The Civil War Unit V

A Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865.

Why did the Union want to control the Mississippi River and its tributaries?

A Civil War Battle named after a creek

Enslaved people expressed their beliefs in religious folk songs called?

A device that used electrical signals to send messages

How did Secretary of State, William Seward break his jaw?

An all out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers is called?

A slang term for Union soldiers

A decree issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in the Confederate States

The trade of enslaved people within the United States

Immigrants quickly forgot their customs and language.

A military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town in order to force a surrender

"They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens them in the same proportion they strengthen us."

Soldiers who are killed, wounded, captured or missing in battle are called?

Who else did John Wilkes Booth plan on killing that night?

Who or what was the Merrimack?

To formally join a military force

Because the war disrupted their supply of cotton, the South expected support from which two countries?

One of the most decisive battles in the Civil War with over 50,000 casulaties

A warship equipped with iron plating for protection

After her own escape from slavery, Harriet Tubman returned to the South many times helping others escape.

Who was Alexander Gardner?

When the Civil War began, many teenage boys stayed home and did not serve in the military

The Civil War lasted from ____ to _____

What was the name of the African-American Unit in the Union Army?

How did John Wilkes Booth die?

The basic strategy of the Confederacy was to conduct a defensive war.

The Union blockade plan that kept supplies from reaching the Confederacy

In 1863 this battle in PA left more than 50,000 dead and wounded

A slang term used for Confederate Soldiers

Sherman's March to the sea ended in a defeat for the Union

What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin?

A slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War

By 1840 what was the average workday for factory workers?

Who was John Wilkes Booth?

"No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted". This quote provided a nickname for who?

Where was the Confederate Capital?

A group of workers with the same trade

The 54th Massachusetts regiment served with distinction at Fort Wagner and in the Battle of Olustee

The telegraph was invented before the steam-powered locomotive.

What day did President Lincoln die?

A court order that requires police to bring prisoner to court to explain why they are holding them

Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people

During the 1830's and 1840's, what were people called who were opposed to immigration?

This woman helped persuade officials to let women work as nurses during the civil war

The Union won a narrow victory at the Battle of Shiloh