What is February 1861?

In month of this this year, seven states left the Union to secede and create the confederacy.

What is Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky?

These four states decided to remain in the Union even after the other three slave states seceded.

What are states' rights?

This is a founding principle of the Confedercay and disadvantaged the South’s efforts when the war began.

What are the Rebels and Yankees?

These were the names given to the Union soldiers and the Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.

What is the amount of people that were casualties in the Battle of Shiloh.

20,000 people from both armies together were killed or wounded in this horrific battle.

What is the First Battle of Bull Run that happened in July 1861?

This was the name, month, and year for the first battle of the Civil War.

What are the actions that Abraham Lincoln carried out?

This person requested for 1,000,000 soldiers and appointed a new general, George L. McClellan, over the Army of Potomac, the army of the East because the Union was stunned about the outcome of the first battle.

What are the goods that were in short supply for the Confederacy because of the war?

These were coffee, shoes, nails, salt, guns, and ammunition. the goods that were in short supply for the Confederates.

What is to blockade Southern ports so there are no supplies for South, gain control of Mississippi River to split Confederacy, and to capture Richmond, the Confederate capital.

These are three main strategies the North used in the Civil War to try to triumph over the South.

What is the Battle of Antietam?

This battle caused the Army of Potomac to gain confidence because they forced Robert E. Lee and his soldiers south, it marked a major change in Northern war arms.

What is January 1863?

On this month and year, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which said that any slave in any state in rebellion against the US, shall be forever free.

What is the newly-allowed African-American soldiers?

These soldiers were organized into regiments separate from the rest of the Union army, their commanding officers were white, and they had a lower pay roll than the original soldiers until 1864.

What is let them serve in the army and give them weapons?

This scared the Southerners because the slaves could form a slave rebellion.

What is issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

Because Abraham Lincoln was keenly aware of the shifts in public opinion, knew that striking a blow against slavery would make Britain and France not help the South, and knew that slavery helped the South still fight, he did this.

What is the Thirteenth Amendment?

In 1865 and written by Congress, this said that the slavery was abolished in the United States.

What is July 4, 1862?

On this specific date and year, the Union and Confederacy decided not to fight, but rather talked over the fight, traded tobacco, coffee, and newspaper, and were very peaceful to one another.

What are the three ways the North raised money for the war?

In the North, the railroad traffic, the production of coal, iron, and clothing, and the need for a steady supply of food helping the farmers all increased.

What is the reason for the South to have a worse economy in the war?

This was caused because most fighting was done in the South, causing farmland to be overrun and rail lines to be torn up.

What was the difference in loans for the two armies?

The South borrowed $698 million more than the North.

What are the "Peace Democrats?"

These were Northern Democrats who wanted to negotiate with the Confederacy to make peace instead of fighting.

What is April 9, 1865?

Robert E. Lee finally surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War on this specific date.

What is get control of the Mississippi River?

The Union had to seize Vicksburg, Mississippi in order to accomplish this main goal.

Why did Robert E. Lee decide to invade the North in the Battle of Gettysburg?

Robert E. Lee thought that another victory could persuade Britain and France to aid the Confederacy and force the North to surrender.

Why is the Civil War the most devastating American war in history?

600,000 soldiers died, billions of dollars in damage, and bitter feelings arose from the Southerners.

What is Cemetery Ridge?

This is a line of hills where the Union went after the Battle of Gettysburg to defend their territory.