Chapter 17

Question 1

What were border states?

Answer 1

Divided over slavery

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 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

Perserve way of life

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

South = city
North = rivers and land marks

Question 7

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

Near town of manasses

Question 8

Who were the two generals of this battle?

Answer 8

Irvin mc dowell and p.g.t beauford

Question 9

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 9

Thomas jakson led reinforce ments

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Thomas “stone wall”jakson

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Confederat troops let out strange and loud scream

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Too orginised and weakend

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Battle fort henery and fort donelson

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Meramack

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

A church

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Antieam

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Taking action against 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 shortage in storage of essential farm goods and farmland being over run

Question 21

What did Lincoln sign on January 1
st
, 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 douglas

Question 23

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

Answer 23

54th massacheutes

Question 24

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 24

Gettys burg and vicks burg

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Gettys burg address

Question 26

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 26

Equality freedom and states rights

Question 27

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 27

Highest ranking officer

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

Small village in virginia

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Forgiving

Question 31

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 31

None

Question 32

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 32

Over 6,000

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Fedral was strengthend and stronger

Question 34

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 34

Richmond virginia