Chapter 17

Question 1

What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

Answer 1

Richmand, Virginia

Question 2

What were border states?

Answer 2

States that are divided over the issue of slavery.

Question 3

Did the Union or Confederacy have the larger army?

Answer 3

Union

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Reunite the country

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

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Question 7

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 7

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Question 8

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 8

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Question 9

Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 9

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Question 10

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull
Run?

Answer 10

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Question 11

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American History and was
a Confederate General at Bull Run?

Answer 11

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Question 12

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in the First Battle
of Bull Run?

Answer 12

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Question 13

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

Answer 13

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Question 14

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

Answer 14

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Question 15

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

Answer 15

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Question 16

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

Answer 16

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Question 17

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 17

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Question 18

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

Answer 18

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Question 19

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

Answer 19

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Question 20

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

Answer 20

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Question 21

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

Answer 21

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Question 22

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 22

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 23

Who believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the greatest
event in US History?

Answer 23

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Question 24

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

Answer 24

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Question 25

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 25

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Question 26

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

Answer 26

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Question 27

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 27

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Question 28

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 28

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Question 29

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

Answer 29

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Question 30

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

Answer 30

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Question 31

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

Answer 31

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Question 32

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 32

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Question 33

How many soldiers died in the Civil War?

Answer 33

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Question 34

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

Answer 34

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