Civil War

Question 1

North

Answer 1

Union (Yankees)
Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States
General Ulysses S. Grant
Advantages - more people, greater resources (industries/weapons), better transportation (railroads)

Question 2

South

Answer 2

Confederate (Rebels)
Jefferson Davis - the first and only President of the Confederate States of America
General Robert E. Lee
Skilled soldiers, best-trained officers, familiar with the territory (most battles were fought in the South)

Question 3

Underground Railroad

Answer 3

A series of safe routes, houses, and people that helped runaway slaves reach freedom

Question 4

conductors

Answer 4

Leaders who led slaves to safety

Question 5

Abolitionist

Answer 5

People who spoke out against slavery

Question 6

reconstruction

Answer 6

rebuilding the United States after the Civil War

Question 7

Fort Sumter

Answer 7

Confederates attacked the fort before the Union supplies arrives and the Union surrendered. This marked the beginning of the Civil War

Question 8

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 8

General Stonewall Jackson led the Confederate Army to victory against Union attacks, so the Union retreated

Question 9

Second Battle of Bull Run

Answer 9

The Confederate troops had 20,000 fewer men, but still defeated the Union

Question 10

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 10

A document that states all slaves in the Confederate states are free

Question 11

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 11

This battle was the turning point in the war in which the Union defeated the Confederates

Question 12

Gettysburg Address

Answer 12

President Lincoln delivered a two-minute speech dedicating the battlefield as a national cemetery, and as Americans to try and win the war for the soldiers who lost their lives

Question 13

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Answer 13

After destroying Atlanta’s warehouses, Sherman led his men to destroy everything in their path as they marched to the coast

Question 14

Appomattox Court House in Virginia

Answer 14

Lee surrendered to Grant

Question 15

William Garrison

Answer 15

Founded a newspaper, The Liberator, which called for an end to slavery at once

Question 16

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 16

Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about cruelty to slaves

Question 17

Frederick Douglass

Answer 17

Shared his own experiences as a slave and his journey to freedom

Question 18

John Brown

Answer 18

A white abolitionist who attacked an army post to start a slave rebellion. He was caught and hanged.

Question 19

Sojourner Truth

Answer 19

The first black woman to speak out against slavery

Question 20

Harriet Tubman

Answer 20

Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad

Question 21

Tariffs

Answer 21

Taxes were placed on imports, and the South refused to pay. The North didn’t need as many imports. This was the first major split between the North and the South

Question 22

slavery

Answer 22

The South needed slaves to run plantations. The north had factories and didn’t need slaves.

Question 23

Election of 1860

Answer 23

Lincoln wanted to end slavery

Question 24

States’ Rights

Answer 24

The South wanted each state to make its own decisions about slavery

Question 25

Secession

Answer 25

The Southern states seceded (broke away) from the Union, which wanted a strong federal government. The Confederacy was formed.

Question 26

Rebels

Answer 26

Another name for Confederate soldiers

Question 27

Yankees

Answer 27

Another name for Union soldiers

Question 28

Events in order

Answer 28

1. Fort Sumter
2. First Battle of Bull Run
3. Second Battle of Bull Run
4. Battle of Gettysburg
5. Sherman’s March to the Sea
6. Appomattox Court House

Question 29

Split between North and the South

Answer 29

Tariffs on imported goods

Question 30

Cause of the Civil War

Answer 30

Slavery, States Rights, Secession of South Carolina