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?
North
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?
Andaconda plan
What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?
Keep slavery
How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?
South named after cities and north named after rivers and land marks
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull run
Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?
Union ben Irvin McDowell and confederate gen p. G.t
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull
Run?
Reinforcements
Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American History and was
a Confederate General at Bull Run?
Thomas “stone wall “ Jackson
What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in the First Battle
of Bull Run?
Screams and yelling of southern soldiers
Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?
Weak and unorganized
What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?
Battle of fort Henry and fort Donelson
What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?
Merrimack
What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break
through the North’s defense?
Iron clad
What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?
Church
What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?
Antietam
What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?
Soldiers kept leaving the army
The Civil War was the first time thousands of women did what?
Surged as nurses
What were the 3 reasons the Southern economy suffered more than that of the
North?
Lack of indrusty,Run over land,blockades
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 Douglass
What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?
54th Massachusetts
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?
Gettysburg address
What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?
Equality,freedom,and no states rights
What was important about David Farragut?
Took control of the last southern port
Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed toward?
Atlanta
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox court house
How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?
Lightly
What treaty ended the Civil War?
No treaty
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?
Fed govt became stronger
