Start of the Civil War

The first shots of the Civil War take place where?

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Antietam

• Ft. Sumter

Check all the Nicknames that apply for the South

• Rebels

• Union

• Gray

• Yankees

Check all the Nicknames that apply to the North

• Rebels

• Blue

• Union

• Confederates

A slave state that wanted to stay with the Union was called a _________________ state.

After Ft. Sumter the states of North Carolina, Virginia, __________, and ________________ will join the Confederates

• West Virginia

• Tennesee

• Missouri

• Arkansas

List 1 advantage the North had.

List one advantage the South had.

Part of the _______________ strategy was to fight a defensive war.

• North's

• South's

• Canada's

At the beginning of the war more than half the troops had what occupation?

• Teacher

• Banker

• Soldier

• Farmer

What invention will make the death toll during the Civil War astronomical?

• Rifle

• Bayonet

• Minie Ball

• Iron Clad