8th SFM Unit 7 Civil War (2 min.)

Front

What is the CSS Hunley known for? Options: 1st hot air balloon to drop bombs on an enemy target, 1st "missile" launched at a distance longer than one mile, 1st motorized blockade runner, 1st submarine to sink a ship

Back

1st submarine to sink a ship

Front

What happened to Columbia, SC after Union (North/Abraham Lincoln) General William Sherman and his troops reached the city?

Back

it was burned to the ground

Front

What was the purpose of the Union (North/Abraham Lincoln) blockade around the city of Charleston?

Back

to keep them from getting food, clothing, and ammunition

Front

What made Robert Smalls a hero in the Union during the Civil War?

Back

stole a Confederate steamer and gave it to the Union

Front

What did conscription laws require?

Back

Civilians by law HAD to serve in the army.

Front

Fight a defensive war, using supplies from Europe gained from the sale of cotton until the enemy gets tired of the war
is a military strategy for which side?

Back

Confederacy (South/Jefferson Davis)

Front

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri are all...

Back

border states

Front

What was important/special about the border states?

Back

slave states that stayed in the Union

Front

Name the military leader who declined President Lincoln's offer to command the Union armies because he believed his home state, VA, would seccede and he did not want to fight against fellow Virginians.

Back

General Lee

Front

This was a nickname given to the secessionists.

Back

fire-eaters