Vocabulary Numbers Battles Technology Locations and Geography
100
What are copperheads
Democrats who opposed Lincoln in the 1864 election
100
How long was a presidential term for the confederates
6 years
100
What was the first battle of the civil war
Fort Sumter
100
What is the arrangement of spiral grooves on the inside of a rifle barrel.
Rifling
100
What were the five border states
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri
200
What are contrabands
slaves who escaped the unions army lines
200
What was the year the union president was elected to office
1860
200
What was the deadliest battle of the war
Gettysburg
200
What was the name of the metal ships created and deployed to the naval battlefields to destroy wooden ships.
Iron Clads
200
What were the names of the two ridges in Gettysburg
Seminary and Cemetary
300
What are greenbacks
paper money the US began to issue during the civil war
300
How Many deaths were in the civil war
620,000
300
What war took place in Sharpsburg in corn fields and on bridges
Antietam
300
What type of warfare evolved during the civil war because of enemies trying to dig around to the opposing side
Trench Warfare
300
Where was Fort Sumter
Charleston, South Carolina
400
What is habeas corpus
the right of people who are arrested to be brought to a judge or court to see if the deserve to be in prison
400
what year did the civil war end
1865
400
What did the union call the first battle of manassas
1st Bull Run
400
What was used to observe the location and activities of enemies up to about 15 miles away
Observation Balloons
400
Where did the battle of Antietam take place
Maryland
500
What is total war
a state of war where the government makes no distinction between military and civilian targets
500
How many states did not have Abraham Lincoln on the voting ballot
10
500
What was the battle that was thought to be the turning point in the war
Vicksburg
500
What form of technology was used to communicate in the form of morse code
Telegraph
500
What was the capital city of the Confederates
Richmond, VA






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