America: the Story of Us-Civil War Video Guide

“America: The Story of Us-Civil War” Video Guide

Answer the following:

1. ______was a new kind of bullet has brought the Civil War to a deadlock.

2. The minié ball is used in both the ______and the ______.

3. In total the ______makes ______minié balls to use in their 2 million muskets supplied to their men.

4. The Civil War was the first ______war because it was the first war after the ______

5. Grooves in the inside of the barrel give the minié ball improved ______and ______. In impact the bullet ______out.

6. But for all the minié ball’s technical edge, the army still uses ______tactics.

7. By the time of the North’s final victory, over ______are dead, ______of the nation’s entire population. Almost ______of the dead remain unidentified.

8. In August of 1862, General ______Confederate army is readying to launch a wide ranging assault against Union forces in ______.

9. Southern soldiers are fighting for ______, ______, and its ______.The prosperity is built around a single crop, cotton, known as ______.The South accounts for ______of the World’s supply of cotton.

10. ______took command of the Army of Northern Virginia.

11. The South defeated the North at the Second Battle of ______in Manasas, Va., in June of 1862. ______and local ______gave them their greatest victory in the war to date.

12. President ______was fighting a new kind of war that Southern leaders didn’t get.

13. The ______gave the North an advantage because they could transport ______and ______much quicker to the battle field. The railroad became a ______of war.

14. The North has ______miles of track compared the South’s ______when the war began. 15. The North added ______miles of track during the war while the South only added ______miles.

16. Lincoln mobilized the entire ______mite of the North during the war.

17. Production of ______doubled, pitch fork manufacturers began making

______,and the number of ______doubled.

18. A simple device, the ______,will transform how the war is fought and won. It becomes the first tool of mass ______.

19. Lincoln put all telegraphs in the North under ______command.

20. Lincoln sent almost ______telegrams during the war.

21. As battle field causalities mount on both sides, the carnage triggers a revolution in battle field ______.Three quarters of all surgeries were ______.

22. If a bullet doesn’t kill you, ______can with ______as the greatest killer.

23. Twice as many soldiers die from ______and ______as on the battlefield.

24. Large numbers of women sign up as battlefield ______,including

Clara ______,who will later become the founder of the ______.

25. The spread of portable ______means for the first time ______images of the battlefield can now reach every home.

26. A new technique, ______, allowed dead bodies of soldiers to remain fairly well preserved for viewing back home.

27. President Lincoln issued the ______on January 1, 1863, which abolished slavery in the rebellious Southern states.

28. By the end of the war, almost ______blacks signed up to fight for the North.

29. The Union Army became a force fighting to end ______

30. General William Sherman uses a tactic known as ______to defeat the South.