American Civil War

Question 1

When did the American Civil war start?

Answer 1

1861

Question 2

When did the American Civil War end?

Answer 2

1865

Question 3

Why did the American Civil War start?

Answer 3

1.) The Southern states wanted to keep slavery, but the North wanted to abolish it
2.) The Southern states had threatened to leave the Union and create it’s own one

Question 4

Who was President during the war?

Answer 4

Abraham Lincoln

Question 5

What was the Civil War trying to do?

Answer 5

To stop the Southern states from leaving and to free the millions of enslaved Black Americans in South America

Question 6

What were the 2 different sides of the war and what were they called?

Answer 6

Southern states= Confederates
Northern states = Unionists

Question 7

How many people died in the Civil War?

Answer 7

620,000 people

Question 8

What was significant about FORT SUMTER?

Answer 8

1.) It was where the first shots of the war were fired
2.) There was actually no casualties, apart from 2 Union soldiers who were accidentally killed in the evacuation of the site
3.) The fort was in Confederate hands and after numerous attempts to seize control from the Unions, the Confederates were able to retain it until 1865

Question 9

Where is the FORT SUMTER?

Answer 9

It is in Charleston Harbour, South Carolina

Question 10

What is significant about PORT ROYAL?

Answer 10

It guarded one of the Confederate Forts, Fort Beauregard, which was later abandoned when it became clear that the Port Royal could not keep the Union fleet out

Question 11

Who won the Battle of PORT ROYAL?

Answer 11

It was a Union victory

Question 12

When were the dates of PORT ROYAL?

Answer 12

November 3-7, 1861

Question 13

What was significant about the battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 13

1.) It was considered a turning point for the Unionists due to the surrender of the Confederates the following day in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and after a series of losses to the Confederates
2.) It was the largest battle of the Civil War, and also the largest battle ever fought in North America
3.) There were 23000 Union casualties, and 28000 Confederate casualties, making it one of the bloodiest battles ever fought

Question 14

Who won the Battle of GETTYSBURG?

Answer 14

It was a Union Victory

Question 15

What dates did the Battle of GETTYSBURG start and end?

Answer 15

July 1-3 1863

Question 16

What was the 13th Amendment about?

Answer 16

It abolished slavery

Question 17

What did the 14th Amendment do?

Answer 17

It made black Americans full citizens, and it meant that they were fully equal members of the country

Question 18

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Answer 18

It gave BLACK MEN equal voting rights
(note: this did NOT give black women voting rights)

Question 19

What was the Reconstruction?

Answer 19

It was the period after the CiIvil War where the government focused on protecting the legal rights of the Black Americans and remaking the relationships between the Northern states and the Southern states