8th Grade ch 15- The Civil War

Question 1

border states

Answer 1

slave states that did not secede.

Question 2

name border states 5

Answer 2

Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Marlyland, Deleware

Question 3

neutral

Answer 3

not favoring either side

Question 4

martial law 2

Answer 4

in east maryland, when the military is in charge and the citizens’ rights are suspended

Question 5

south advantages 2

Answer 5

home turf, experienced officers

Question 6

north advantages 3

Answer 6

more factories, more population, more railroad

Question 7

blockade

Answer 7

military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it

Question 8

north strategy 3

Answer 8

blockade south seaports, gain control of mississippi river, invade richmond

Question 9

south strategy 2

Answer 9

defend until the north got tired, get help from britain

Question 10

battle of bull run 3

Answer 10

first battle, union was winning until stonewall jackson, confederate win

Question 11

ironclads

Answer 11

warships covered with protective iron plates

Question 12

george mcClellan 3

Answer 12

union general, very cautious, won battle of antietam

Question 13

battle of antietam 3

Answer 13

bloodiest day of civil war, mcClellan found south’s plans to split up and attacked larger group, forcing them to retreat. if mcClellan had gone after, war couldve been over

Question 14

ulysses S grant 3

Answer 14

union general, took risks, won battle of shiloh

Question 15

battle of shiloh 4

Answer 15

south attack on north, deaths on both sides, union win. union gained control of west tennessee and part of mississippi river

Question 16

emancipate

Answer 16

free

Question 17

emancipation proclammation2

Answer 17

freed enslaved people in the south, had little effect at first

Question 18

eman. proc. effects 3

Answer 18

changed the purpose of civil war to struggle for freedom, made britain not want to help south because they were fighting for slavery, united african americans to fight

Question 19

divisions in south

Answer 19

areas with more slaves supported war more than les slave areas

Question 20

copperheads

Answer 20

north democrats who opposed war and wanted peace

Question 21

habeas corpus

Answer 21

constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

Question 22

draft

Answer 22

system of required military service

Question 23

avoid draft 3

Answer 23

wealthy men who had slaves, could pay from people to take your place, war called a poor man’s fight

Question 24

income tax

Answer 24

tax on the money people receive

Question 25

union pay for the war 3.5

Answer 25

income tax, printed first federal currency (paper money)–>led to inflation

Question 26

inflation

Answer 26

general rise in prices

Question 27

south had higher inflation because 2

Answer 27

blockade–>shortages, union destroyed crops–>food production fell

Question 28

women in war 4

Answer 28

ran plantations and businesses, were spies, did factory work, nursed the injured

Question 29

battle of fredericksburg 3

Answer 29

union general ambrose burnside, tried to use traditional tactics, union suffered many casualties

Question 30

joseph hooker 4

Answer 30

union general, “fighting joe”, very cocky, lost battle of chancellorsville badly

Question 31

ambrose burnside 3

Answer 31

union general, mcClellan’s replacement, lost battle of fredericksburg

Question 32

battle of fredericksburg and chancellorsville effect on south

Answer 32

got them too cocky, lee decided to attack far north in gettysburg

Question 33

battle of gettysburg 3

Answer 33

union army was on a hill cemetery ridge, Lee ordered all-out attack on union–>Pickets charge, confederacy lost badly

Question 34

fall of vicksburg 4

Answer 34

grant led siege to take vicksburg, led to union having control of entire mississippi river, turning point of civil war

Question 35

gettysburg address 2

Answer 35

speech by abe lincoln to honor the soldiers who died in gettysburg, looked ahead to union victory

Question 36

union takes richmond 5

Answer 36

lincoln gave grant command of all forces, grant decided that taking richmond would mean win, grant vs. lee in north virginia but nobody winning, lee running out of supplies, lee retreated to appomattox court house and surrendered

Question 37

william techumseh 4

Answer 37

union general, tough, burned atlanta, believed in total war

Question 38

total war

Answer 38

all-out attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, resources, and will to fight

Question 39

burn of atlanta

Answer 39

union led by will techumseh sherman, ordered atlanta burned

Question 40

results of civil war 2

Answer 40

reunited the nation, put an end to slavery

Question 41

WHY DID THE NORTH WIN??? 4

Answer 41

more people, weapons–> could’ve won in battle of antietam
smart generals and president–>McClellan (circumspect), Grant, Sherman, lincoln (smart to replace mcClellan)
abolitionists–>supported eman. proc, more free slaves wanted to fight
location–> less plantations with slaves so less people who could avoid the draft and women didn’t need to take over plantations more women could be nurses
congress–>able to pay for the war