What is a tributary?
Stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
What is an ironclad?
A warship equipped with iron plating for protection
What is a casualty?
A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured or missing in battle
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1,1863
Why was Lincolns call for blockade of all Southern ports significant?
This would mean that there would be fighting on the seas
Who won the battle of Bull Run the first time?
The Confederates pulled off a win and this shocked the Northerners. The Northerners realized that the war would be long and difficult
How did Lincoln react to the defeat at Bull Run?
He named a new general, George B. McClellan, to head the Union army in the East and he called on more volunteers
What was the Unions goal in the West?
They wanted to control the Mississippi River and tributaries
Why did the Union want to control the Mississippi?
Union ships could then prevent Louisiana ,Arkansas, and Texas from supplying the eastern Confederacy and the Union could use the rivers to move into the South
What was General Grant famous line?
No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be excepted." and this means no terms would be excepted when surrendering
What was the Merrimack?
The Merrimack was a damaged frigate that had been abandoned by the Union that the South made an ironclad and renamed it the Virginia
What was the Monitor?
The North had made its own new ironclad and named it the Monitor
What was the result of both ironclads meeting?
Neither ship won but the stirring clash raised spirits in both the North and South
What was the result of the battle of Shiloh?
The Union won barely and both armies had lost more than 23,000 soldiers
What was the impact of Emancipation Proclamation?
It became clear after this proclamation was issued that a Union victory would end slavery in the United States