civil war

Question 1

election of 1860 (who won?)

Answer 1

abraham lincoln, popular vote

Question 2

secession of sc (why’d they want to leave? who voted to remove them?)

Answer 2

south felt threatened by lincoln’s plans, delegates voted to remove sc from union

Question 3

fort sumter (began what?)

Answer 3

lincoln’s first big decision, beginning of civil war, fort in sc

Question 4

sides of the civil war

Answer 4

north and south

Question 5

union

Answer 5

north

Question 6

confederacy

Answer 6

south

Question 7

abe’s solutions (two legal terms)

Answer 7

suspend habeas corpus (fair trial) and martial law (military in charge)

Question 8

what did lincoln have to do? (stop what from expanding? make … illegal? follow what?)

Answer 8

stop slavery expanding
make secession illegal
follow constitution

Question 9

what were copperheads

Answer 9

peace democrats
problem for lincoln

Question 10

anaconda plan

Answer 10

surround south and cut off resources (bat of vicks)

Question 11

battle of vicksburg used the … plan

Answer 11

anaconda plan

Question 12

did the anaconda plan and war of attrition fail?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

war of attrition (define) (military strategy)

Answer 13

wear down enemy (attempted in antietam)

Question 14

battle of antietam attempted… strategy

Answer 14

war of attrition

Question 15

north advantages (5 terms)

Answer 15

industrialized
better technological advances
larger population
railroad network
large navy

Question 16

north disadvantages (3 terms) (lacked what?)

Answer 16

lacked military ability
offensive war
appeasing border states

Question 17

south advantages

Answer 17

good military leadership
supported
familiar territory

Question 18

south disadvantages

Answer 18

less technological advances
less industrialization

Question 19

jefferson davis

Answer 19

pres. of confederate states

Question 20

robert e lee (confed or union?)

Answer 20

commanded confederate armies

Question 21

ulysses s grant (victory*)

Answer 21

led union to victory against confederate

Question 22

william t sherman (made phrase…)

Answer 22

crested phrase “40 acres and a mule”

Question 23

border states

Answer 23

liked slavery
bordered free states

Question 24

vicksburg (where and what plan used?)

Answer 24

along mississippi river
anaconda plan

Question 25

antietam (where, what plan, signed what doc)

Answer 25

w: maryland
p: war of attrition
s: signed emanc proc

Question 26

gettysburg (signed what?)

Answer 26

signed gettysburg address

Question 27

hard war (difficult for who?)

Answer 27

destroy personal property
hard for southerners

Question 28

nyc draft riots

Answer 28

violence due to inequality of jobs

Question 29

emancipation proc (made who stop fighting?) (what did it do for slaves?)

Answer 29

made south stop fighting & end war
freed slaves from confed control
helped slaves leave masters
let blacks enlist in military

Question 30

gettysburg address (made by who?) (what did it do/make?)

Answer 30

made by lincoln
honors dead soldiers
new freedoms (amendments)