The Civil War

A long-range plan made to reach a goal is called a

• plan

• strategy

• outcome

• victory

What two groups were fighting with each other during the Civil War?

• North and South

• North and West

• North and East

• South and West

What was the Union's strategy to defeat the Confederates in the Civil War?

• make the war last as long as possible

• call for help from England

• blockade the ports on the Mississippi River

• allow slavery to move north

What was the Confederate's strategy to defeat the Union in the Civil War?

• make the war last as long as possible

• call for help from England

• blockade the ports on the Mississippi River

• allow slavery to move north

What did the southern states mean when they said they wanted to "secede" from the Union?

• they wanted to join the Union

• they wanted to go to war with the Union

• they wanted to defeat the Union

• they wanted to leave the Union

People wounded or killed in battle are called

• casualties

• injuries

• departed

• novelties

The decision of President Lincoln to free all slaves within states still fighting against the Union was called the

• Civil War

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Battle of Gettysburg

• abolition

Approximately how many freed slaves fought in the Union Army?

• 10,000

• 50,000

• 100,000

• 180,000

When the men went off to fight the Civil War, who made them their supplies, and sent food to the battlefronts?

• freed slaves

• women

• the French

• colonists

Who was the Union Army nurse nicknamed, "The Angel of the Battlefield"?

• Sarah Horton

• Dana Morton

• Clara Barton

• Barton Fink