Chapter 17 Civil War Stuff

Question 1

What were border states?

Answer 1

States divided over by slavery, didnt know to secede or stay

Question 2

Which side had the larger army?

Answer 2

North

Question 3

What was the main goal for the North at the beginning of the war?

Answer 3

Reunite The Country

Question 4

What was the name of the Union war plan to choke out the Confederacy?

Answer 4

Anaconda plan

Question 5

What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?

Answer 5

Preserve their way of life

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

South named after cities

North named after rivers or landmarks

Question 7

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

Bull Run

Question 8

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 8

Richmond, Virginia

Question 9

Who were the two generals of this battle?

Answer 9

Invin McDowell

P.G.T Beauregard

Question 10

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US History?

Answer 10

Thomas Jackson

Question 11

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in this battle?

Answer 11

Confederate troops let out a scream and charge

Question 12

Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?

Answer 12

To disorganized and weakened

Question 13

What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?

Answer 13

Fort Henry

Fort donelson

Question 14

What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?

Answer 14

Merrimack

Question 15

What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break
through the North’s defense?

Answer 15

Ironsides

Question 16

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 16

A church near the resting point

Question 17

What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?

Answer 17

Battle of Antietam

Question 18

What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?

Answer 18

Slavery

Question 19

The Civil War was the first time thousands of women did what?

Answer 19

Served as nurses

Question 20

What were the 3 reasons the Southern economy suffered more than that of the
North?

Answer 20

Oack of industry, lack of goods, and farmland being over run

Question 21

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 21

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 22

Who believed that the signing on Jan 1, 1863 was the greatest event in US History?

Answer 22

Fedrick Douglas

Question 23

What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?

Answer 23

54th Massachusetts

Question 24

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 24

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 25

What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?

Answer 25

Gettysburg Address

Question 26

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 26

Equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being dominant

Question 27

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 27

Highest ranking officer in Union navy

Question 28

Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed?

Answer 28

Savanah, Georgia

Question 29

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 29

Appomattex Court House

Question 30

How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?

Answer 30

Very forgiving

Question 31

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 31

None

Question 32

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 32

Over 600,000

Question 33

How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after
the war?

Answer 33

Federal strengthened, more powerful than the states