The Civil War Name: Date: Period:

America: The Story of Us Directions: Fill in the blanks as you listen and watch the video. 1. 1862, the war is at its height.

2. North and locked in a conflict for the

of America.

3. What is the name of the new bullet that is invented?

4. In total the makes over ½ minie balls.

5. Why is the Civil War called the 1st modern war?

6. Across the the results are .

7. The troops on both sides must live in the of this untold

and .

8. Almost ½ of the remain .

9. For the 1st time America’s growing

means soldiers can to their loved ones from

the .

10. Known as white the South accounts for of the world’s

supply of .

11. At Bullrun easily demonstrates his

superiority.

12. The railroad one of hidden in this war.

13. What deal does Lincoln make with the railroad owners?

14. It is the beginning of a integrated . It

will be the of the age.

15. How is the telegraph important?

16. In the course of the war Lincoln sends telegrams from this office.

17. The carnage will trigger a in battlefield .

18. Twice as many soldiers die from infected and as

on the .

19. Large numbers of sign up as battlefield .

20. What does Clara Barton start?

21. As many as 1,500 flood the .

22. What does embalming do?

23. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issues a proclamation slavery in the

states.

24. The union army becomes a for now

fighting to end .

25. What are Sherman’s orders?

26. Sherman calls it war.

27. With Atlanta in he just keeps .

28. The South will have to to the Union and bring an end to

.

29. Within a week Lincoln lies from an bullet.

Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the U.S.

General Sherman

Clara Barton Founder of the Red Cross

Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America