Civil War

Question 1

APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE

Answer 1

Lee surrendered to Grant.

Example sentence: The Civil War effectively ended at Appomattox Courthouse.

Question 2

March to the Sea

Answer 2

Made Southern civilians understand the horrors of war.

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Question 3

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 3

Lee lost more than 1/3 of his entire force.

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Question 4

Battle of Antietam

Answer 4

The result of this battle convinced Lincoln that the time had come to end slavery in the South.

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Question 5

New Orleans

Answer 5

Won by the Union because of a daring move by commander, David G. Farragut.

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Question 6

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 6

Battle where ‘Stonewall’ Jackson got his nickname.

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Question 7

Vicksburg

Answer 7

Taken siege by Union forces under Grant.

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Question 8

Second Battle of Bull Run

Answer 8

Battle within 20 miles of Washington in which Lee’s army forced the North to retreat, and then invaded Maryland to try and gain a victory on Northern soil.

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Question 9

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 9

Led newspapers to demand that Lincoln fire Grant.

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Question 10

Seven Day’s Battle

Answer 10

Lee led a series of attacks on McClellan’s army that forced McClellan to retreat.

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Question 11

Habeas corpus

Answer 11

Suspended for anyone who supported the rebels.

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Question 12

Legal Tender Act

Answer 12

Made more money available for emergency use.

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Question 13

Wade-Davis Bill

Answer 13

vetoed by Lincoln because he felt that imposing a harsh peace on the South would be counterproductive.

Example sentence: Lincoln vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill due to concerns about its impact on the South.

Question 14

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 14

declared that no state could deny any person ‘equal protection of the laws’.

Example sentence: The Fourteenth Amendment aimed to ensure equal protection under the law for all individuals.

Question 15

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Answer 15

allowed African Americans to own property and to be treated equally in court.

Example sentence: The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted African Americans property rights and equal treatment in legal proceedings.

Question 16

Tenure of Office Act

Answer 16

required the Senate to approve the president’s removal of any government official whose appointment had required the Senate’s consent.

Example sentence: The Tenure of Office Act aimed to limit the president’s power to remove government officials without Senate approval.

Question 17

Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 17

declared that the right to vote ‘shall not be denied… on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude’.

Example sentence: The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or past servitude.

Question 18

Black codes

Answer 18

intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery.

Example sentence: Black codes were designed to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans in ways reminiscent of slavery.

Question 19

Enforcement Acts

Answer 19

intended to combat the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.

Example sentence: The Enforcement Acts were passed to address and prevent the violent actions of the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 20

Military Reconstruction Act

Answer 20

divided the former Confederacy into five military districts.

Example sentence: The Military Reconstruction Act established military control over Southern states divided into specific districts.

Question 21

South Carolina

Answer 21

first state to secede from the Union.

First footnote

Question 22

Martial Law

Answer 22

military rule.

Second footnote

Question 23

Harpers Ferry

Answer 23

site of John Brown’s raid that was a turning point for the South.

Third footnote

Question 24

Virginia

Answer 24

state where the Confederate capital was established.

Fourth footnote

Question 25

Jefferson Davis

Answer 25

chosen to be President of the Confederate States of America.

Fifth footnote

Question 26

John Fremont

Answer 26

a famous Western explorer nicknamed “The Pathfinder”.

Sixth footnote

Question 27

Referendum

Answer 27

popular vote on an issue.

Seventh footnote

Question 28

Insurrection

Answer 28

rebellion.

Eighth footnote

Question 29

Republican Party

Answer 29

organized from coalitions opposed from slavery.

Ninth footnote

Question 30

Stephen A. Douglas

Answer 30

Senator from Illinois nicknamed “The Little Giant”.

Tenth footnote

Question 31

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 31

a railroad that would cross the whole country.

Eleventh footnote

Question 32

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 32

book written by Harriett Beecher Stowe that increased passionate antislavery sentiment in the North.

Twelfth footnote

Question 33

Underground Railroad

Answer 33

informal but well-organized network of sympathizers who helped thousands of enslaved persons flee North.

Thirteenth footnote

Question 34

Secession

Answer 34

taking stated out of the Union.

Fourteenth footnote

Question 35

“Border Ruffians”

Answer 35

armed Missourians who swarmed across the border to vote illegally in Kansas.

Fifteenth footnote

Question 36

Goober Peas

Answer 36

a traditional folk song sung by Confederate soldiers during the last few years of the Civil War.

Sixteenth footnote

Question 37

Trent Affair

Answer 37

caused worldwide interest when a ship carrying two Confederate diplomats was intercepted by a Union warship.

Seventeenth footnote

Question 38

Greenbacks

Answer 38

paper money.

Eighteenth footnote