Chapter 16

Question 1

What were the four border states

Answer 1

Mo, Ky, De, Md

Question 2

What did President Lincoln do to keep the border states in the Union

Answer 2

President Lincoln used the army to keep them in the Union

Question 3

Which of the border states was considered the most important and why?

Answer 3

Md, it surrounded Wasington, DC on three sides

Question 4

What were the three parts of the North’s plan for winning the war?

Answer 4

1. Blockade the Southern Ports.
2. Gain control of the Mississippi River
3. Capture the confederate Capital Richmond, Va

Question 5

What were the 4 parts of the Souths plan for winning the war

Answer 5

1. Fight a defensive war
2. Have Europe apply economic pressure on the North to end the war.
3. Gain recognition as an independent nation
4. Capture the northern capital, Washington, DC

Question 6

Name six advantages the North had at the start of the civil war

Answer 6

1. larger population
2. More resources
3. More industry
4. Larger Navy
5. More miles of stronger gauge railroad
6. Stronger leadership with President Lincoln
   Better banking

Question 7

Name three advantages the South had at the start of the civil war

Answer 7

Stronger support of the Southern population
Fighting in familiar territory
Strong tradition of military leadership

Question 8

What does emancipate mean

Answer 8

To make free

Question 9

What were President Lincolns initial goals for the country at the start of the war?

Answer 9

Wanted to keep the country together

Question 10

What was the main benefit of freeing the slaves for the US

Answer 10

It would take away a resource that would help the south fight.

Question 11

What did the emancipation proclamation do

Answer 11

Actually it didn’t free a single slave but it encourages slaves to run away and kept Great Britain and France from acknowledging recognition of the confederacy as an independent nation.

Question 12

What actually ended slavery

Answer 12

13th amendment

Question 13

What percentage of the Union army did African Americans make up

Answer 13

10%

Question 14

Who were the 54th Massachusetts

Answer 14

An all African regiment that fought valiantly at Ft. Wagner and other battles.

Question 15

Who led the 54th Massachusetts

Answer 15

Robert G Shaw

Question 16

Which side saw fighting in their own back yard

Answer 16

Southerners - Confederates and they faced shortages of many things like food, salt, clothing and medicine.

Question 17

Women took over many new responsibilities during the war, such as what

Answer 17

Teachers, worked in factories and offices and stores, ran the family farm helped the army, rolled bandages, wove blankets, collected food and clothing, raised money for the war effort, nurses

Question 18

What did women do for the first time in the civil war

Answer 18

Served as nurses

Question 19

Who ran a hospital in Richmond,Virginia that only lost 73 of her 1333 patients.

Answer 19

Sally Tompkins

Question 20

What is Clara Barton famous for after the civil war

Answer 20

Started the Red Cross

Question 21

What is Loretta J Velazquez noted for

Answer 21

Dressed up like a man, a.k.a. Harry Buford fought in the 1st battle of Manassas and Shiloh and later worked as a spy

Question 22

Name two women that fought for the union

Answer 22

Jennie Hodges and Sarah Emma Edmonds

Question 23

Name two confederate spies that were women

Answer 23

Rose O’neal Greenhow Belle Boyd

Question 24

To be drafted means what

Answer 24

A law that required young men between certain ages to serve in he military for a set amount of time.

Question 25

What were the draft ages for service in the South

Answer 25

18-35

Question 26

What type of exemptions could be given in the South

Answer 26

Substitutes could be hired, exemptions given for those who owned 20 or more slaves owned.

Question 27

What were the draft ages for service in the North

Answer 27

20-45

Question 28

How could a draftee get out of service for the North?

Answer 28

Could hire a substitute for their place or pay the government 300 dollars

Question 29

What did soldiers do during their down time

Answer 29

Wrote letters, told stories, reading, singing, played games, baseball

Question 30

What weapon was introduced during the war that increased the accuracy of its users

Answer 30

Rifle

Question 31

What was a very common occurrence for both sides

Answer 31

Desertion

Question 32

What did Lincoln suspend during the Civil war

Answer 32

Habeas Corpus

Question 33

What happened in NYC in July of 1863

Answer 33

Draft riots- burned buildings, looted and killed over 100 people

Question 34

Who were the Copperheads

Answer 34

They were peace democrats that favored negotiating with confederates to end the war.

Question 35

Name three things that both sides did to finance the war

Answer 35

Borrowed money Raised taxes Printed more money

Question 36

What tends to happen to an economy when a government prints too much?

Answer 36

Led to inflation which caused a rise in prices for goods and services

Question 37

What is an ironclad?

Answer 37

Wooden warships covered in iron

Question 38

When was the first battle of the ironclads

Answer 38

March 1862

Question 39

Which Union general was replaced after Antieam

Answer 39

Gen. George B. McClellan

Question 40

Which Union Gen. Was eplaced after Fredricksburg

Answer 40

Burnside

Question 41

Which Union General was replaced after Gettysburg

Answer 41

Meade

Question 42

What did President Davis do that outraged the Southerners

Answer 42

Declared Martial Law and suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus

Question 43

What did President Davis do that outraged the Southerners

Answer 43

Declared Martial Law and suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus

Question 44

Who was the final Union General of the war?

Answer 44

U.S. Grant

Question 45

What was the Gettysburg Address

Answer 45

A speech made by President Lincoln

Question 46

What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address

Answer 46

To dedicate the cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield

Question 47

As the election of 1864 neared who was the Democrats nominee for President

Answer 47

George B McClellan

Question 48

What were the three turning points of the election of 1864

Answer 48

Adm. Farragut captured Mobile Bay in August Gen. Sherman captures Atlanta in September Gen. Sheridan pushes the rebels out of the Shenandoah Valley in August and September

Question 49

Who led the march to the Sea

Answer 49

General William Teccumseh Sherman

Question 50

Who was the final Union General of the war?

Answer 50

U.S. Grant

Question 51

What was the Gettysburg Address

Answer 51

A speech made by President Lincoln

Question 52

What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address

Answer 52

To dedicate the cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield

Question 53

As the election of 1864 neared who was the Democrats nominee for President

Answer 53

George B McClellan

Question 54

What were the three turning points of the election of 1864

Answer 54

Adm. Farragut captured Mobile Bay in August Gen. Sherman captures Atlanta in September Gen. Sheridan pushes the rebels out of the Shenandoah Valley in August and September

Question 55

Who led the march to the Sea

Answer 55

General William Teccumseh Sherman

Question 56

What is total war

Answer 56

A war n all aspects of life. The union troops tore up railroads, burnt crops in the fields, killed animals that could be used to supply food for the confederates and burnt homes and businesses barns and war houses.

Question 57

What was the name of the notorious prison camp in the South

Answer 57

Camp Sumter at Andersonville

Question 58

What percentage of these prisoners died

Answer 58

28%

Question 59

What were the two main prison camps in the north

Answer 59

Camp Douglas in Chicago, il and Camp Rathbun in Elmira, New York

Question 60

How many prisoners died overall in the prison camps

Answer 60

56,000

Question 61

Where and when did Lee surrender

Answer 61

Appomattox courthouse on April 9th, 1865