Chapter 17

Question 0

What were border states?

Answer 0

They were divided over the issue of slavery

Question 1

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 1

Richmond, Virginia

Question 2

Which side had the larger army?

Answer 2

North

Question 3

What was the main goal for the North at the beginning of the war?

Answer 3

Reunite the country

Question 4

What was the name of the Union war plan to choke out the Confederacy?

Answer 4

Anaconda plan

Question 5

What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?

Answer 5

Preserve their way of life

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

South- names battles after cities

North- named battles after rivers and landmarks

Question 7

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

Battle at Bull Run

Question 8

Who were the two generals of this battle?

Answer 8

General Iruin Mc Dowell
&
General P.G.T Beaurguard

Question 9

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 9

By reinforcement led by General Thomas Jackson

Question 10

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US History?

Answer 10

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Question 11

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in this battle?

Answer 11

The Confederates let out a loud and strange scream

Question 12

Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?

Answer 12

They were to disorganized and weak

Question 13

What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?

Answer 13

Fort Henrey

Question 14

What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?

Answer 14

Merrimack

Question 15

What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break
through the North’s defense?

Answer 15

Iron sides

Question 16

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 16

After a church

Question 17

What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?

Answer 17

Battle of Antietam

Question 18

What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?

Answer 18

Slavery

Question 19

The civil war was the first time thousands of women did what?

Answer 19

Served as nurses

Question 20

What were the 3 reasons the Southern economy suffered more than that of the
North?

Answer 20

Lack of industry, shortages of essential goods, and farmland being over run

Question 21

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 21

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 22

Who believed that the signing on Jan 1, 1863 was the greatest event in US History?

Answer 22

Fredrick Douglass

Question 23

What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?

Answer 23

54th Massachusetts

Question 24

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 24

Battle at Gettysburg

Question 25

What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?

Answer 25

The Gettysburg Address

Question 26

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 26

Equality,freedom,and states rights no longer being dominate

Question 27

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 27

He was the highest rankin officer n the union navy

Question 28

Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed?

Answer 28

Savannah Georgia

Question 29

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 29

A small Virginia village

Question 30

How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?

Answer 30

Very forgiving

Question 31

What treaty ended the war?

Answer 31

There’s no official treaty that ended the war!!

Question 32

How many soldiers died in the early!

Answer 32

Over 600,000 died

Question 33

How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after
the war?

Answer 33

The Federal government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful than the states