Chapter17

Question 1

What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

Answer 1

Richmond Virginia

Question 2

What were border states?

Answer 2

Divided over the issue of slavery. They didn’t know If they should secede to CSS or remain in the csa

Question 3

Did the Union or Confederacy have the larger army?

Answer 3

Yes

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Preserve their way of life

Question 7

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 7

South named battle after city and north name battle after river

Question 8

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 8

The first major battle of civil fought near the town of management

Question 9

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

Answer 9

McDowell and p.G.T

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Confederate inspied by reinforcements led by general Thomas Jackson

Question 11

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American History and was
a Confederate General at Bull Run?

Answer 11

Thomas

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Rebels yelled out a loud scream that scared the Yankees

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Battle of fort ponelson

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The 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

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

Lincoln shifted his focus on the war toward taking actlon 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

Lack of industry, shortage of essential, and farmland

Question 21

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 21

The emancipation proclamation

Question 22

Who believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the greatest
event in US History?

Answer 22

Frederick Douglass

Question 23

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

Answer 23

The 54th masschedts

Question 24

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 24

The battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 25

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

Answer 25

The Gettysburg address

Question 26

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 26

Equality, freedom and state

Question 27

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 27

He helped secure mobile bay in Alabama

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Atlanta

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Appomattox courthouse

Question 30

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

Answer 30

The terms of surrender were very forgiving on the southern troops

Question 31

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 31

No official treaty to end civil war

Question 32

How many soldiers died in the Civil War?

Answer 32

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

The federal government was strengthen