Chapter 17

Question 1

What were border states?

Answer 1

States that were divided over slavery

Question 2

Which side had the larger army?

Answer 2

Union

Question 3

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

Answer 3

To reunite the north and south

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

Become a new country

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

North: Landmarks and Rivers

South: cities

Question 7

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

The battle of Bull Run

Question 8

Who were the two generals of this battle?

Answer 8

Irvin McDowell and PGT Beauregard

Question 9

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 9

Reinforcements

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

Rebels shouted loud yell

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Too disorganized and didn’t have good enough weapons

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The battle of fort Henry and fort donelson

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

Ironsides

Question 16

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 16

The Monitor

Question 17

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

Answer 17

The battle of Bull Run

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 and did men’s jobs

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 blockade formed by union

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

The union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg

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

Question 27

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 27

Highest ranking officer in the union navy and said famous quote, “Darn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.”

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Savanah Georgia

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Appomattox courthouse

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 Civil War?

Answer 31

There was no treaty

Question 32

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 32

Over 600,000

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Fed. Government strengthened and it was clear it was more powerful now

Question 34

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 34

Richmond Virginia