Civil War

Question 0

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 0

Union General who was promoted to General of the whole army after his win at Vicksburg

Question 1

Jefferson Davis

Answer 1

Confederate president.

Question 2

Robert E. Lee

Answer 2

Confederate Commander who was very loved by his soldiers and the south.

Question 3

William Clarke Quantrill

Answer 3

Led the burning of Lawrence.

Question 4

William T. Sherman

Answer 4

Union. Wanted to destroy the souths willingness to continue fighting. Took Atlanta and Savannah.

Question 5

How did the Civil War affect the economies of both sides

Answer 5

South: couldn’t sell cotton which led to taxes
North: prices of goods rose

Question 6

Gettysburg

Answer 6

Confederates wanted to threaten DC and defeat Union on their own soil. Confederates failed. Lee could never fully attack the north because he lost so many men. Major turning point in war. Bloodiest battle in US history.

Question 7

Antietam

Answer 7

Confederates wanted to defeat Union. Lee moves into Maryland, but McClellan attacks in Sharpsburg. Lee pulls back and McClellan lets him go. McClellan was fired. Bloodied day in US history.

Question 8

Vicksburg

Answer 8

After 6 months of siege warfare, Grant forces Pemberton to surrender Vicksburg. Union now has control of the Mississippi River. TX, AK, and LS are now separated from rest of the Confederacy.

Question 9

The Burning of Lawrence

Answer 9

300-400 Bushwhackers raided and burned Lawrence, killing 200 men and boys for revenge.

Question 10

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 10

Issued by President Lincoln after Antietam

• freed all slaves in south
• didn’t free slaves in Border states
• began recruiting African American soldiers

Question 11

Jayhawkers

Answer 11

Anti-slave Kansans

Question 12

Bushwhackers

Answer 12

Pro slave followers from MO