1. Chapter 15 Review

2. Requiring, or forcing, people to sign up for military service is it called what?
The Draft

3. During the Civil War, Lincoln declared that all slaves in states “still in rebellion against the federal government” would be legally free by what action?
Emancipation Proclamation

4. During the Battle of Gettysburg, Robert E Lee ordered a charge of the Union defensive line which eventually failed and led to the retreat of the Confederate army. What was this action called?
Prickett’s Charge

5. Who was the most highly regarded military leader of the US Civil War?
Robert E Lee

6. Stonewall Jackson earned that nickname as a southern commander at which Civil War Battle?
(First ) Battle of Manassas

7. What Union General attacked Robert E Lee at Antietam?
George McClellan

8. George McClellan attacked Robert E Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, at what US Civil War Battle ?
Antietam

9. Robert E Lee decided to invade the North during the Civil War to cut off Washington, bring other states into the confederacy, and what other reason?
Show potential allies around the world that the South was capable of wining the war

10. What Union Army Leader eventually became President of the United States?
Ulysses S Grant

11. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did NOT abolish slavery in the US, why was it so important?
It was the first major step towards abolishing slavery

12. Governor and important leader of North Carolina during the US Civil War
Zebulon Vance

13. Name two slave states, bordering Confederate States that stayed in the Union throughout the Civil War.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri

14. Famous Civil War Nurse who later went on to start the Red Cross
Clara Barton

15. The bloodiest single day of the Civil War occurred at which battle?
Antietam

16. Why were African Americans not allowed to serve in the union army at the start of the war?
The union was worried it might provoke other slave states to secede

17. Fort Fisher, NC, near Wilmington was called what during the US Civil War?
The Gibraltar of the South

18. Why was Fort Fisher so important to the Confederacy?
It kept the Port of Wilmington Open

19. Having more outstanding military leaders was an initial advantage of which side in the US Civil War?
Confederacy, the South

20. Genral Bragg and General Johnston led the Confederate forces at which US Civil War battle?
Bentonville

21. Union General William T Sherman ordered Atlanta burned and burned homes and cities between Atlanta and Savannah Georgia. What was this action called?
Sherman’s march to the sea

22. Who had “home field advantage” during the Civil War which gave them the advantage of knowing the territory well?
The Confederacy – most battles were in the South

23. What was the name of the Iron Clad ship which helped open the Port of Plymouth for Confederate forces?
The Albemarle

24. What does the word consecrate mean?
To make sacred

25. In the Gettysburg Address when Lincoln said, “Four Score and seven years ago…..” What does the word Score mean?
20 years, Four score and seven years ago is 87 years ago……

26. The Union’s strategy to blockade sea ports and control the Mississippi River was known as what?
Anaconda Plan