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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