Chapter 17 Flashcards
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond Virginia
What were border states?
States that divided 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?
Andaconda plan
What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?
Preserve heir way of life
How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?
South=after cities
North= river landmark
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First battle of bull run
Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?
Irvin McDowell, p.g,t.
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull
Run?
By reinforcements led by Thomas Jefferson
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?
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?
Fort henery , fort donelsm
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 sides
What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?
A church
What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?
The battle of Antietam
What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?
Taking actions 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, sharing of essential goods and farmland overrun
What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?
Signed the emancipation praclomatiom
Who believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the greatest
event in US History
Frederick dougless
What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?
The 54th Massachusetts
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
The union victories at 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 states rights
What was important about David Farragut?
He was the nighties ranking officer in the union navy
Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed toward?
Atlanta
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
In a small Virginia village called apparatuses Court house
How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?
Not sever at all
What treaty ended the Civil War?
No treaty
How many soldiers died in the Civil War?
Over 600,000
How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after
the war?
The freedom government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful than the state governments
