U.S. History: Unit 6 Test Review (Civil War)

The most famous all-black Army unit in the Civil War was the

___ founded the Red Cross.

He became president after Lincoln's death.

Winfield Scott's strategy to defeat the South was called the ____ Plan.

The desire to weaken northern morale and gain a foreign ally lead to Lee's invasion at

One significance of the Battle of Antietam was

England and France's position on the Civil War was

When people are drafted into the military, it is called

Lincoln suspended _____ in the northern border states to stop secessionists, especially in Missouri.

To gain a European ally, the South engaged in

The initial goal of the Union at the start of the war was

The single, bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War occurred at the September 1862 Battle of

____ was a key fort seized in April 1861 that triggered the start of the Civil War.

The Union defeated the Confederate army at Gettysburg mainly due to

In July 1863 at ____, the Union won and successfully captured control of the Mississippi River.

The turning point of the war occurred in July 1863 at the Battle of

This was a Confederate victory and was the first official battle of the Civil War (July 1861)

After the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse,

He became head of the Union Army in 1864 and believed in a war of attrition to defeat the South

___ believed in total war and was famous for his March to the Sea.

The "Solid South" refers to

____ was a notorious prison in Georgia that mistreated Union prisoners of war.

____ was the nickname for Democrats who favored negotiations with the South.

____ was the capital of the Confederate States of America.

One war strategy of the South was to

Lee's goal at Gettysburg was to

A _____ was designed to cut off all trade with Europe.

Nicknamed "Stonewall", he was Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate General.

Lincoln's Secretary of State and most trusted advisor was

A Virginian, he became the reluctant head of the Confederate Army.

If you were a slave living in ___, the Emancipation Proclamation DID NOT free you.

The only Union fort in the South not taken by the Confederate army was Fort ____ in Pensacola, Florida.

Giving military commanders control over the civilian population is called

Which of the following was a northern border slave state (that did not leave the Union)?

The Union lost here in December 1862, demoralizing the army and the northern population.

Lincoln did not issue the Emacipation Proclamation until after the Battle of

____ was the President of the Confederate States of America.

At ____, the Confederates won a key battle but General Thomas Jackson was killed.

One of the Northern war strategies was

Which of the following was a result of the Fall of Atlanta?

A key early (April 1862) victory for the Union; the battle is where Ulysses S. Grant first gained fame.

Slavery permanently ended with

In assassinating Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth hoped to

___ was the first Union General appointed by Lincoln; he was noted for being timid in battle.

One of Lincoln's goals in freeing the slaves was