Chapter 15/16 (Sections 1 & 2) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Why was Fort Wagner strategically important?

It guarded the Port of Charleston.

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What was the Legal Tender Act?

an act that replaced the notes of individual banks with a unified national currency

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What is mortality?

the death rate

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What do you call a small, fast ship carrying mounted guns?

A gunboat

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What is a bond?

a certificate offered for sale to the public with the promise that the government will pay the money back at a later date

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What work did Dorothea Dix do before the Civil War?

She advocated for people who suffered from mental illness.

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What is a pontoon?

a portable, cylindrical float used to build a temporary bridge

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What is a situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to win?

a stalemate

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Why did many families never receive official notice that their relative had died in war?

Soldiers did not carry official identification with them.

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What did enslaved people freed by the Emancipation Proclamation still have to do to gain their freedom?

escape to Union-controlled territory

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What led to the large number of casualties in the Battle of Antietam?

General McClellan’s inability to use information about Confederate troops quickly led to the 23,000 casualties in the Battle of Antietam.

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How much time passed between the Emancipation Proclamation and the formation of the 54th Massachusetts infantry regiment?

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