William Tecumseh Sherman
A Union general who conducted the famous "march to the sea"
Copperheads
Northern Democrats who openly supported the south
Edmund Ross
His "not guilty" food was the deciding factor in Johnson's impeachment trial
Clara Barton
Become famous as a nurse for the Union Army and then founded the American Red Cross
Andersonville
One of the best-known Confederate prison camps; notorious for its bad treatment of Union POWs
Admiral David Farragut
Commander of the Union Army in the East; won the battle at Gettysburg
Edwin Stanton
The secretary of war who Johnson fired, which started the impeachment process against Johnson
Radical Republicans
Wanted to make sure slaves gained equal rights; spoke out against Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan
P.G.T. Beauregard
Confederate General that won the first battle of the Bull run
John Wilkes Booth
Assassinated President Lincoln in 1865
False
The Virginia was the first ever ironclad warship.
False
Lincoln had hoped the Union would lose the First Battle of Bull Run.
True
Grant's plan to end the Civil War was to wage total war and repeatedly attack Lee's Army.
False
The Union won the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
True
The South used cotton to try and forge alliances with foreign nations during the Civil War.
True
Part of Lincoln's plan for reconstruction was to have 10 percent of southern voters to pledge their loyalty to the Constitution.
True
The North's population allowed it to raise large armies.
True
The Fourteenth amendment attempted to prevent the states from interfering with rights of citizens and punished the states that limited voting rights for men.
Anaconda Plan
Set up a blockade to cut off all supply routes to and from the south.
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862. It declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free.
Scalawags
White southerners who sided with the republicans.
Censorship
Prevention of free expression.
Habeas Corpus
A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
Trench Warfare
Soldiers fighting from long deep ditches.
Amnesty
Pardon for war actions.
Blockade
Line of ships that would prevent access to southern parts.
Conscription
Act of requiring people to serve in the military.