Civil War

Question 1

What Were The Differences Between North And South?

Answer 1

North:
-More Soldiers
-Better Economy
-Leaders Already Elected
-Less Experienced Soldiers
-Fighting Away From Home
-More Railroad + Telegraph Technology
-Naval power

South
-Less Soldiers
-Worse Economy
-Had to Elect New Leaders
-More Experienced Soldiers
-Home field Advantage
-Limited Railroad+ Telegraph Technology

Question 2

What Were The Belief Of Secessionists?

Answer 2

Leave the Union (radicals or fire eaters) (most)

Question 3

What Were The Belief Of Cooperationists?

Answer 3

Try to work with the union and only leave as a last resort

Question 4

What were the belief of unionists?

Answer 4

Remain in the union

Question 5

Why did SC secede from the US?

Answer 5

They were worried Lincoln would end slavery

Question 6

What other states seceded with SC?

Answer 6

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas.

Question 7

What was Lincolns early plan for dealing with southern succession?

Answer 7

Work with the south and try to get them to come back

Question 8

What fear did Lincoln have with freeing all the slaves in the border states?

Answer 8

He was afraid the border states would secede.

Question 9

Who was president of the confederacy?

Answer 9

Jefferson Davis

Question 10

Did Lincoln and Davis want a war?

Answer 10

No?

Question 11

What started the civil war?

Answer 11

The battle of Fort Sumter

Question 12

What side had the anaconda plan?

Answer 12

The Union

Question 13

What was the anaconda plan

Answer 13

1. Make a blockade around the south
2. Capture the Mississippi
3. Capture Richmond

Question 14

What States were border states?

Answer 14

Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia. Maryland, Delaware

Question 15

Why were border states important to the union?

Answer 15

The Union wanted to keep their loyalty so they wouldn’t join the south.

Question 16

What was the souths name for their plan?

Answer 16

King cotton

Question 17

What was King Cotton?

Answer 17

1. Break the blockade
2. Repel Invasion
3. Add foreign help

Question 18

What was significant abt the union capture of port royal?

Answer 18

Once they captured it they could start making a blockade

Question 19

What is significant about the SC 33rd infantry and the Massachusetts 54th?

Answer 19

They were some of the first all black military units.

Question 20

What were blockade runners and which side had them?

Answer 20

They were ships that passed the unions blockade and trades with Europe. (confederacy)

Question 21

What is significant about the C.S.S. Planter?

Answer 21

A slave stole it and surrendered it to a Union ship.

Question 22

What is significant about the H.L. Huntley?

Answer 22

It was a Confederate submarine that took out a Union ship and then was never seen again.

Question 23

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 23

The unions Major General

Question 24

Who was Robert E. Lee?

Answer 24

The confederacy’s Major General

Question 25

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 25

Confederate win, first Battle with casualties

Question 26

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 26

Union win, allowed union to continue towards Mississippi.

Question 27

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 27

Union win, major part of anaconda plan, after this union controls mouth of Mississippi.

Question 28

Battle Of Antietam

Answer 28

Union win, the bloodiest day in US history

Question 29

Battle of Chancellorsville

Answer 29

Confederate win, Robert E Lees greatest victory, Stonewall Jackson dies

Question 30

Battle Of Gettysburg

Answer 30

Union win, bloodiest battle in american history, turning point in civil war

Question 31

Battle Of Vicksburg

Answer 31

Union win, after union controls Mississippi.

Question 32

What is significant about the Gettysburg address.

Answer 32

It furthered the emaciation proclamation+ was one of the most important texts in US history.

Question 33

What is significant about the emaciation proclamation.

Answer 33

It freed all of the slaves in areas of rebelion.

Question 34

What was the role of African Americans in the civil war.

Answer 34

Over 18000 fought in hopes of freedom

Question 35

what was the role of native Americans in the civil war?

Answer 35

Supported different sides

Question 36

what was the role of woman in the civil war?

Answer 36

They ran factories+ plantations and helped make clothes and raise money. Some nurses, cooked, and cleaned at military bases.

Question 37

What is Sherman march to sea

Answer 37

When a Confederate general declared all out war. he marched from Georgia to Savannah to Columbia to Raleigh and destroyed all of the Souths resources.

Question 38

Why were the battle of the wilderness and the battle of Appomattox important?

Answer 38

It is what caused Lee to surrender.

Question 39

What happens at the Appomattox courthouse?

Answer 39

Lee surrendered to Grant

Question 40

What US more deaths than all other US wars combined

Answer 40

The civil war.