assistance and supplies to army hospitals
Clara Barton
battlefield nurse
Reasons for North economic boom
Men in the military
women working in factories
need for uniforms
need for guns and ammunition
siege
to cut off food and supplies and bombard until its defenders give up
forage
searching and raiding for food
Burnside
Union commander after McClellan. Attacked Lee near Fredericksburg,VA, lost lots of men. Failed to stop Lee
Hooker
Union commander after Burnside, attacked Lee near Chancellorsville, failed to stop Lee
Meade
Union Commander at Gettysburg, Lee retreated
Gettysburg
Meade for Union, Lee for confederates, confederates retreated, turning point in the war
Pickett's Charge
mile-wide line of confederate troops marched across open farmland toward Union positions on Cemetery Ridge. Union cannons and guns opened fire, 7000 casualties in 1/2 hour
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union general at Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Vicksburg
Grant (Union) captured after long siege, cuts the confederacy in two.
Chickamauga Creek
Confederate victory, Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
Missionary Ridge
Final assault at Chattanooga. Union forces charged up a hill covered with dense underbrush and overran Confederate positions. Union victory
pillage
looted
mandate
command from voters
Sheridan
Union general who led a cavalry raid on Lees troops at the siege of Petersburg
Sherman Neckties
nickname for the railroad after being destroyed by Sherman's troops
March to the Sea
Union General Sherman's path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah, burning and pillaging everything along the way
thirteenth Amendment
banned slavery
Appomattox courthouse
Confederate (Lee) surrendered to Union (Grant)
April 9, 1865
John Wilkes Booth
assassinated Lincoln at Ford's Theatre
During the Civil War, the Union was forced to resort to _________ to raise enough troops for the large armies needed to win.
a. attrition
b. habeas corpus
c. emancipation
d. conscription
Because of the effectiveness of the Union navy, the Confederacy often used ________ to get supplies.
a. ironclads
b. blockade runners
c. cavalry
d. British warships
Union solders survived on beans and __________, while Confederate soldiers ate bread made of cornmeal.
a. hardtack
b. molasses
c. hominy
d. tomatoes
General Ulysses S. Grant employed a strategy known as a _______ to capture the city of Vicksburg.
a. battle
b. blockade
c. siege
d. charge
What was the advantage of the south at the beginning of the civil War
experienced army officers
The damage done by the Alabama and the Florida created tension between the Union and Great Britain because:
Great Britain had allowed the ships to be built in Britain by the confederacy
War deaths were so high during the Civil war because:
doctors knew little about infectious germs
In the Civil War women made huge contributions as
a. nurses
b. soldiers
c. reporters
d. teachers
What was one outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg?
The british decided not to support the Confederacy
One result of the Battle of Antietam was that
Lincoln decided to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
The Union blockade of southern ports helped to win the war by destroying Southern morale through __________ and ___________ shortages
food and supply
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