Chapter 7teen Flashcards
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond,Virginia
What were border states?
Border states were divided over the issue of slavery
Did the Union or Confederacy have the larger army?
Union states
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-cities
North-rivers and landmarks
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First battle of bull run
Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?
Confederate-p.g.t Beauregard
Union-Irvin McDowell
Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull
Run?
Reinforcements led by General Thomas Jackson
What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?
Battle of fort Henry and battle of fort Donelson
What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?
The monitor and Merrimack
What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break
through the North’s defense?
Iron sides
What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?
Church
What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?
Battle at Antietam
What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?
Taking against 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?
Industry
Shortages of essential goods
Farmlands being overrun
What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?
Emancipation proclamation
Who believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the greatest
event in US History?
Fredrick Douglas
What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?
54th Massachusetts
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg
What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?
Gettysburg
What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?
Equality,freedom,states right
What was important about David Farragut?
Highest ranking officer in the union navy
Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed toward?
Atlanta
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Virginia village
How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?
They were forgiving
What treaty ended the Civil War?
There was no official treaty
How many soldiers died in the Civil War?
Over 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 stronger and more powerful than the states
