Chapter 15

Question 1

On April 12, 1861 the confederate president Jefferson davis ordered the bombardment of the fort

Answer 1

attack on fort sumter

Question 2

border states

Answer 2

Delaware, Maryland, kentucky, Missouri

Question 3

the __________… was the North’s first victory of the war

Answer 3

border states loyalty to the union

Question 4

defensive strategy

Answer 4

stay at home and repel invasion, avoid battles that risk annihilation, outlast the north

Question 5

the eastern theater:
goal:

Answer 5

-army of the Potomac vs. army of northern virginia
-capture and defend richmond

Question 6

it was the bloodiest single day battle in American history

Answer 6

battle of antietam

Question 7

his problems and the issue of slavery

Answer 7

-whites were not going to risk lives
-doesn’t want to lose border states
-doesn’t want to alienate the democratic party

Question 8

this created a national currency

Answer 8

legal tender act

Question 9

established a system of national banks

Answer 9

national banking act

Question 10

established a more efficient manor of collecting taxes

Answer 10

internal revenue act

Question 11

designed to bolster western loyalty by offering 160 acres of public land to settlers

Answer 11

homestead act

Question 12

provided massive federal assistance for building their transcontinental railroad

Answer 12

pacific railroad act

Question 13

14,000 imprisoned mostly border states, many w/out charges being brought

Answer 13

habeas corpus

Question 14

set aside public land to support universities that emphasized agriculture and mechanical acts

Answer 14

land grant college act

Question 15

anti war northern democracts

Answer 15

copperheads

Question 16

draftees could hire a substitute for

Answer 16

$300.00

Question 17

fall of Vicksburg efficiently

Answer 17

cut the south in half

Question 18

abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address

Answer 18

-Invoked the principle of human equality espoused by the declaration of independence
-redefined the civil war as a struggle not merely for the union but as “a new birth of freedom” that would bring true equality to all of its citizens
-ensure that the democracy would remain a viable form of government

Question 19

pros of this strategy

Answer 19

-broke the will of southern people
-made it impossible for the south to keep fighting
-led to massive desertion from confederate army

Question 20

cons of this strategy

Answer 20

-destroyed half of the southern livestock
-wrecked half of the southern farm machinery
-heavily damaged dozens of southern cities and towns

Question 21

democrats nominate

Answer 21

George B. McCellan

Question 22

on April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 22

Appomattox courthouse

Question 23

shoots Abraham Lincoln at fords theater

Answer 23

John Wilkes booth