Civil War

Question 1

Union

Answer 1

States that would remain loyal to the US during the Civil War.

Question 2

Fort Sumter

Answer 2

Fort in harbor of Charleston, South Carolina remained under Union control prior to start of Civil War. Beginning of the Civil War.

Question 3

Confederacy

Answer 3

The nation formed by Southern states in 1861.

Question 4

Border States

Answer 4

Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and West Virginia were all states that remained loyal to the Union.

Question 5

Robert E. Lee

Answer 5

Military leader of the Confederate Army.

Question 6

Anaconda Plan

Answer 6

Smother the South’s economy. This called for a naval blockade of the Southern coastline. They also wanted to gain control of the Mississippi River

Question 7

Blockade

Answer 7

Armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area.

Question 8

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 8

Leader of the Union Army in the western theater.

Question 9

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 9

An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions in rebellion against the Union.

Question 10

Pickett’s Charge

Answer 10

General George Pickett led an all or nothing attack against the Union troops at Gettysburg. The attack failed and was a turning point in the war.

Question 11

Gettysburg Address

Answer 11

Speech given by President Lincoln expressing his hopes for the nation in 1863.

Question 12

13th Amendment

Answer 12

An amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1865, banning slavery in the United States.

Question 13

Bull Run

Answer 13

Both the North and South realized that they were going to need more training and proved that it was going to be a long war.

Question 14

Hampton Roads

Answer 14

Marked the end of wooden ships in war.

Question 15

Shiloh

Answer 15

Bloodiest battle to date. Beginning of “total war” and the end of Southern control of the Mississippi Valley.

Question 16

Antietam

Answer 16

Union could have finished off the Confederates, but they did not. Led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 17

Gettysburg

Answer 17

Seen as the turning point of the war following the failure of Lee and Pickett’s Charge.

Question 18

Vicksburg

Answer 18

Major victory in the West by Grant. They now had control of the Mississippi River.

Question 19

Sherman’s March

Answer 19

Used “total war” to destroy the South by looting and burning the countryside.

Question 20

Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 20

Agreement by the Grant and Lee to end the war. Southerners were not tried for treason.