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US Civil War
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5th Grade
02/13/2011

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Advantages of the North
Definition
Better transportation
Produced 80% of wheat
More money than South
Term
Advantages of the South
Definition
Rural life made them better prepared to be soldiers (physical labor)
Trained military leaders
Fighting for a cause they were passionate about.
Term
Strategies of North
Definition
Use blockades
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Strategies of South
Definition
Defended only their territory and thought Britain was on their side
Term
What were the effects of military technology on the war?
Definition
More accurate weapons resulting in huge casualties.
Term
Tell about the Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
Freedom for all slaves
Term
What state was the first to secede?
Definition
South Carolina
Term
How many total states seceded?
Definition
11
Term
What states followed S. Carolina
Definition
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
Term
Where did the war begin
Definition
Fort Sumter
Term
What was the capital of the North
Definition
Washington DC
Term
What was the capital of the South?
Definition
Richmond
Term
What was the North's ironclad ship?
Definition
The Monitor
Term
What was the South's ironclad ship?
Definition
The Merrimac
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How did the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack end?
Definition
It was a draw.
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Where was the battle of Antietam held?
Definition
near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Term
What was the outcome of the battle of Antietam?
Definition
The North won and Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Term
Where was the battle of Gettysburg held?
Definition
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Term
What was the outcome of the battle of Gettysburg?
Definition
The North won.
Term
Where was Lincoln shot?
Definition
Ford's Theater
Term
What did Eli Whitney do?
Definition
Invented the cotton gin.
Term
What is a cotton gin?
Definition
A machine to prepare cotton and clean cotton in a shorter time.
Term
What were the Northern States called?
Definition
The Union
Term
What were the Southern States called
Definition
The Confederacy or The Confederate Army
Term
Which Amendment ended slavery in the US?
Definition
The 13th Amendment.
Term
Where did the official surrender of the South occur?
Definition
The Appomattox Courthouse
Term
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
Term
Who was the most successful Southern general in the civil war?
Definition
Robert E. Lee
Term
What result did more accurate weapons have on the war?
Definition
Huge casualties (deaths and injuries)
Term
What was Lincoln's speech, The Gettysburg Address, about?
Definition
Honoring the soldiers who had fought at Gettysburg.
Term
Name three experiences soldiers on both sides had.
Definition
Horrible food
Watch friends die
Leaving families behind
Term
Who was made a Confederate legend by his many victories over the North?
Definition
Stonewall Jackson
Term
What famous woman led slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?
Definition
Harriet Tubman
Term
Who was Frederick Douglass
Definition
A famous American abolitionist
Term
What state was destroyed by William T. Sherman and his men?
Definition
Georgia
Term
Why was the victory in Gettysburg, VA so important? (What was halted?)
Definition
The invasion by Lee into the North was halted.
Term
Why was the battle of Gettysburg considered to be the "turning point" of the war?
Definition
After that, the South began losing and North victories increased.
Term
Did Lincoln wish to punish the South when the war was over?
Definition
No, he only wanted them to rejoin the union.
Term
Who was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War
Definition
Ulysses S. Grant
Term
What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
Definition
Freedom to all slaves in all Confederate states which were still at war with the Union.
Term
What was the main cause of the civil war?
Definition
North wanted slavery to end, South wanted it to continue.
Term
What is a blockade strategy?
Definition
North blocked the South's ports to restrict trade with Britain, force them to rejoin union.
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