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Tennessee battle that resulted in 25,000 Union and Confederate casualties

Shiloh

isolation of a port by hostile forces

blockade

Union state that allowed slavery

border state

general who won the Battle of Bull Run/ Battle of Manassas

Stonewall Jackson

former United States Army general who led the Confederate troops

Robert E. Lee

Union strategy to gain control of Confederate ports and the Mississippi River

Anaconda Plan

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

The North's population was larger

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

New Orleans

Captured War supplies are called

contraband

The (blank) freed all people enslaved in states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863

Emancipation Proclamation

The formation of the all-black (blank) occurred in the Union

54th Massachusetts Regiment

Congress passed the (blank) to ensure that black soldiers were accepted for military service

Militia Act

The bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War occurred at

Antietam

Some abolitionists criticized Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation because they

knew it did not specifically free all enslaved people

What did Lincoln want before he announced the Emancipation Proclamation

a major Union military victory

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

pressuring him to take a stand on slavery

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union army

actively began recruiting African American soldiers to fight

African Americans in the South often helped Union forces by

serving as spies and scouts

an action of Congress that made western land available for a low price

Homestead Act

a right that states a person cannot be detained without being charged with a specific crime

habeas corpus

a system that required military service

conscription

a certificate sold by the government that promises more money later

bond

an amount of money paid to the government based on a person's earnings

income tax

a person from the North who wanted to end the Civil War

Copperhead

During the Civil War, the South's economy

deteriorated

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

dying from disease

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

nursing

Capturing the Confederate stronghold at (blank) on the Mississippi River was a key part of the Union's strategy

Vicksburg

A battle at (blank) devastated Confederate forces and was a turning point in the Civil War

Gettysburg

When a military position is under (blank) , the enemy has surrounded the troops and cut off all supplies

siege

The last failed Confederate attack in the battle at Gettysburg was lead by General

George Pickett

The concept of (blank) was used to weaken the South's troops, economic interests, and will to fight

total war

Union general (blank) led an aggressive campaign through the South that destroyed much of Georgia

William Tecumseh Sherman

The Union gained control of the Mississippi River when troops captured

Vicksburg

After the Battle of Gettysburg, the South

never again fought on Union soil

After 1863, what did General Grant want to do even if it meant thousands of Union soldiers would be killed

crush large numbers of Confederate troops

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

military and civilian targets

fired the shot that killed President Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

outlawed slavery in the United States

Thirteenth Amendment

gave sates money from the sale of public lands to start universities

Land Grant College Act

photographed dead and dying soldiers on Civil War Battlefields

Mathew Brady

(blank) had a more difficult time rebuilding after the Civil War

The South

George B. McClellan

Lincoln ordered this general to replace McDowell

Ulysses S. Grant

Union General that fought at the battle of Shiloh

inflation

rising prices

Clara Barton

started the American Red Cross

Gettysburg Address

speech by President Lincoln in which he dedicated a national cemetery at Gettysburg and reaffirmed the ideas fr which the Union was fighting

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