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36 Cards in this Set
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What were the Southern advantages when the war started? |
distinct military advantages northern armies would have to invade South confederates would fight on own turf experienced military leaders |
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What were the Northern advantages when the war started? |
more factories 2x railroad 2x farmland 2/3 nation's population lived in the North North prepared to field, feed, and equip larger armies |
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What was the South's strategy for winning the war? |
Defend their land and wait for North to get tired |
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What was the North's strategy for winning the war? |
Lincoln planned a navy blockade of Southern seaports |
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How did war affect families? |
broke them apart |
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Describe camp conditions |
3/4 time not fighting trained 10 hours a day soldiers stood guard, wrote home, gathered firewood ate hardtack |
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What happened at Bull Run? |
McDowell left Washington with 30,000 men; spectators came to watch; Confederate troops mistaken for Union troops and came out on Northern side; Northern troops dropped everything and ran back to Washington but Southern troops didn't pick up anything nor pursue because they were too tired |
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What happened outside Richmond with McClellan as the general for the North? |
He waited too long and missed an opportunity to defeat the South; He found out the South had too many troops and retreated |
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What happened at the Battle of Antietam Creek? |
McClellan found Lee's battle plan - his troops attacked Lee's army - bloodiest day of war; neither side won because McClellan didn't pursue Lee when he retreated |
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What was another name for the Battle of Shiloh? |
the Hornet's Nest |
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What day was the Emancipation Proclamation passed on? |
January 1, 1863 |
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How did the 54th Regiment help the North? |
Attacked Fort Wagner in South Carolina |
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What were problems with divisions in the North? |
Many opposed the Emancipation Proclamation; others believed the South had a right to secede |
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What meal did both the North and South eat? |
hardtack |
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What % of manufacturing and banks were in the North? |
90% |
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What happened at the Battle of Chancellorsville? |
Hooker's army was smashed by a Confederate army 1/2 its size |
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What happened at the Battle of Gettysburg? |
Union general Meade vs. Lee; Confederates attacked Union. Pickett led Confederate troops across an open field toward Cemetery Ridge - 7500 Confederates were killed or wounded - known as Pickett's Charge. Lee lost 1/3 of his troops and blamed himself *Crucial turning point in war |
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What happened at the Battle of Vicksburg? |
surrendered to Grant; was the last city on the Mississippi River to remain in South control; Grant ordered a siege on the city. JULY 1863 was the major turning point of the Civil War |
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What was another name for the Battle of Petersburg? |
"Crater Fiasco" |
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What date did Lee's army surrender at Appomattox Court House? |
April 9, 1865 |
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What were the death totals of the Civil War? |
260,000 Confederate 360,000 Union |
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How many miles of railroad was located in the North? |
21,000 |
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How young were some of the soldiers? |
14 |
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What was the name of the Northern ironclad ship? |
Monitor |
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What was the name of the Southern ironclad ship? |
Merrimack |
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Which Northern general was cautious and which was aggressive? |
McClellan and Grant |
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What Union general believed in total war and burned Atlanta? |
Sherman |
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What was a mistake that the South made at Bull Run and the North made at Vicksburg? |
not pursuing the fleeing side |
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Define Habeas Corpus? |
is a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment |
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What was the deadliest killer at the camps? |
measles |
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What was a huge problem in both the Northern and Southern camps? |
mosquitoes |
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Which Southern prison held 33,000 prisoners but was supposed to hold 10,000? |
Andersonville |
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What Northern prison was called Hellmira? |
Elmira |
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What was Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address? |
to never forget the soldiers that had died |
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What was a copperhead? |
Northern democrat against the war |
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What Southern prison was displayed in Chicago? |
Libby and Son |
