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Ch.14 Test (Use with Ch.14 Fact Card Baamboozle)

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  • Name 3 military inventions used during the Civil War.
    ironclad ships, spy hot air balloons, telegraph, railroads, blockade runners, the Minie ball, improved muskets
  • What battle was won by the Confederacy by JEB Stuart's raid of General Pope's headquarters?
    Second Battle of Bull Run
  • What man led his men to victory at the First Battle of Bull Run?
    Stonewall Jackson
  • Who was Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 election?
    George McClellan
  • How did some Northern rich men get out of serving in the army?
    They paid recent immigrants to serve for them.
  • What battle began with McClellan's men finding a cigar wrapper message that was lost by Lee's men?
    ANTIetam
  • What was the most destructive war in American history?
    Civil War
  • What McClellan's main problem in his leading?
    He was overly cautious and hesitant. He would not chase after Lee's army.
  • Thomas J. Jackson was a general on what side of the war?
    Confederates
  • What battle in July 1863 was the first Confederate defeat after many victories?
    Gettysburg
  • What were the 3 parts of the Anaconda Plan (the Northern strategy)?
    shut off Southern ports with a naval blockade, capture Richmond, gain control of the Mississippi River
  • What were some effects of the Civil War on the North?
    women worked in industries/factories, increase in farm production, more private volunteer groups
  • How did many Southerners feel towards the North after the Civil War?
    Many were bitter over all that was destroyed. There was much hatred and distrust between both sides.
  • About how many soldiers were killed in the Civil War?
    600,000-620,000 (six hundred thousand to six hundred twenty thousand)
  • What battle did Stonewall Jackson die in?
    Chancellorsville
  • Who was the famous Civil War photographer?
    Matthew Brady
  • What percent of soldiers died in the Civil War?
    23-24% (about 1 in 4)
  • What was another name given to the Civil War?
    War Between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Yankee Aggression, The Brothers War, The War of the Lost Cause, The Late Unpleasantness
  • What was President Lincoln doing when he was assassinated?
    watching a play
  • What allowed black men to join the Union army?
    the Emancipation Proclamation
  • How did the Union army feel going in the First Battle of Bull Run?
    overconfident, They thought it was going to be a "picnic".
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