Civil War

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 1

16th President
preserved the union, abolished slavery, led during the civil war
assassinated by John Wilkes booth

Question 2

Jefferson Davis

Answer 2

Represented Mississippi in the HOR and the senate
Pres. of Confederate States of America during the civil war
Imprisoned for two yrs after the war and indicted for treason but never tried
When Union soldiers captured him, was wearing his wife’s dress and shawl on May 10, 1965

Question 3

Ulysses S Grant

Answer 3

18th President
Quartermaster in the Mexican-American war
American military officer
Led Union Armies to victory in American Civil War (commander)

Question 4

Robert E Lee

Answer 4

Entered the US Military Academy
Confederate military general

Question 5

Harriet Tubman

Answer 5

founded underground railroad
Escaped slave who went back 19 times to help others escape - big risk for herself
Bounty of $40,000 on her head

Question 6

Fugitive Slave Law

Answer 6

Law passed in 1850 where slaves were required to be returned back to their slaveholders even if they were in free states

Question 7

Missouri Compromise

Answer 7

Slavery could not exist north of the 36 30’ line

Question 8

“Bleeding Kansas”

Answer 8

Representing a violent struggle between the pro and anti slavery groups that clashed in the state

Question 9

John Wilkes Booth

Answer 9

Lincoln’s assassinator
An actor
Racist, southern sympathizer during the Civil War
Blamed Lincoln for the South’s fault and wanted revenge

Question 10

Anaconda Plan

Answer 10

Naval Blockade of South Ports
Only ½ of ships got in
Multiple Fronts
Take out Richmond (160 m from DC)

Question 11

Bull Run (Civil War)

Answer 11

July 21, 1861
Union expects victory and end to war
Confederate victory
Casualties: 22, 000, Union lost 13, 824, Confed. Lost 8353
Significance: showed that the war was a reality, would take various battles

Question 12

Antietam (Civil War)

Answer 12

September 17, 1862
Union victory
Casualties: 23, 000, 3.6 thousand fatalities
Significance: Union believed they stood a chance

Question 13

Gettysburg (Civil War)

Answer 13

July 1-3, 1863
Union victory
Casualties: 23 000 N (more than 3100 killed), 28 000 S (3 900 killed)
Significance: ended Lee’s ambitious 2nd quest to invade the N and end the Civil War, ended hope of Confed becoming independent
Lee didn’t want to fight anymore
S lost more than N - loss of morale

Question 14

Shiloh (Civil War)

Answer 14

April 6-7, 1862
Massacre on both sides
Union victory
Union - 13 000, Confed - 11 000
Significance: Ended Confed’s hope of blocking Union from Miss , doomed Confed. Military initiative in the War

Question 15

New Oreleans (Civil War)

Answer 15

April 24-25, 1862
Union forced had to make it past 2 forts
Union victory
Casualties: Union - 37 killed, 149 wounded, Confed. 14o killed and wounded
Significance: Gave Union forced control of lower Miss River valley

Question 16

Vicksburg (Civil War)

Answer 16

May 18-July4, 1863
Union victory
Casualties: Union lost 4,835, Confed surrendered, Confed lost 9091
Significance: Captured last Confed fortresses on the Miss, Divided Confed in two, gave Union control of Miss

Question 17

Chattanooga (Civil War)

Answer 17

November 25, 1863
Union victory
Casualties: Union - 5800, Confed - 6600
Significance: Had a vital railroad junction for the Confed, union took

Question 18

Dred Scott Case

Answer 18

Dred sued for his freedom in the supreme court, arguing that since he lived in a free state for so long, he was therefore a free man
Justice Roger Taney said he had no right to sue since the fathers of confederation didn’t count Black men as people, therefore unconstitutional to prohibit the spread of slavery
Southern states tell north to live by the ruling or else the will secede from the union

Question 19

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Answer 19

Douglas believes states should decide individually whether they are free
Lincoln disagrees saying Missouri compromise should be respected

Question 20

Grant in the east

Answer 20

General Grant takes 100,000 men into Vir. to battle south

Question 21

Sherman’s March

Answer 21

Grant tells Sherman to destroy Western Con. army
Forced them to retreat to atlanta which is captured and destroyed by the Union
Destroys everything in his path

Question 22

Final Civil War days

Answer 22

Lee tells Davis the situation is hopeless and government abandons Richmond
Lee surrenders at appomattox in april
All confederacy armies surrender by june

Question 23

Springfield Rifle Musket

Answer 23

Percussion rifle
Effective range over 400 yards
Reasonably portable
Accuracy is poor (other than close range)

Question 24

The Henry Repeating Rifle

Answer 24

44 caliber cartridge
Fire 15-30 shots per minute
Not a long range gun
Couldn’t be equipped with a bayonet

Question 25

Gatling Gun

Answer 25

10 barrels
Loaded by rotating a crank
Max rate of fire of 800-900 rounds per minute
Big and Heavy
Required four men to feed and operate it

Question 26

Cannons

Answer 26

Fired from 1-2 pound of black powder
Most cannons were muzzleloading weapons
Dangerous to operate
Severe recoil when fired

Question 27

Howitzers

Answer 27

A cannon that has a short barrel
Meant for reaching enemies in a trench
Mas range of 18,100m when firing standard projectiles
Limited mobility and accuracy
Slower firing rates

Question 28

Ironclads

Answer 28

A ship protected with iron
Was impervious to cannon and gun fire
Can’t be affected by cannons and guns
Can plow right through wooden ships

Question 29

Subs

Answer 29

40 ft long and carried 7 people
Lightly armored and served as easy prey if discovered
Effective and best known to sneak up on the enemy
Weak in their ability to defend themselves

Question 30

Air Balloons

Answer 30

32,000 cubic ft and could carry 5 people
Gave bird’s eye view
Was hard to shoot down
Could use howitzers to aim better at enemies
Wind patterns and atmospheric pressure can affect it

Question 31

Copperheads

Answer 31

Northerners that wanted to end the war at any cost

Question 32

Tenant Farmers

Answer 32

Farmed land by renting it out

Question 33

Sharecroppers

Answer 33

Worked owners land using his tools, animals and seed in return for a share of their crops

Question 34

The New South

Answer 34

1870’s redevelopment occurs rapidly as northern financiers back rebuilding projects

Question 35

The 14th Amendment

Answer 35

Stated that Blacks were citizens and denied the state’s ability to deny any person “the equal practice of the laws”
Barred former confed. Leaders from office, prohibited states from paying war debts
Congress controlled by Radical Republicans

Question 36

Reconstruction Act

Question 37

Lincoln’s Plan

Answer 37

Quick restoration of South
Amnesty for all southerners who who pledged an oath of allegiance
When 10% of that state’s citizens took oath, the state would be readmitted to the union

Question 38

Radical Republicans’ Plan

Answer 38

Wade-Davis Bill 1864
Wanted to put south under military rule and require a majority of state to take an oath
Lincoln kills it with pocket veto
Ark./Tenn./ LA. met requirement but not readmitted because Lincoln’s assassination

Question 39

Andrew Johnson’s Program

Answer 39

President after Lincoln’s death
Each state had to abolish slavery/repeal orders of succession/ ignore war debts
Congress did not want states back since they had re-elected the leaders who took them out in the first place

Question 40

African Americans

Answer 40

200,00 enlisted for military
150,000 for engineering corps
Commanded by whites, less pay, segregated
South refused to have African Americans in army (scared of rebellion)