The Civil War
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- Q1a slave state between the North and the South that remained in the Union during the Civil Warborder state
free state
new state
slave state
30s - Q2rule by an army instead of by elected officialsmartial law30s
- Q3a person killed, injured or captured in warcasualty30s
- Q4a person who is not a soldiercivilian30s
- Q5drafting of people for military serviceconscription30s
- Q6unjust treatment of a person based on false ideas about a particular groupdiscrimination30s
- Q7the destruction of food, equipment, and anything else of use to soldiers and civilianstotal war30s
- Q8The turning point in the warThe Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of Fort Sumter
30s - Q9The battle that started the Civil WarThe Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Antietam
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of New Orleans
30s - Q10The North took control of a major supply point
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of New Orleans30s - Q11The Union gained control of the Mississippi River
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of VicksburgThe Battle of Gettysburg
30s - Q12The first Union Victory
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of AntietamThe Battle of New Orleans
30s - Q13President of the Confederate States of AmericaJefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
30s - Q1416th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln30s - Q15Confederate general who had opposed secession and slavery but did not believe the Union should be held together by forceRobert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
30s