Chapter 16 Flashcards
(37 cards)
What was the union capital?
Washington DC
What became known as copperheads?
Peace Democrats
Who was a hero of the war with Mexico who devised the North’s war plan?
Winfield Scott
What was the first ever battle between ironclad ships?
The battle of the monitor and the Merrimack
What was the Confederate capital?
Richmond Virginia
Who dad at Chancellorsville?
General Stonewall Jackson
Who captured New Orleans?
David Farragut
What was the South’s ironclad ship?
The Merrimack
What was the African-American regiment known as?
54th Massachusetts
What was named after a small church? It lasted only two days, but included some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.
The battle of Shiloh
Who was the Confederate President?
Jefferson Davis
Who was a Confederate commander? He fought against general Irvin McDowell at the first battle of Bull Run.
General P. G. T. Beauregard
Who was a hero of the war with Mexico who devised the North’s war plan?
Winfield Scott
What began on July 1, 1863 when the Confederates entered a town for supplies and encountered Union troops?
The battle of Gettysburg
What took place during the battle of Gettysburg?
Pickett’s charge
What was the plan to gain control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy?
The Anaconda plan
Who’s strategy was total war?
General Sherman
In the Civil War, for the first time, thousands of women served as what?
Nurses
Because the war disrupted their supply of cotton, the South expected support from what two countries?
Britain and France
What was the main goal of the north at the beginning of the war?
To reunite the country
What was signed by Lincoln on January 1, 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The worst disturbance in protest of the draft laws took place where?
In New York City
What was a prisoners right?
Hey Habeas Corpus
What was northern money known as?
Greenbacks
