Chapter 17 Study Guide Flashcards
What were border states?
Were divided over the issue of slavery
Which side had 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?
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 battles after cities and North named battles after rivers and landmarks
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Who were the two generals of this battle?
General Irvin Mcdowell and P.G.T Beauregard
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?
Reinforcements
Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US History?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in this battle?
Confederates led out a loud and strange scream, a rebel yell, that terrified them
What was the capital of the CSA?
Richmond, Virginia
Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?
They were too disorganized and weakened
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?
Ironsides
What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?
The 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?
Towards taking action aganist 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, shortages of essential goods due to the blockade, and farmland being overun
What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who believed that the signing on Jan 1, 1863 was the greatest event in US History?
Frederick Douglass
What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?
54th Massachusetts
What was the turning point of the war?
Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg
What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?
The Gettysburg Address
What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?
Delivered by president Lincoln, it was around 2 minutes in length, and was delivered in Gettysburg 4 1/2 months after the battle
What was important about David Farragut?
The highest ranking officer in the Union Navy
Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed?
Savannah, Georgia
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
In a small virginia village called Appomattox Court House
How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?
Were very forgiving
What treaty ended the Civil War?
No official treaty
How many soldiers died in the war?
600,000
How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after
the war?
The federal government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful than the states
