Chapter 17 Flashcards
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond Virginia
What were border states?
Divided over the issue of slavery
Did the Union or Confederacy have the larger army?
Union
What was the main goal for the North at the beginning of the war?
Reunite the country
What was the name of the Union war plan to choke out the Confederacy?
Anaconda Plan
What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?
Preserve their way of life
How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?
South- cities
North- river or landmarks
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull run
Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?
Gen Irvin McDowell
Gen DGT Beauregard
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull
Run?
Reinforcements led by Gen Thomas Jackson
Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American History and was
a Confederate General at Bull Run?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in the First Battle
of Bull Run?
The confederate let out a strange scream, a rebel yell that terrified the union soldiers
Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?
They were too disorganized and weak to fight
What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?
Battle of fort Henry and battles of fort donelson
What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?
The Merrimack
What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break
through the North’s defense?
Iron sides
What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?
A church in SW TN
What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?
Takin action against slavery
The Civil War was the first time thousands of women did what?
Served as nurses
What were the 3 reasons the Southern economy suffered more than that of the
North?
Lack of industry
Shortage of essential goods due to the blockade
Farmland being over run
What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the greatest
event in US History?
Fredrick Douglas
What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?
54 Massachusetts
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
The Battle at Gettysburg
What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?
The Gettysburg address
What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?
Speech equality freedom
What was important about David Farragut?
He helped secure mobile bay in Alabama
Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed toward?
Savannah Georgia
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox courthouse
How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?
They were very foregiving
What treaty ended the Civil War?
Wasn’t one
How many soldiers died in the Civil War?
600,000
How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after
the war?
Federal was strengthening and clearly more powerful than the states
