Chapter 16: The Civl War; Sections 4 and 5
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General Thomas Jackson
Who was wounded in a certain war?
"Stonewall Jackson"
What was General Thomas Jackson's nickname?
Left arm
Where was General Thomas Jackson wounded at?
The Battle of Chancellorsville
What war did General Thomas Jackson get wounded at?
General McClellan
President Abraham's Lincoln last straw with who came after a victory at a certain war?
It was after the victory of the battle of Antietam
What was the name of the battle that Abraham Lincoln had a last straw with McClellan over?
He failed to obey his orders to follow the retreating Confederate troops and "destroy the rebel army."
Why was Abraham Lincoln mad at General McClellan?
The 54th Massachusetts
What was the best known African American regiment?
July 1, 1863
When did the Battle of Gettysburg begin?
Confederate troops
At the Battle of Gettysburg who entered a town for supplies?
Union troops
During the battle of Gettysburg, when the Confederate troops were looking for supples who did they encounter?
Around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Where was the Battle of Gettysburg fought at?
Pickett's Charge
What took place during the Battle of Gettysburg?
About one hour
How long did the Pickett's Charge last?
July 3, 1863
When did the Picket's Charge occur on?
Three days
How long did the Battle of Gettysburg last?
The Union
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
The South
After the Battle of Gettysburg, Britain held two ironclad ship from who?
July 4, 1863
When did the Confederacy lose another battle?
The Vicksburg Siege
What was the battle the Confederacy lost on July 4, 1863
47 days
How long was the Vicksburg Siege?
Both sides were suffering heavy casualties.
Who was suffering during the Vicksburg Siege?
The Gettysburg Address
What speech did president Abraham Lincoln deliver?
November 19, 1863
When did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?
272 words
How many words was the Gettysburg Address? (Abraham Lincoln's speech)
Two minutes
How long did the Gettysburg Address last?
General William Sherman's strategy
Who's strategy was the total war in America?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was named commander of all the Union armies in March 1864?
It was a railroad center that was vital for moving troops and supplies.
Why was Petersburg important to the Confederacy and a prime target to the Union?
Petersburg
Ulysses S. Grant felt that if his Union armies could take what, then the capital of Richmond, would be cut off from the rest of the Confederacy?
David Farragut
Who was the highest ranking officer in the Union Navy?
Mobile Bay in Alabama
David Farragut led to fleet of eighteen ships through a narrow channel into where?
Northerners
President Abraham Lincoln won his second term in office when the who began to believe they could win the war after the capture of Atlanta.
William T. Sherman
Who helped capture Atlanta?
Mobile Bay
Northerners also belied they could win the war from the capture of Atlanta in early July, 1864 and the blockade of what by David Farragut in August, 1864?
January 31, 1865
When was the thirteenth amendment passed?
Congress
Who passed the thirteenth amendment?
Slavery in the united states.
What did the thirteen amendment ban?
Sherman's troops
After burning Atlanta, Who continued to burn cities and farmland?
Sherman's March to the Sea
What was Sherman's trail of destruction called?
Richmond
Where was Sherman on his way to join Grant's forces while continuing his path of destruction through the Carolinas?
Took food, tore up railroad lines and fields, and killed livestock,
In order to destroy anything that was useful to the South, the Union troops did what?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
A little town
What is Appomattox Court House?
April 9, 1865
When did the Civil War end?
Keep their firearms and horses
What did Ulysses S. Grant offer for Robert E. Lee's soldiers to do?
Dignity and compassion
The day that ended America's deadliest war was done with what?
600,000
How many lives were lost in the Civil War?
Billions of dollars
The war costed how much?
Cities and farmland
What were destroyed in the South?
The Union
The North's victory saved what?
Federal government, than the states
The what was now strengthened and more powerful than what?
African Americans
Millions of who were freed after the war?