Chapter 17- The Civil War

Question 1

What were border states?

Answer 1

Border states were divided over the issuenof slavery.

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 from life

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

South: names after cities.
North: named after rivers and landmarks.

Question 7

What was the fisrt major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

First Battlw of Bull Run

Question 8

Who were two generals of this battle?

Answer 8

North: General P. G. T. Beurgered
South: General Thomas Jackson

Question 9

Why did the Confederacy troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 9

Reimforcements.

Question 10

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanderz in U.S. History?

Answer 10

Thomas Jackson “Stonewall”

Question 11

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

Answer 11

The south let out a loud and strange scream.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Disorganized and weakend.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The Battle of Fort Henery & The Battle of 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

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 16

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 16

A church near the resting grounds.

Question 17

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

Answer 17

The Battle of Antietam

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Take action against 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

Essential goods due to ths blockage, and farmland being overun.

Question 21

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 21

Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 22

What was the capitial of CSA?

Answer 22

Richmond, Virgina

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Fredrick Douglas

Question 24

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

Answer 24

54th Massachusetts

Question 25

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 25

The Union victories.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

The Gettysburg Address

Question 27

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 27

equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being dominat.

Question 28

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 28

He was the highest ranking officer

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Savanna, Georgia.

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Small Virgina village called Appomattax Court House

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Very forgiving

Question 32

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 32

There wasn’t offical treaty.

Question 33

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 33

600,000 soliders

Question 34

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

Answer 34

The federal gov’t was strengthenedand was now clearly more powerful than the states.