Civil War Vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| blockade | Shutting off of an area to keep people and supplies from moving in or moving out |
| Anaconda Plan | Union strategy for defeating the Confederacy during the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Union victory over Confederate forces in a 3 day battle in 1863. This was a turning point in the Civil War. |
| draft | Law that required men of a certain age to serve in the military if called. |
| Battle of Bull Run | First major battle of the Civil War, fought near Manassas Junction, Virginia, on July 21, 1861. |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Site where the Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. |
| total war | Method of warfare that involves civilians as targets and is designed to destroy the opposing army and the people's will to fight. |
| Battle of Atlanta | Union victory led by General Sherman that included his "march to the sea" and left a path of destruction behind him. |
| Confederacy | Confederate States of America formed by the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President. |
| Gettysburg Address | Civil War speech given by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 at the site of the deadliest Civil War battle. |
| Civil War | War between people of the same country. |
| Union | States that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War. |
| secede | To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance. |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States |
| Ulysses S. Grant | General of the Union . |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Decree issued by Abraham Lincoln that made slavery illegal. |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Union army, but fought for his home state of Virginia as the General of the Confederacy during the Civil War. |
| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | General of the Confederacy who was accidentally shot by his own men. |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union General who planned "total war" to destroy the Confederate's will to fight. |
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