Chapter 17- The Civil War

Question 1

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 1

Richmond, Virginia

Question 2

What were border states?

Answer 2

States that were divided over the issue of slavery

Question 3

Which side had the larger army?

Answer 3

The Union

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Reunite the country

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Anaconda Plan-Union war plan to defeat the south by dividing them in two

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Be recognized as a nation and preserve the way of life

Question 7

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 7

South named battles after cities

North named battles after rivers or landmarks

Question 8

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 8

First Battle of Bull Run

Question 9

Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 9

General Irvin McDowell-Union

General P.T.G. Beauregard-Confederate

Question 10

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 10

The reinforcements led by General Thomas Jackson(Stonewall Jackson)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Thomas “Stone Wall” Jackson

Question 12

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 12

Confederate soldiers surged forwards and let out a strange scream, a rebel yell, that terrified the Northern soldiers

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The Confederates were too disorganized and weakened to peruse the fight

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Battle of Fort Henry

The Battle of Fort Donelson

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Merrimack

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Ironsides

Question 17

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 17

A church named “Shiloh” near their resting point in Southwest Tennnessee

Question 18

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

Answer 18

The Battle of Antietam-September 17, 1862

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Taking Action against slavery

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Served as nurses

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Because of the lack of industry, shortages of essential goods due to the blockade, and farmland being overrun

Question 22

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 22

The Emancipation Proclamation-An order freeing all enslaved people in the Confederacy

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Fredrick Douglass

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 Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

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

Question 28

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 28

Highest ranking officer in the Union navy and helped secure Mobile Bay, Alabama(This mission blocked the last southern port east of the Mississippi)

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Atlanta, Georgia

Question 30

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

Answer 30

On April 9, 1865, Lee and his troops surrendered to Grant in a small Virginian village named Appomattox Court House

Question 31

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

Answer 31

The terms were very forgiving

Question 32

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 32

There was no treaty

Question 33

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 33

600,000 soldiers

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 government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful than the states