Civil War Begins, Grade 8 10-4-05
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- Name two states in the West where fighting occurred during the Civil War.
- Tennessee, kentucky
- The capture of which city advanced the Union's goal of dividing the Confederacy in two?
- New Orleans
- What is a bullet that has a hollow base and expands upon firing to fit grooves in the barrel of a gun?
- mini ball
- What were warships covered in iron called?
- ironclad
- What river held a key position for both the Union and the Confederacy?
- M '[ SS-I 5 51PP
- Define the term "border states" and tell what city would have been surrounded by the Confederacy if Maryland had succeeded?
- State bordered by the Union & ConfederacyIf Maryland had succeeded, Washington DC would have been surrounded
- What are conditions and practices that promote health?
- hygiene
- What factors contributed to the spread of disease among soldiers?
- Poor hygiene
- Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North at which battle, the bloodiest one-day battle in American history?
- Battle of Antietam, Maryland
- What generalization can you make about the performance of each side at this point of the war? Explain
- Each thought there was no end in sight. North was doing good in west. South succeeded
- Who said this quote: "I can't spare this man-he fights" and who was he talking about?
- Lincoln, talking about Ulysses s. Grant
- What is the word for soldiers on horseback?
- ?
- Why did Lee decide to move his troops to the North?
- He felt bad for the farmers, forced to talk people
- The Civil War began when Southern forces attacked U.S. troops at what place?
- Fort Sumpter
- Which talented military officer resigned from the U.S. Army and became commanding general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
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- What did the North can its strategy to defeat the South by forming a naval blockade and by capturing the Mississippi River?
- Anaconda plan
- On what crop did the South's strategy to win foreign support depend?
- Cotton, king cotton
- Which cautious Union commander failed to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond and was fired by Lincoln as a result?
- McClellan
- What type of gun, which has a grooved barrel that gives a bullet spin while in the air, was popular during the Civil War?
- rifle
- Who commanded Union forces at Shiloh, Tennessee, and was criticized after that battle for the high number of casualties suffered by the army?
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