Civil War

Question 1

Antebellum

Answer 1

Period of time before or leading up to war
Lead up to Civil War

Question 2

Problems of Jacksonian America

Answer 2

Westward Expansion (war with Mexico)
Federalism vs. States right
Slavery vs. Abolition

Question 3

Compromise of 1850

Answer 3

5 laws addressing slavery and the expansion
-CA would be admitted as a free state
-Defined borders of Texas
-New Mexico and Utah will be free or slave state due to popular sovereignty
-Fugitive Slave Act

Question 4

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 4

Theory that a government is created for the people and by the people; people deserve to vote
People in New Mexico and Utah would decide their fate

Question 5

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 5

Legalized tracking and returning of slaves to their owners
Free states had to comply-caught helping would be fined or jailed

Question 6

Underground Railroad

Answer 6

Network of abolitionists who worked to ensure safe passage of runaway slaves to the north and Canada
Contrary to popular beliefs, this network wasn’t coordinated

Question 7

Harriet Tubman

Answer 7

Former slave who fled from MD to PA
Ran 13 missions to save 70 former slaves
Spy for the Union army

Question 8

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Answer 8

Major debates over how states in the Louisiana territory would join the Union
Popular sovereignty

Question 9

Bleeding Kansas

Answer 9

Many people flocked to settle in Kansas to sway votes on slavery
Two governments were established in Kansas which led to no order

Question 10

John Brown

Answer 10

1855-Militant abolitionist who lead groups of abolitionists to fight in Kansas
1859-Harper’s Ferry, MD armory and tried to incite slave rebellion

Question 11

Dred Scott Decision

Answer 11

Slave in Missouri who was brought to Illinois and Wisconsin which were free states and tried to fight for his family’s freedom due to living in a free state

Question 12

Election of 1860

Answer 12

Election where Abraham Lincoln, Stephan Douglas, John Bell, and John Breckenridge ran

Question 13

Abraham Lincoln’s Running for Presidency

Answer 13

Republican Party
Self taught and successful lawyer
Didn’t want slavery to expand
Made a name for himself by opposing the Mexican American war
Lincoln-Douglas debates (future of slavery)

Question 14

Stephan Douglas

Answer 14

Democratic Party (North)
Former congressman
Ran for president against Lincoln
Believed in popular sovereignty for state fate

Question 15

John Bell

Answer 15

Constitution Unionist: was in the middle about most issues
Opposed Mexican-American war and believed slavery should expand
Was an enslaver
Ran for president to split necessary percentage needed to win in order to have a better shot at being president

Question 16

John Breckenridge

Answer 16

Democratic Party (South)
Believed restrictions on slavery were unconstitutional
Pro slavery and opposed to popular sovereignty

Question 17

Secession

Answer 17

The action of withdrawing formally from an organization
South thought election was rigged because Lincoln won with no electoral votes from the south
Former President James Buchanan didn’t do anything in response

Question 18

Why did the south secede?

Answer 18

Election showed balance of power had swung to free states
Slave states had popular votes but lost
slave states feared the north would abolish slavery nation wide

Question 19

Confederate Constitution

Answer 19

Similar to US Constitution except focused more on freedom and religion

Question 20

Lincoln’s 1st Inauguration

Answer 20

During his inauguration, he addressed…
that he will not interfere with slavery in the south
that no state can leave
there should be no blood shed

Question 21

Fort Sumter

Answer 21

Military base in the Charleston, South Carolina that belonged to the Union
Confederates asked them to leave
Union refused and the Confederates thought that this was an act of war
Confederates won this fort after firing on it

Question 22

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 22

Grew up in Kentucky and Indiana
Became a self-taught lawyer
Considered on of our greatest presidents
Always anti-slavery but not in favor of immediate emancipation at first
Wanted to stop expansion of slavery and keep the Union together

Question 23

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 23

West Point graduate who failed at everything outside the military
Rose to be the greatest general of the Union army
Became president after the war

Question 24

Jefferson Davis

Answer 24

Former senator of Mississippi
First and only president of the Confederacy

Question 25

Robert E. Lee

Answer 25

Most accomplished Confederate general with numerous victories Has been mythologized in the past, but a controversial figure today

Question 26

Lincoln and Davis's Plans for the Civil War

Answer 26

Union-The "Anaconda Plan": wanted to surround and squeeze the confederacy through blockades Confederacy-Defend territory and gain recognition from the UK and France

Question 27

Who Fought in the War?

Answer 27

North: more educated, wealthier, more supplies, not as well trained, 25% were immigrants South: less educated, less wealthy, fewer supplies, had better military leaders

Question 28

Why did Soldier Fight?

Answer 28

North: defending the Union, abolitionism, black soldiers joining South: defending their home, slavery, states rights

Question 29

The Draft

Answer 29

Forced enrollment of people for military service

Question 30

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 30

Condition about slavery in CA and the Mexican territory

Question 31

Radical Republicans vs. Copperheads

Answer 31

RR supported African American rights and wanted to abolition to be a condition when ending the war Copperheads wanted more moderate rules

Question 32

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 32

Decreed that slaves in the south were free Denounced by moth sides But laid out plans for compromise (slavery would still be in tact if the north won)

Question 33

54th MA Infantry Regiment

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Massachusetts' first formal call for African Americans to enlist in this troop

Question 34

20 Negroes Law

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Allowed white plantation wonder to not e forced into conscription separated the confederacy due to class

Question 35

Impressment Act

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Allowed the Confederate to take crops and other supplies from citizens

Question 36

New York City Draft Riots

Answer 36

Protestors destroyed the draft office due to unfair drafts They also attacked and lynched African Americans for their problems

Question 37

13th Amendment

Answer 37

Abolished slavery

Question 38

Appomattox Court House

Answer 38

Lee had to surrender due to being surrounded and outnumbered Lee and Grant made agreements that Confederate soldiers would be pardoned so they could go back to work Agreement lead to end of the war

Question 39

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Answer 39

John Wilkes Booth was a co-conspirator on the assassination fo Lincoln Killed him during a play he was watching

Question 40

The Effects of the War

Answer 40

Both sides spent a lot of money on the war 2 of 3 people died in field hospitals due to it being unsanitary Morphine was prescribed by surgeons and it lead to many veterans and patients to be addicated Many soldiers became disabled due to injuries Hurt South's economy Success to Republican Parrty Many families fell into poverty Expansion of federal government

Question 41

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 41

Lee's second invasion of the north Cross from VA into MD Union soldiers fought off the assault so the Confederate troops retreated Bloodiest Conflict

Question 42

Gettysburg Address

Answer 42

Speech to honor those who fought and died in the battle Influence people that they need to keep fighting so the soldiers who died wouldn't have died in vain

Question 43

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Answer 43

Less of a triumphant victory than somber acknowledgement of the state of the country

Question 44

Events Leading to the End of the War

Answer 44

Union victories in Vicksburg and Gettsyburg

Question 45

Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 45

Union controlled MI river and cut Confederacy in half

Question 46

Failing Confederate Economy

Answer 46

Cut off from trade Inflation due to lack of trust of the dollar Enslaved people fled to the North Running low on supplies

Question 47

Sherman's March to the Sea

Answer 47

Union armies moved towards Georgia and the Coast Sherman's plan was to destroy everything in their paths to defeat the Confederacy

Question 48

Ulysses S. Grant's Strategy for Attacking

Answer 48

Relentless attack of General Lee's army Union could lose more men than the Confederacy