US1 Study guide (Fill in the blank format)

Battle of Gettysburg

The ____________________ marked the turning point of the Civil War.

Battle of Antietam

The ____________________ was the bloodiest one-day battle in American history.

Siege of Vicksburg

The ____________________ gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

Battle of Ironclads

The ____________________ showed the end of wooden warships.

Battle of New Orleans

Union Admiral Farragut captured ____________________ for the Union.

Battle of Fort Sumter

The Civil War officially began at the Battle of ____________________.

Sherman’s March

____________________ was a destructive campaign through the South.

Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Jackson became famous during the Battle of ____________________.

Appomattox Court House

Robert E. Lee surrendered at ____________________ Court House.

Bloody Lane

____________________ was a deadly fighting area during Antietam.

Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln issued the ____________________ after Antietam.

Pickett’s Charge

____________________ was a failed Confederate attack at Gettysburg.

Minié Ball

The ____________________ improved rifle accuracy and caused terrible injuries.

Repeaters

____________________ could fire seven rounds in thirty seconds.

USS Monitor

The ____________________ was a Union ironclad ship.

Hardtack

Soldiers often ate hard crackers called ____________________.

Total Warfare

Sherman used ____________________ warfare against the South.

Mississippi River

Control of the ____________________ was important to the Union.

Anaconda Plan

General Winfield Scott created the ____________________ .

Rifle

The ____________________ replaced muskets during the Civil War.

Admiral David Farragut

____________________ captured New Orleans and won at Mobile Bay.

William Tecumseh Sherman

____________________ led the March to the Sea.

Robert E. Lee

____________________ commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

George Pickett

____________________ led Pickett’s Charge.

Underground Railroad

The ____________________ helped enslaved people escape to freedom.

Fugitive Slave Act

The ____________________ required escaped slaves to be returned.

John Brown

____________________ raided Harpers Ferry in 1859.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

____________________ was an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Harriet Tubman

____________________ was called the “Moses of her people.”

Republican

Lincoln was elected as a member of the ____________________ Party.

Sutter’s Mill

Gold was discovered at ____________________ in California.

Martial Law

Lincoln declared ____________________ in Maryland during the war.

Frederick Douglass

____________________ was a famous abolitionist who opposed slavery.

George McClellan

____________________ refused Lincoln’s orders to attack Richmond.

Freedmen

Formerly enslaved people were known as ____________________.

Draft Riots

The NYC ____________________ lasted five days in 1863.

Andersonville Prison Camp

____________________ was known for disease, starvation, and overcrowding.

Stonewall Jackson

____________________ was a legendary Confederate general.

Lee’s Special Order 191

____________________ was discovered by Union troops before Antietam.

Ulysses S. Grant

____________________ accepted Lee’s surrender in 1865.

Jefferson Davis

____________________ became president of the Confederacy.

Abraham Lincoln

____________________ issued the Emancipation Proclamation and was assassinated in 1865.