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5. Name given to Northerners who supported the South.

6. Copperheads

7. Organization of mostly women that worked to improve the living and health conditions of soldiers.

8. Sanitary Commission

9. After caring for the wounded in the Civil War, she went on to found the American Red Cross.

10. Clara Barton

11. His pictures of the Antietam dead brought the war to New York City.

12. Mathew Brady

13. This method of “recruiting” soldiers caused riots in New York City.

14. The Draft

15. This African-American abolitionist leader pushed to enlist black soldiers in the Union Army.

16. Frederick Douglass

17. Rather than return slaves to their masters, Union Generals declared them ________.

18. Contraband

19. Former slaves were called ________.

20. Freedmen

21. These laws were intended to control former slaves and force them to provide cheap labor to Southern planters.

22. Black Codes

23. These Freedmen took advantage of the Homestead Act to leave the South and settle in Kansas.

24. Exodusters

25. His telegraph allowed officers in the field to communicate quickly with government leaders.

26. Samuel Morse

27. This weapon greatly increased the killing distance and accuracy of an infantry soldier.

28. rifle

29. These two ships fought the first battle of ironclads.

30. Monitor and Merrimack

31. The North’s superiority in _______ allowed it to move men and material to the battlefield more quickly.

32. Railroads

33. These were introduced to view enemy positions.

34. Observation Balloons

35. This general was more successful at organizing the Union’s camp followers than fighting the Battle of Chancellorsville.

36. Joe Hooker

37. This game became an important pastime during the Civil War.

38. Baseball

39. The number one killer of the Civil War was _______.

40. Disease

41. During the Civil War women began working as _______ for the federal government.

42. Clerks

43. The dedication of this Pennsylvania military cemetery was made necessary by the large number of soldiers who died here.

44. Gettysburg Cemetery

45. This Amendment ended slavery in the United States.

46. 13th

47. According to the 14th Amendment, what are the two ways a person can become a U.S. citizen.

48. Birth and Naturalization

49. The 15th Amendment prohibits discrimination based on race in ________.

50. Voting

51. The 14th Amendment says all American are equal and have the right to _________.

52. Due Process

53. This federal agency was created to help the former slaves after the war.

54. Freedmen’s Bureau

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56. He assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

57. John Wilkes Booth