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Soldier __________________________________________
Regiment __________________________________
Period _____ Date __________________________________
Final Civil War Review
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the answer that best labels the
description/explains the details given.
Basic Civil War Knowledge
1. ______________________________________ Another name for the South
2. ______________________________________ Another name for the North
3. ______________________________________ The President of the North
4. ______________________________________ The President of the South
5. ______________________________________ The capital of the North
6. ______________________________________ The capital of the South
7. ______________________________________ A nickname of the southern soldiers
8. ______________________________________ A nickname of the northern soldiers
9. ______________________________________ The one man put in charge of Southern
armies
10. _____________________________________ The first state to leave the US
11. _____________________________________ The year the Civil War started
12. _____________________________________ The year the Civil War ended
13. _____________________________________ Who is “The Blue?”
14. _____________________________________ Who is “The Grey?”
15. _____________________________________ The name of the military academy that gave
the South one of its biggest advantages
16. ____________________________________ One of the NORTH’s biggest advantages
Causes of the Civil War
1. __________________________________________________________________ - The reason the
SOUTH would tell you it is fighting in the Civil War (“The War of Northern
Aggression”).
2. _________________________________________________________________ - The reason the
North would tell you it is fighting in the Civil War (“The War Between the
States”).
3. ____________________________________________________ - Wrote the book that stirred
up anti-slavery feelings in the north. The name of the book ___________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________ - Unintentionally increased the
demands of slavery with his invention of the cotton gin.
5. ____________________________________________________ - The political party that was
created with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories.
6. ____________________________________________________ - The “radical abolitionist” who
led an attack on pro-slavery forces in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas and an
attempted slave rebellion on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
7. ___________________________________________________ - The Supreme Court case that
enraged the north because it declared slaves were property.
Vocabulary
1. ________________________________________ To leave or withdraw; remove
2. ________________________________________ Someone who is anti-slavery/wanted to
end slavery in the US.
3. ________________________________________ The right for people to govern themselves
4. ________________________________________ The states who allied with the North,
even though they were “southern” and had slavery.
5. ________________________________________ “To free” or “set free”
6. ________________________________________ An official announcement
7. ________________________________________ A person who dies for their beliefs
8. ________________________________________ The right to a fair/speedy trial/to be told
what you are charged of before being put in jail (Lincoln took this right away
during the war for the sake of “national security”).
9. _______________________________________ The name of the destruction tactic used to
destroy everything and anything that could be used by the enemy to fight the
war
10. _______________________________________ The theory that states “the federal
government should have less power than the states.”
11. _______________________________________ The encircling and bombing of an enemy
12. _______________________________________ Vessels that were covered in armor
13. _______________________________________ The name of the plan the North used to cut
off supplies to the South, and choke them into surrender
14. ______________________________________ The “poisonous” nickname for the
northerners who wanted to end the war before it was won
15. ______________________________________ The random and mandatory selection of
soldiers to fight in the war
16. ______________________________________ Foot soldiers
17. ______________________________________ Soldiers on horse-back
Battles and Leaders
1. __________________________________________ The first battle of the Civil War
(essentially) with no casualties.
2. __________________________________________ Location of that first battle
3. __________________________________________ The Union major who was in charge of
the Federal troops at that fort…
4. __________________________________________ The first MAJOR battle of the Civil War
5. __________________________________________ The Confederate hero of the first major
battle of the Civil War…killed by friendly fire at the Battle of
CHANCELLORSVILLE
6. __________________________________________ The winner of those first two battles
7. __________________________________________ The cautious and slow UNION general
put in charge of the ARMY OF THE POTOMAC after the first major battle. The
man who led the Union to the “hardly” victory at ANTIETAM.
8. __________________________________________ The name of the Union ironclad at
Hampton Roads (what was the southern ironclad?
_________________________________________________)
9. ___________________________________________ Passed the Emancipation Proclamation
(right after the win at Antietam) that said if the Rebel States do NOT return to
the Union by Jan. 1, 1863, then their slaves would be set free.
10. __________________________________________ The hairy Union leader who sent troops
on 14 charges to the Confederate wall (Marie’s Heights) that later was
illuminated by the northern lights.
11. __________________________________________ The bloodiest day of the Civil War (in
Maryland…McClellan had the plans beforehand because of 3 cigars)
12. __________________________________________ The Union general who led troops to
victory at SHILOH.
13. __________________________________________ The famous African-American regiment
at the deadly battle of Fort Wagner
14. __________________________________________ The creator of the American Red Cross
(helped nurse injured soldiers).
15. __________________________________________ The very last battle (a six-week siege)
that led to the Union control of the Mississippi River
16. __________________________________________ The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
(Union General George C. Meade was in charge of this three-day battle).
17. __________________________________________ The final (and failed) Confederate
assault during this three-day battle
18. __________________________________________ The very famous and short speech that
Lincoln wrote in dedication of the cemetery…”Four score and seven years
ago…”
19. _________________________________________ The Union general who destroyed the
Shenandoah Valley
20. _________________________________________ The Union general in charge of burning
Atlanta, “Marching to the Sea” and destroying routes in Georgia
21. ________________________________________ The man who ran against Lincoln in the
1864 election and lost
22. ________________________________________ The location of the surrender that ended
the Civil War
23. ________________________________________ The name of the southern actor who
killed Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre