Chapter 11: The Civil War

match the definition with the word:

Appomattox

• one of the last cities on the Mississippi River to remain in Confederate hands

• the town where Lee surrendered to Grant

• a general rise in prices

• constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

match the definition with the word:

habeas corpus

• to give someone freedom

• the town where Lee surrendered to Grant

• constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

• one of the last cities on the Mississippi River to remain in Confederate hands

After the first battle of Bull Run,

• Robert E. Lee knew he would quickly defeat the North.

• Ulysses S. Grant was made commander of the Union Army.

• The North and the South realized that the war would be a long, and difficult struggle.

• The South surrendered.

The Emancipation Proclamation

• banned slavery throughout the United States

• was Lincoln's declaration of war against the South

• ended slavery in areas fighting against the Union

• is really hard to pronounce!

Lee’s right hand man who died at the Battle of Chancellorsville by his own men (accidental) was

• Stonewall Jackson
• Jeb Stuart
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Joseph Johnson

Northern democrats who supported peace with the South were called?

• Copperheads

• Anacondas

• Cotton Mouths

• Rattlesnakes

Who was the overly cautious Union general who was replaced by Lincoln 2 times?

• Lee
• Grant
• McClellan
• Sherman

The bloodiest day of the war occurred at this Maryland battlefield.

• Vicksburg
• Gettysburg
• Fredericksburg
• Antietam

Where did the first shots get fired at in the Civil War?

• Ft. Sumter
• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Richmond

Which was NOT part of the Union's three-part plan to conquer the South?

• Blockading Southern ports
• Waiting for the South to attack
• Capturing the Confederate capital Richmond
• Splitting the Confederacy in two by capturing the Mississippi