Civil War/Reconstruction

Which was an advantage the South had at the beginning of the Civil War.

• Skilled and experienced generals

• A large number of manufacturing industries

• Over twice as many people as the South

• A strong navy

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

• To abolish slavery in the US

• To stop slavery from spreading west

• To preserve the unity of the country

• To get Europe to support the north in the war

Lincoln gained the confidence to order the emancipation of the slaves due to the victory of the Union army in this battle:

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fredericksburg

• Battle of Shiloh

The Union Blockade was a smaller part of the ........

• Constrictor plan

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• Anaconda Plan

What did Abraham Lincoln feel like his main responsibility was at the start of the Civil War?

• Preserve the Union

• End slavery

• Punish the south

• Protect northern economic interests

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Ended slavery everywhere

• Ended slavery in states in rebellion against the U.S.

• Created the 13th Amendment

• Extended slavery into western territories

What is a siege?

• allowing your enemy to escape

• a battle in an open field

• a military operation where an army surrounds a town and starves out the army trapped inside

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland,

and Missouri; slave states that lay between

the North and the South and did not join the

Confederacy during the Civil War

• Border States

• Outliers

• Roundabout States

• Flyover States

This was a warship that was heavily armored with iron

• Steelclad
• Ironclad
• Armorclad
• Metalclad