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8TH HISTORY
CHAPTER 16
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1) ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAUSED FOUR STATES TO JOIN THE
CONFEDERACY BY CALLING FOR MORE TROOPS.
2) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WAS THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL. IT WAS
ONLY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
3) SHILOH WAS A BATTLE NAMED AFTER A SMALL CHURCH.
4) THE BLOODIEST DAY OF THE ENTIRE CIVIL WAR WAS THE
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
5) AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NORTH GREETED THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION JOYFULLY.
6) WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANʼS “MARCH TO THE SEA” HEADED
TOWARD SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
7) IN THE CIVIL WAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THOUSANDS OF
WOMEN SERVED AS NURSES.
8) “ PEACE DEMOCRATS” BECAME KNOWN AS COPPERHEADS.
9) HABEAS CORPUS GUARANTEED ACCUSED INIVIDUALS THE
RIGHT TO A HEARING BEFORE BEING JAILED.
10)GETTYSBURG WAS A BATTLE BEGAN WHEN THE UNION
CAVALRY SURPRISED THE REBEL INFANTRY RAIDING THE TOWN
FOR SHOES.
11)IN 1861, 48 VIRGINIA COUNTIES ORGANIZED THEMSELVES AS A
SEPARATE STATE CALLED WEST VIRGINIA.
12)THE MAIN GOAL OF THE NORTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR
WAS TO REUNITE THE COUNTRY.
13)GENERAL P.G.T BEAUREGARD FOUGHT AGAINST GENERAL IRVIN
McDOWELL AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
14)CONFEDERATE SHIPS THAT BROKE THROUGH THE NORTHʼS
LINE OF DEFENSE WERE CALLED BLOCKADE RUNNERS.
15)SHILOH WAS AN APRIL BATTLE THAT LASTED ONLY TWO DAYS,
BUT INCLUDED SOME OF THE MOST BLOODY FIGHTING OF THE
WAR.
16)ON JANUARY 1, 1863 PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
17)ANTIETAM WAS THE BATTLE IN WHICH LINCOLN USE TO TAKE
ACTION AGAINST SLAVERY.
18)CLARA BARTON WORKED WITH WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND
LATER FOUNDED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
19)THE WORST DISTURBANCE IN PROTEST OF THE DRAFT LAWS
TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY.
20)APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE IS FAMOUS BECAUSE IT IS THE
SITE OF ROBERT E. LEEʼS SURRENDER.
21)A BLOCKADE IS TO CLOSE PORTS.
22)GENERAL P.G.T. BEAUREGARD WAS A CONFEDERATE
COMMANDER.
23)DAVID FARRAGUT CAPTURED NEW ORLEANS.
24)54TH MASSACHUSETTS WAS AN ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN
REGIMENT.
25)APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE WAS THE SITE OF ROBERT E.
LEEʼS SURRENDER.
26)WASHINGTON, D.C. IS THE CAPITOL OF THE UNION.
27)RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE
CONFEDERATES.
28)JEFFERSON DAVIS WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CONFEDERATES.
29)MERRIMACK WAS THE SOUTHʼS IRONCLAD SHIP.
30)STONEWALL JACKSON WAS A CASUALTY OF
CHANCELLORSVILLE.