Chapter 17 Flashcards
(26 cards)
What were border states?
Border States were divided over the slavery. They didn’t know if they should secede to the CSA or remain in the USA
What was the capital of the CSA?
Richmond,Virginia
Which side had the larger army?
North
What was the main goal for the North at the beginning of the war?
Reunite the country
What was the name of the Union war plan to choke out the Confederacy?
Anaconda Plan
What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?
Preserve their way of life
How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?
South named battles after cities and North named battles after rivers or landmark
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Who were the two generals of this battle?
Irvin McDowell and P.G.T Beauregard
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?
The confederates let out a loud and strange scream , a rebel yell, that terrified the Northern solider and caused them to drop their weapon and retreat
Who was the most gifted tactical commanders in US HISTORY?
Stonewall Jackson
What caused the union troops to retreat in battle?
The confederates screamed really loud and charged at the Union
Why did the confederates not pursue the fight after their victory at bull run?
They celebrated
What was the battle Shiloh named after?
A church
What was the warship that the south rebuilt with iron plates?
The Monitor
What was the single bloodiest day of fighting?
Battle of Antietam
What Lincoln shift his focus on?
Slavery
The civil war was the first time thousands of women did what?
Got involved
Lincoln signed what on January 1 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
Where was Sherman’s “March to sea” headed?
Mississippi
Where did Robert E Lee surrender to Ulysses S Grant?
Appotomax Court
What treaty ended the civil war?
There wasn’t one
How many soliders died in war?
600,000
How did the balance in power settle between the federal government N state governments after the war?
Federal rules over state
