civil war

Question 1

conscription

Answer 1

compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

Question 2

abolitionist

Answer 2

A person that wanted to end/abolish/destroy slavery as a whole.

Question 3

secede

Answer 3

To pull out of, in this case, leave the union.

Question 4

Yankees

Answer 4

A name for the Northern soldiers/civilians from Southerners

Question 5

“Rebs”

Answer 5

Short for “Rebels,” it’s a name for Southern soldiers/civilians from Northerners.

Question 6

Rebel Yell

Answer 6

a shout or battle cry used by the Confederates during the American Civil War.

Question 7

“conductors”

Answer 7

People who helped slaves escape through the underground railroad, therefore being called conductors.

Question 8

siege warfare

Answer 8

Siege warfare is a tactic developed during the Middle Ages that involves surrounding a garrison or a populated area with the goal of driving out the enemy forces by deteriorating their defenses and cutting them off from reinforcements and vital supplies.

Question 9

“total war”

Answer 9

A war beyond the battlefield, bringing in civilians into the war. (burning farms, wrecking crops and hurting innocent civilians) a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.

Question 10

Gettysburg Address

Answer 10

The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Question 11

Dred Scott Decision

Answer 11

When the slave Dred Scott came from Missouri to Illinois and became free. However, his slave holders brought him back to Missouri and back under chains. He sued them because he was a free person since going to Illinois. However, the Court filed against him, one of the worst decisions ever.

Question 12

Republican Party

Answer 12

The Republican Party was against slavery.

Question 13

Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850

Answer 13

Was a very controversial Law stating that runaway slaves should be returned to their owners regardless of living spaces of the Slave- in the North or South, making everyone a sheriff and a law making them act against their will and beliefs.

Question 14

Andrew Jackson (know his opinion about the Union vs. “State’s Rights”)

Answer 14

Union side (Dinner at Brown’s Hotel). The North and President Andrew Jackson believed against slavery.

Question 15

John Calhoun (know what he meant by “positive good”)

Answer 15

John Calhoun (Confederacy President: Jefferson Davis, but John Calhoun= big southern voice and South Carolina’s senator) and the South believed in slavery. Positive Good is

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 16

won the election of 1860, president during the civil war, was killed as a result of the civil

Question 17

Ralph Waldo Emerson (know his suggested solution to how to end slavery)

Answer 17

Suggested that the government pays the slaves (which would mean higher taxes).

Question 18

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 18

wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, spoke out against slavery, Abe Lincoln- “So this is the little lady who made this war.”

Question 19

Frederick Douglass

Answer 19

was a great writer who taught himself to read and write

Question 20

Harriet Tubman

Answer 20

“Moses” was a “conductor” in the underground railroad. Delivered over 300 slaves to the north.

Question 21

Shelby Foote

Answer 21

an american writer, historian, and journalist. he wrote a three volume history of american civil war (become most known for that)

Question 22

John Brown

Answer 22

Abolitionist leader, he was executed for failing a slave rebellion at Harper’s Ferry.

Question 23

John Wilkes Booth

Answer 23

killed abraham lincoln in ford’s theater

Question 24

Andrew Johnson

Answer 24

vice president, took over once lincoln died

Question 25

U.S. Grant

Answer 25

Was an Main Union General during the last stages of the war. was buddies w/ Union General William Sherman

Question 26

William Tecumseh Sherman (“Uncle Billy”)

Answer 26

Was an Union general during the last stages of the war and was fighting in the west against Lee.

Question 27

George McClellan

Answer 27

A Union general which was removed twice.

Question 28

Winfield Scott

Question 29

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Answer 29

Union hero at Gettysburg- Will be promoted to General 1864. During the battle of Gettysburg, he was a Colonel.

Question 30

George G. Meade

Answer 30

commander at gettysburg Union general at gettysburg (and won)

Question 31

“Stonewall” Jackson

Answer 31

Stood like a “stonewall” while being fired at. Lost his life after his leg had to be amputated.

Question 32

James Longstreet

Answer 32

aide to Robert E. Lee, they were friends, while Lee was polite and poised, Longstreet was crude and blunt. They were friends and fought together in Gettysburg.

Question 33

Robert E. Lee

Answer 33

an incredible general for the confederates, lost gettysburg.

Question 34

J.E.B. Stuart

Question 35

George Pickett (of Pickett’s charge)

Answer 35

Came with cavalry and 15,000 men to Gettysburg, lost to Union.

Question 36

Albert Sydney Johnston

Question 37

61

Answer 37

war began

Question 38

62

Answer 38

bullets flew

Question 39

63

Answer 39

slaves went free

Question 40

64

Answer 40

was filled with gore

Question 41

65

Answer 41

lincoln died

Question 42

Number of American deaths in the Civil War

Answer 42

620,000 according to the book

Question 43

Main issue of the War

Answer 43

slavery