Civil War

Question 1

South Carolina location where Confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War in April of 1861, after Union forces attempted to provision the fort

Answer 1

Fort Sumter

Question 2

The initial Union strategy involved blockading Confederate ports to cut off cotton exports and prevent the import of manufactured goods; and using ground and naval forces to divide the Confederacy into three distinct theaters.

Answer 2

Anaconda Plan

Question 3

Attorney general for Lincoln - make border states stay in union, suspended Writ of Habeas - you can now get arrested and not know why

Answer 3

Edward Bates

Question 4

Secretary of treasury for Lincoln - pay for war

Answer 4

Salmon Chase

Question 5

Secretary of State for Lincoln - make sure other countries don’t recognize the confederacy (south seceding)

Answer 5

William Seward

Question 6

Secretary of War for Lincoln

Answer 6

Edwin Stanton

Question 7

The slave states including Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware that did not secede from the Union

Answer 7

Border states

Question 8

The Union Army and the US Congress determined that the US would no longer return people who escaped slavery who went to Union lines, but they would be classified as “contraband of war,” or captured enemy property. They used many as laborers to support Union efforts and soon began to pay wages.

Answer 8

“Contraband” troops

Question 9

While commanding the Army of the Potomac, this general engaged Confederate forces in several major battles.

Answer 9

George McClellan

Question 10

The Union army of the East led by McClellan

Answer 10

Army of the Potomac

Question 11

Confederate general during the American Civil War,

Answer 11

Robert E. Lee

Question 12

the major Confederate army that Robert E. Lee led

Answer 12

Army of Northern VA

Question 13

the venue for several major campaigns launched by the Union Army of the Potomac to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia; many of these were frustrated by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee.

Answer 13

“Eastern Theater”

Question 14

July 1861, 1st battle after sumter, illustrated to Lincoln that the war will be long

Answer 14

First Manassas

Question 15

a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern theater of the war until his death

Answer 15

Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson

Question 16

1861, March 70 miles to Richmond, got within 7 miles and stall, Lee comes in and reinforces

Answer 16

Peninsular Campaign

Question 17

Battle plans got left behind, Lees plan was to go to Baltimore and capture B&O railroad

Answer 17

Antietam

Question 18

July 1863, considered must win battle, union win, 50,000 dead

Answer 18

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 19

Numerous raids were conducted and battles fought in attempts to cut off the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad.

Answer 19

Petersburg

Question 20

a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates, constructed

Answer 20

Iron Clads

Question 21

General of Union which captured New Orleans in 1862, making it the first Confederate city captured

Answer 21

David Farragut

Question 22

The draft during the war

Answer 22

conscription

Question 23

encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee, as well as Louisiana east of the Mississippi River

Answer 23

“Western Theater”

Question 24

Replaced McClellan and led the union

Answer 24

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 25

also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862.

Answer 25

Shiloh

Question 26

July 1863, considered must win battle, union win, requires siege, 3 days after gettysburg

Answer 26

Vicksburg

Question 27

American Civil War case contesting the president’s power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus during a national emergency.

Answer 27

Ex parte Merryman

Question 28

revolutionized the U.S. monetary system by making paper notes legal tender and creating a national currency for the first time.

Answer 28

Legal Tender Act

Question 29

provided any citizen who had never borne arms against the U.S government could claim 160 acres of land

Answer 29

Homestead Act

Question 30

set aside federal lines to create colleges to benefit agricultural and mechanical arts

Answer 30

Morrill Act

Question 31

Aided in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean

Answer 31

Pacific RR Act

Question 32

Slaves in states of active rebellion are freed and allowed into the army

Answer 32

Emancipation
Proclamation

Question 33

an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the second African-American regiment

Answer 33

54th Massachusetts

Question 34

The largest and most famous of 150 military prisons of the Civil War, Camp Sumter, was the deadliest landscape of the Civil War. Of the 45,000 Union soldiers imprisoned here, nearly 13,000 died.

Answer 34

Andersonville

Question 35

served as the headquarters for the Confederate States Military

Answer 35

Libby Prison

Question 36

1864, break will of southern population, make them hate war

Answer 36

Total War

Question 37

Led sherman’s march to the sea

Answer 37

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 38

During the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign, led by union general William Tecumseh Sherman, involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along their way. Did Not destroy savannah - port city

Answer 38

“Sherman’s March to the Sea

Question 39

Union general - ordered to make sure confederacy didn’t have anything, burned down farms, fields, ect in the Bread basket of the confederacy. Quakers were the wealthiest during the Civil war.

Answer 39

Philip Sheridan

Question 40

The Shenandoah Valley became a prime target in 1864 as the American Civil War took a turn toward “hard war.” “The Burning,” as it came to be called, was part of a Federal strategy to hasten the end of the war

Answer 40

Burning Raids of Shenandoah

Question 41

confederate ranger whose guerrilla band frequently attacked and disrupted Union supply lines in Virginia and Maryland during the American Civil War.

Answer 41

John S. Mosby

Question 42

marks the beginning of the country’s transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War. This is the site of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant in April, 1865.

Answer 42

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 43

Killed Lincoln

Answer 43

John Wilkes Booth

Question 44

was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

Answer 44

Mathew Brady