Chapter 17 Flashcards
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond Virginia
What were border states?
Were 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 Counts
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 named the battles after cities
North named the battles after rivers or landmarks
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?
Irvin McDowell
General P.G.F Bequegard
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull Run?
By reinforcements led by General Thomas Jackson.
Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American History and was a Confederate General at Bull Run?
Thomas Jackson
What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in the First Battle of Bull Run?
A Rebel Yell
Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?
They were to disorganized and weakened
What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?
Battle at Fort Henry
Battle at 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?
Ironsides
What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?
A church named Shiloh
What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?
The Battle of Antivtan
What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?
Stopping 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?
The lack of industry
Shortages of essential goods
Farmland being over ruined
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 Dougshush
What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?
54th Massachusetts
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?
The Gettysburg Adress
What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?
Equality,freedom,and states rights
What was important about David Farragut?
He helped service mobile Buy in Alabama
Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed toward?
Atlanta Georgia
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?
Very forgiving
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?
Strengthening it and made it powerful than other states
