The Civil War 1861 - 1865

How did the North's population differ from the South's population?

After 1863, what did Grant want to do even if it meant thousands of Union soldiers were killed?

African Americans in the South often helped Union forces by...

Confederate General who won the first major battle of the Civil War

What port on the Gulf of Mexico was captured by Union forces early in the war?

How did the Civil War affect states' rights?

What did Lincoln want before he announced the Emancipation Proclamation?

What effect did Lincoln's ability to unify the divided North have on the outcome of Civil War?

Union strategy that aimed to cripple the South completely

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army...

What battle is considered to be the turning point in the Civil War?

Before the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves who were captured by Union forces were treated as

Where did Lee finally surrender to Grant?

Abolitionists influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation by...

How did the Civil War affect industries in the North?

What did the United States Treasury create when the Legal Tender Act was passed in 1862?

Some abolitionists criticize Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation because...

Lincoln's response to the increasingly difficult issue of slavery

Union strategy to control Mississippi River & split the Confederacy

Abolished slavery in the United States

How did the Civil War end?

How did the South attempt to compensate for its disadvantages?

Why was the Civil War's first large battle, the first Battle of Bull Run, so shocking?

Nurse who started the American branch of the Red Cross

The capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union troops...

What is one geographic advantage the South had over the North?

Which side had a more difficult time rebuilding after the Civil War?

After the Battle of Gettysburg, the South...

The agrarian South was at a disadvantage against the...

What did Union forces decide to attack in their effort to demoralize the South after 1863?

What profession grew substantially with women's participation during the Civil War?

Introduced to help fund the war in the North

Which term describes General Grant's strategy for crushing the Confederacy after Gettysburg?

What risk did a soldier face if he survived being wounded in a Civil War battle?

System of enforced military service instituted in the North

The Union started to control the Mississippi River when troops captured....

Which of these contributed to Lincoln's decision to address the issue of slavery in the South?

Mandated that African American soldiers be accepted into the military

What event led to the fall of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia?

What happened to the South's economy during the Civil War?

What impact did the Civil War have on the South's African American population?

What is one advantage that helped the North to achieve victory in the Civil War?

How did African Americans support the war effort?

Why did the Confederate army begin to falter and eventually lose the battle at Petersburg?