American History 126: Section I Review

Question 1

Name four possible causual factors for the War Between the States.

Answer 1

• protective tariffs
• slavery
• states’ rights
• the Bank of the United States

Question 2

___ challenged people to humble themselves before the God, confess, their national sins, and pray for forgiveness.

Answer 2

President Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

Th first state to ___ from the Union was South Carolina.

Answer 3

secede

Question 4

List the eleven Confederate States.

Answer 4

1. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Florida
4. Georgia
5. Louisiana
6. Mississippi
7. North Carolina
8. South Carolina
9. Tennessee
10. Texas
11. Virginia

Question 5

Allan Pinkerton’s organization was able to uncover a plot to sabotage the train President-elect Lincoln was taking to ___, Maryland.

Answer 5

Baltimore

Question 6

List four important provisions of the Conferedate constitution.

Answer 6

• limited the central government
• prhibited the slave trade
• recognized and protected slavery itself
• prohibited protective tariffs

Question 7

Mississippian Jefferson Davis served as President of the ___.

Answer 7

Confederacy

Question 8

The opening shots of the War Between the States were fired on Fort ___.

Answer 8

Sumter

Question 9

The War Between the States began in what year?

Answer 9

1861

Question 10

Who wrote the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”?

Answer 10

Julia Ward Howe

Question 11

The song “___” was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett and became the Confederate war song.

Answer 11

Dixie

Question 12

Three basic battle strategies of the Union were to:

Answer 12

• Blockade the Confederate coastline
• Gain control of the Mississippi and divide the South in two
• Seize Richmond, Virginia

Question 13

The War Between the States was divided basically into two theaters of operation bounded by what three geographical features?

Answer 13

the Appalachian Mountains, Mississippi River, and Atlantic Sea

Question 14

What is another name for the First Battle of Manassas?

Answer 14

Battle of Bull Run

Question 15

General ___ was given the nickname Stonewall.

Answer 15

Thomas J. Jackson

Question 16

The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was the first battle in history between two ___ warships.

Answer 16

ironclad

Question 17

Who did Robert E. Lee consider to be his most able opponent?

Answer 17

George B. McClellan

Question 18

What valley was the scene of Jackson’s Valley Comapaign?

Answer 18

Shenandoah Valley

Question 19

Confederate General Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet participated in the Second Battle of ___.

Answer 19

Manassas

Question 20

The Confederacy hoped to gain ___ by successfully invading the North.

Answer 20

foreign recognition

Question 21

The first ___ was issued five days after the Battle of Antietam and only the freed slaves in the Confederate States.

Answer 21

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 22

With the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln wanted to keep ___ nations from recognizing and aiding the South.

Answer 22

European

Question 23

General McClellan was replaced by Union General ___.

Answer 23

Ambrose E. Burnside

Question 24

The slaves in Delaware and Kentucky were not freed until the adoption of the ___ Amendement to the United States Constitution.

Answer 24

Thirteenth

Question 25

The Battle of ___ was fought on the banks of the Rappahannock River.

Answer 25

Fredericksburg

Question 26

Union General Burnside was replaced by General Joseph “Fighting Joe” ___.

Answer 26

Hooker

Question 27

Confederate Generals ___ and “Stonewall” Jackson successfully attacked Hooker’s position at Chancellorsville.

Answer 27

Robert E. Lee

Question 28

Who replaced Union General Hooker?

Answer 28

General George Meade

Question 29

General “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own men, which prompted General Lee to say, “___.”

Answer 29

I have lost my right arm

Question 30

Mark 14:38

Answer 30

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The Spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.