Civil War

Question 1

What was the first state to secede from the Union

Answer 1

South Carolina

Question 2

When the Union took control of the Mississippi and planed to blockade the South so they couldn’t reach external markets.

Answer 2

The Anaconda Plan

Question 3

Who assassinated President Lincoln

Answer 3

John Wilkes Booth

Question 4

Name the battle

-Union victory
-Considered the bloodiest day
-Gave President Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation of Proclamation

Answer 4

The Battle of Antietam

Question 5

A Union general who was a major architect of modern warfare. He also lead the attack that captured Atlanta

Answer 5

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 6

Name the Battle

-Union Victory
-All out assault on a fortified Union position on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 6

Pickets charge

Question 7

Who was the founder of the Red Cross

Answer 7

Clara Barton

Question 8

Declared that all slaves who lived in the Union states to be freed.

Answer 8

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 9

Allows the person to challenge unlawful judgement

States that you have to show up in court

Answer 9

Habeas Corpus

Question 10

First National currency of the United States

Answer 10

Greenbacks

Question 11

A type of biscuit or cracker that most of the meals soldiers ate.

Answer 11

Hardtack

Question 12

Made all white males who were 18 years old or older eligible to be drafted into the army

Answer 12

Conscription

Question 13

Name the Battle

-Union Victory
-Deadliest multi-day Battle
-Cause the confederates retreat back to Virginia

Answer 13

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 14

Name the Battle

-Union Victory
-Confederate general Robert Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses Grant

Answer 14

Appomattox Court House

Question 15

What Amendment Abolished slavery

Answer 15

13th Amendment

Question 16

What Amendment granted citizenship to all and made law equal for all

Answer 16

14th Amendment

Question 17

What Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote

Answer 17

15th Amendment

Question 18

Who was president of the Confederate states

Answer 18

Jefferson Davis

Question 19

Name the battle

-Confederate Victory
-The attack on Fort Sumter
-Marked the starter of the Civil war

Answer 19

Fort Sumter and PGT Beauregard

Question 20

A bullet that increased lethal range and shattered bones when hit with it.

Answer 20

Minnie-ball

Question 21

A military tactic where onside tries to kill so many soldiers and destroy enough equipment that they collapse

Answer 21

Attrition

Question 22

The forced seizure of another’s property

Answer 22

Pillage

Question 23

When an army is trapped in a city, running out of food and water while the opposing army surround them

Answer 23

Siege

Question 24

To break away from a territory/government in power to create your own government

Answer 24

secede

Question 25

What was Lincoln's goal before the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 25

He basically wanted to save the Union even if it meant slavery stayed

Question 26

Describe Lincoln's assassination

Answer 26

John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of his head while he watched a play at a theater

Question 27

The first African American regiment to serve in the Civil war. They bravely assaulted Fort Wagner which Inspired thousands of people

Answer 27

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment

Question 28

How did Lincoln's election lead to seceding

Answer 28

Lincoln was against slavery so the Southern states decided that they didn't want him as a leader so they broke of and created their own government

Question 29

a program put in place by federal government to restore Southern states to the union

Answer 29

Reconstruction

Question 30

charging a government official for wrong doings

Answer 30

Impeachment

Question 31

What caused the South to "agree to protect African American's rights and caused the U.S to pull out the last of their troops in the South ending the reconstruction area

Answer 31

The compromise of 1877

Question 32

Which plan... - Would pardon former confederates -Compromises the South for damages -Doesn't require a guarantee of social or political equality for African Americans

Answer 32

Lincoln's 10% plan

Question 33

Which plan ... - Didn't want Confederate leaders to go back in power -Wanted the Republican party to be more powerful in the South -Wanted to help African Americans get equality

Answer 33

Radical Republicans

Question 34

Which plan... -States were to withdraw secession -Needed to swear allegiance to the union -Draft a constitution that Abolished slavery

Answer 34

Johnson's Plan

Question 35

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired at?

Answer 35

Battle of Fort Sumter

Question 36

Northerners that cam into the South to vote Republican

Answer 36

Carpetbaggers

Question 37

White Southerners who joined blacks and carpetbaggers in the Republican Party

Answer 37

Scalawag

Question 38

Why were they're more slaves in the South then the North

Answer 38

The plantation economy required a lot of slaves to do labor

Question 39

True or False The Battle of Gettysburg is the longest series of battles fought in the Civil War. lasting 7 days

Answer 39

FALSE

Question 40

(Union, Confederacy or both) Where were 7 of the 8 Military colleges found in

Answer 40

Confederacy

Question 41

(Union, Confederacy or both) Produced over 90% of total manufacturing output

Answer 41

Union

Question 42

(Union, Confederacy or both) Majority of the nations railroad tracks

Answer 42

Union

Question 43

(Union, Confederacy or both) Relied heavily on trade to support their economy

Answer 43

Confederacy

Question 44

(Union, Confederacy or both) Had to raise money to support the war

Answer 44

Both

Question 45

(Union, Confederacy or both) More than 3/4s of the United States economy

Answer 45

Union

Question 46

(Union, Confederacy or both) Experienced 9,000% inflation

Answer 46

Confederacy

Question 47

(Union, Confederacy or both) Implemented a draft to increase numbers in the military

Answer 47

Both

Question 48

(Union, Confederacy or both) Captured soldiers suffered terrible conditions in prisoner camps

Answer 48

Union

Question 49

At the beginning of the war why did the South believe England would back them in the war

Answer 49

They bought Southern cotton

Question 50

One of the causes of the horrific nature of the Civil War was

Answer 50

increased accuracy and range of weapons

Question 51

Why did Lincoln deny any interest in the Emancipation Proclamation before 1862

Answer 51

He wanted to keep the border states in the union

Question 52

(True or False) Abraham Lincoln was known to frequently use the telegraph to communicate Union Military Leaders

Answer 52

True

Question 53

(Union, Confederacy or both) From the beginning of the Civil war General Ulysses Grant was the lead general of the union

Answer 53

False

Question 54

Who graduated top of his class from the elite west coast military academy and later became a general for the confederacy

Answer 54

Robert E. Lee

Question 55

The first major land Battle of the American Civil War

Answer 55

Battle of Bull Run

Question 56

(True or False) The fight between the naval ships, Monitor and Merrimack, was the first Battle of ironclads in history

Answer 56

True

Question 57

(True or false) The Battle of Bull Run was a Union victory

Answer 57

False

Question 58

(True or false) Tenant Farming helped freed slaves become rich

Answer 58

True

Question 59

(True or false) Abolitionist believed that African Americans should not fight in the war, as they could be captured and returned to

Answer 59

False