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Ch.14 Fact Cards

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  • Who assassinated Lincoln?
    John Wilkes Booth
  • What battle was won by the Confederacy after JEB Stuart raided the General Pope's camp?
    The Second Battle of Bull Run
  • Where did Lee surrender?
    Appomattox Courthouse
  • What law was nice for rich Southern planters?
    The Twenty-Negro Law
  • The Civil War is considered the first _______ war.
    modern
  • What city was sieged and starved by the Union?
    Vicksburg
  • Which general got his nickname and became a hero at the First Battle of Bull Run?
    Stonewall Jackson
  • Who gave orders to "forage liberally" on his March to the Sea?
    Sherman
  • What Union general captured the Mississippi River?
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • Who replaced Johnston as the commander of the army in Northern Virginia?
    Robert E. Lee
  • What was the "spinal column" of America?
    Mississippi River
  • What forces men into the army?
    draft
  • What was the famous Confederate attack at the Battle of Gettysburg?
    Picket's Charge
  • What was the final general to replace McClellan?
    General Ambrose Burnside
  • What battle gave Lincoln opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
    Antietam
  • What two ships proved that ironclad ships were the future of the navy?
    Monitor and the (Merrimac) Virginia
  • Who gave orders to make the Shenandoah Valley into a wasteland?
    General Sheridan
  • Which side of the Civil War had the Anaconda Plan?
    Union/North
  • What important port city was captured by Union Admiral Farragut?
    New Orleans
  • Who was Lincoln's running mate in the 1864 election?
    Andrew Johnson
  • Who did Lincoln say this about: "I cannot spare this man. He fights."?
    Grant
  • What battle was Stonewall Jackson killed in?
    Chancellorsville
  • Where were the Confederates defeated in July 1863 after several victories?
    Gettysburg
  • Who was Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 election?
    McClellan