Ch. 13 Civil War Vocabulary Practice
Quiz by Leslie Pair
Grade 8
Social Studies
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- Q1Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.Election of 1860300sEditDelete
- Q216th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slavesAbraham Lincoln300sEditDelete
- Q3the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861Confederate States of America300sEditDelete
- Q4President of the Confederate States of AmericaJefferson Davis300sEditDelete
- Q5stated that no state can lawfully get out of the union but pledged there would be no war unless the south started itLincoln's First Inaugural Address300sEditDelete
- Q6Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil WarFort Sumter300sEditDelete
- Q7Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R., and to take an army through heart of the South"Anaconda Plan"300sEditDelete
- Q8Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by forceRobert E. Lee300sEditDelete
- Q9created to "mandate" enrollment in the U.S army; required people for military duty.Conscription (Draft)300sEditDelete
- Q10Brave commander of the Confederate Army that led troops at Bull Run. He died in the confusion at the Battle of Chancellorsville."Stonewall" Jackson300sEditDelete
- Q11Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualtiesBattle of Antietam300sEditDelete
- Q12Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.Emancipation Proclamation300sEditDelete
- Q13An American patriotic hymn from the Civil War by Julia Ward Howe, who wrote it after a visit to an encampment of the Union Army."Battle Hymn of Republic"300sEditDelete
- Q14Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.Battle of Gettysburg300sEditDelete
- Q15A speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rightsGettysburg Address300sEditDelete
- Q16Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war beginsBattle of Vicksburg300sEditDelete
- Q17first African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his acts of bravery on the Assault of Fort Wagner.William Carney300sEditDelete
- Q18General of the Union ArmyUlysses S. Grant300sEditDelete
- Q19the Union general who led a 400 mile march of destruction through Georgia and South CarolinaWilliam T. Sherman300sEditDelete
- Q20born in Chile was the first Hispanic-American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the assault of Fort Fisher.Philip Bazaar300sEditDelete