Chapter 17

Question 1

What were border states?

Answer 1

Were divided over the issue of slavery. They didnt know if they should secede to the CSA or remain in the USA.

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 Lincoln’s main goal ?

Answer 4

In the begininng was NOT to eliminate slavery

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Anaconda plan

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Preserve their way of life

Question 7

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 7

South: named battles after cities
North: named battles after rivers or landmarks

Question 8

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 8

First Battle of Bull Run

Question 9

Who were the two generals of the battle of Bull Run

Answer 9

General Irvin McDowell & General P.G.T Beauregard

Question 10

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 10

Richmond, Virginia

Question 11

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 11

Were inspired by reinforcements led by General Thomas Jackson

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Thomas “stonewall” Jackson

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The conferderates let out a loud and strange scream, a rebel yell, that terrified the Northern soldiers and caused them to drop their weapons and retreat

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The confederates were too disorganized and weakened to pursue the fight

Question 15

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

Answer 15

The Battle of Fort Henry and Battle of Fort Donelson

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Merrimack

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Ironsides

Question 18

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 18

There was a church named “Shiloh” near their resting point in SW Tennessee

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Battle of Antietnam

Question 20

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

Answer 20

After Antietam, Lincoln shifted his focus on the war towards taking action against slavery

Question 21

The Civil War was the first time thousands of women did what?

Answer 21

Served as nurses

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Lack of industry,shortages of essential goods due to the blockade, and farmland being over run

Question 23

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 23

Emncipation Proclamation

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Fredrick Douglas

Question 25

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

Answer 25

54th Massachusetts.

Question 26

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 26

The union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The Gettysburg Address

Question 28

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 28

Equality, freedom, a d states’ rights no longer being dominant

Question 29

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 29

The highest ranking officer in the Union navy

Question 30

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

Answer 30

They left Atlanta and were going to Savannah Georgia

Question 31

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

Answer 31

In a small village in Virginia called Appomattox Court House

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Very forgiving

Question 33

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 33

There wasnt one

Question 34

How many people died

Answer 34

Over 600,000

Question 35

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

Answer 35

The federal government strenthened and was more powerful than the state