Chapter 17 8th Grade

Question 1

Where was Fort Sumter?

Answer 1

Charleston Harbor South Carolina

Question 2

Date of Fort Sumter

Answer 2

April 12, 1861

Question 3

President of Confederacy for Fort Sumter

Answer 3

Jefferson Davis

Question 4

Fort Sumter; states that secede

Answer 4

South Carolina was first, but 7 in total.

Question 5

Fort Sumter; winner

Answer 5

South

Question 6

Fort Sumter; Major Robert Anderson

Answer 6

Union

Question 7

Fort Sumter; General PGT Beauregard

Answer 7

Confederates

Question 8

Emancipation Proclamation; who issued?

Answer 8

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

Emancipation Proclamation; when/why then?

Answer 9

January 1, 1863 (after the battle of Antietam)
So we could win a battle and not look weak

Question 10

Define emancipate

Answer 10

to set free

Question 11

Emancipation Proclamation; Lincoln’s political goal.

Answer 11

to keep our country united. He was only setting slaves free in the confederate states.

Question 12

emancipation proclamation; impact on war

Answer 12

England stopped helping the South

Question 13

Gettysburg; Commander of Union

Answer 13

General Meade

Question 14

Gettysburg; commander of confederates

Answer 14

Robert E. Lee

Question 15

Gettysburg; day 1 and 2

Answer 15

the union held strong (lots of fighting)

Question 16

Gettysburg; day 3

Answer 16

We had Pickets charge

Question 17

Gettysburg; who occupied Seminary Ridge

Answer 17

Confederates

Question 18

Gettysburg; who occupied cemetery ride

Answer 18

union

Question 19

gettysburg; Lee’s right hand man @ Gettysburg

Answer 19

General Longstreet and General Picket

Question 20

Gettysburg; winner

Answer 20

union

Question 21

Vicksburg; union commander

Answer 21

General Grant

Question 22

Vicksburg; confederate commander

Answer 22

General Pemberton

Question 23

Vicksburg; date of surrender

Answer 23

July 4, 1863

Question 24

Define siege

Answer 24

nonstop attack

Question 25

Vicksburg; Two nicknames for Grant

Answer 25

unconditional surrender and the butcher

Question 26

Why was Vicksburg crucial

Answer 26

It gave us control over the Mississippi river.

Question 27

Total war

Answer 27

When everyone is involved, including civilians.

Question 28

The winner of Vicksburg

Answer 28

Union

Question 29

Appomattox Courthouse; union commander

Answer 29

General Grant

Question 30

Appomattox Courthouse; confederate commander

Answer 30

General Lee

Question 31

Appomattox Courthouse; who surrendered

Answer 31

the confederates

Question 32

Appomattox Courthouse; date

Answer 32

april 9, 1865

Question 33

Appomattox Courthouse; winner

Answer 33

Union

Question 34

Purpose of Gettysburg Address

Answer 34

to continue to fight so that everyone that died did not die in vain, and to dedicate the battle field and cemetery in honor of everyone who lost their lives.

Question 35

George McClellan

Answer 35

Very cautious and moves slowly

Question 36

William Sherman

Answer 36

Was ordered to destroy everything in the south (Georgia)... then march to the Atlantic.... destroying everything in its path.

Question 37

Artillery

Answer 37

cannons

Question 38

infantry

Answer 38

foot soldiers; the main forces in battle

Question 39

cavalry

Answer 39

soldiers on horse; the eyes and ears of the army

Question 40

martial law

Answer 40

rule by the army instead of elected government

Question 41

inflation

Answer 41

a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of our money

Question 42

Habeas Corpus

Answer 42

the right to a hearing before being jailed

Question 43

battle of shiloh

Answer 43

also known as siege. fought to control the Mississippi river.

Question 44

Battle of Chancellorsville

Answer 44

General Jackson's last battle. A confederate victory.

Question 45

Battle of Fredericksburg

Answer 45

One of the worst defeats for the union. Lee took down wave after wave of union troops.

Question 46

describe how the North and South felt about the Civil War in the very beginning

Answer 46

They both realized that their hopes for a short war were unrealistic.

Question 47

Ironclad ships for Union

Answer 47

USS Monitor

Question 48

Ironclad ships for Confederacy

Answer 48

The CSS Merrimac also referred to as the Virginia.

Question 49

Confederate Capital City

Answer 49

Richmond Virginia

Question 50

President of the Union

Answer 50

Abraham Lincoln

Question 51

south=

Answer 51

confederates

Question 52

north=

Answer 52

union