What Confederate commanding general was killed at Shiloh?
Albert Sidney Johnston
How many African Americans served in the Union army?
Almost 200,000
Where did Lee first invade the Union?
Antietam (sharpsburg)
How did the Union finance the war?
Taxes, printing, greenbacks, issuing bonds.
How did McClellan move against Lee's forces in Virginia?
Moving his troops by ship to the end of the peninsula between the James and York Rivers
What was the reaction to military drafts in the North and South?
Strongly resisted.
What rail center was Grant heading for when he was attacked at Shiloh?
Corinth, Mississippi
How were military companies usually organized?
By locality
How did Grant take Vicksburg, Mississippi?
He circled around and besieged it from the east, pinning the Confederates against the Mississippi River.
Which side is considered to have won the battle of Gettysburg?
Union
On what occasion did Lincoln deliver his Gettysburg Address?
At the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
What were the capitals of the Union and the Confederacy?
Union-Washington, Confederacy-Richmond
Who was the last general-in-chief that Lincoln appointed?
Grant
Which side was considered the winner of the battle at Lookout Mountain
Union
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation apply?
To the states in rebellion (not in border states or in areas controlled by Union army)
What two commanders led the opposing forces at Stones River?
Rosecrans (Union) and Bragg (Confederate)
Which side is considered the winner in the battle of Chickamauga
Confederacy
What were Lincoln's reasons for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
To boost Union Morale; to make the war a crusade against slavery, thus dissuading Great Britain and France from helpig the Confederacy
How were women involved in the war efforts?
Running homes and farms, working in factories, teaching school, helping with medical needs, as spies, by disguising themselves as men and serving as soldiers.
From what countries did the Confederacy try to get recognition?
Great Britain and France
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