Chapter 14: And the War Came: The Civil War

Question 1

Time Period of Civil War

Answer 1

1861-1865

Question 2

Anaconda Plan

Answer 2

• North strategy through navy blockade and control of Mississippi River to cut off South

Question 3

Iron Clad

Answer 3

• new wood covered with metal battleship that would change naval warfare

Question 4

Foote, Grant & Admiral Faragut

Answer 4

• construct snake and take New Orleans

Question 5

Bull Run/Manassas

Answer 5

1st true battle that ended in a Confederate victory, unexpected destruction and both armies did not know what to do
4750 deaths

Question 6

Army of the Potomac

Answer 6

• Union army whose generals are switched after Bull Run/Manassas

Question 7

Ermic McDowell

Answer 7

general of Union army

Question 8

George McClelland

Answer 8

commander of Union army, more reserved in his use of army
eventually fired for his failure to efficiently use the army

Question 9

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 9

North victory at major South rail line(Corinth, MS) where US realizes the seriousness of the war
Union assumes control of all rivers

Question 10

Robert E. Lee

Answer 10

• more audacious general of Confederacy, sticks to his home state of Virginia

Question 11

Battle at Antietam Creek

Answer 11

• Union victory in Sharpsburg, MD that will influence English support, 23,000 deaths

Question 12

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Answer 12

• assists Robert E. Lee with Confederate army

Question 13

Contraband of War

Answer 13

• the idea that since slaves were deemed property, they could be taken by Union from South after Union victories

Question 14

General Butler

Answer 14

• first general to put into action slave contraband plan

Question 15

John C. Fremont

Answer 15

emancipates slavery in Missouri but Lincoln is furious and reversed it(slavery is still a delicate subject)

Question 16

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 16

• Congress and entirety of America scared(hang a wolf by its ears)
• Goes into effect January 1st, 1863
• Lincoln’s strategy to convince the South to join the nation

Question 17

General Nathan B. Forest

Answer 17

• Confederate that massacres blacks at Fort Pillow
• founded KKK

Question 18

Black Soldiers in the Army

Answer 18

• 1/5 adult population
• will eventually be given equal pay as white soldiers
• 54th regiment of Massachusetts