Civil War

Question 1

Long Term Causes of the War

Answer 1

Territorial Expansion, Economic Differences, Regional Power Difference in Congress, Slavery, Growing Abolitionist Movement, State’s Rights

Question 2

Civil War Dates

Answer 2

April, 1861 to April, 1865

Question 3

Border States

Answer 3

States that bordered free states and were part of the Union but had slaves. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri in June 1861

Question 4

The USA

Answer 4

AKA: The Union, The North, Yankees, Federals

Question 5

The CSA

Answer 5

AKA: The Confederacy, The South, Confederates, Rebels

Question 6

Northern Strategies, Goals and Advantages

Answer 6

Strategy: Blockade Coastline, split the CSA by controlling the Mississsippi, Anaconda Plan
Goals: Initial goal+bring the seceded states back into the union–>ending slavery
Advantages: more soldiers, more miles of railroad track and more manufactured items

Question 7

Southern Strategies and Goals

Answer 7

Strategy: DEFEND!
Goals: To protect their way of life (including slavery) and to be recognized as an independent country

Question 8

Succession

Answer 8

The act of leaving the Union

Question 9

The Confederate States of America

Answer 9

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas

Question 10

Emancipation

Answer 10

The freeing of someone from slavey

Question 11

Anaconda Plan

Answer 11

the strategy to “squeeze” the confederacy into surrender

Question 12

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 12

Republican President of the USA whose platform was based off discontinuing the spread of slavery

Question 13

Ulysses S Grant

Answer 13

Named Commanding General of Federal Armies in 1864 (mostly because of his victory at Vicksburg)

Question 14

Robert Gould Shaw

Answer 14

Colonel of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment

Question 15

Jefferson Davis

Answer 15

President of the CSA. Former senator from Mississippi

Question 16

Robert E Lee

Answer 16

Colonel in the US army before the war but turned down offer to command Union troops and joined the Confederate Army

Question 17

Battle of Antietam

Answer 17

(Maryland) September 1862: Bloodiest day of the war, no clear winner but considered a USA win by lead Union general George B. McClellan because General Lee withdrew to Virginia. Caused France and Britain to hold off on recognizing the CSA as a country and gave Lincoln the confidence to announce the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 18

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 18

(Pennsylvania) July 1863: Started by a chance encounter between Union and Confederate forces. Union wins after 3 days of fighting. Considered the turning point of the war and ended CSA hopes of being recognized as an independent nation.

Question 19

First Inaugural Address

Answer 19

March 1861: Lincoln gives this speech when elected. He says the North and South cannot survive without each other/ secession doesn’t fix anything. The two sides have more in common than in difference

Question 20

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 20

Announced September 1862 and Enacted January 1863: In order to please the northern, pro-abolition public, Lincoln issued the E.P. which declared that all slaves in areas of rebellion were free. Turned the war into a war to end slavery

Question 21

Gettysburg Address

Answer 21

November 1863: Given to dedicate a portion of the battlefield to the thousands of soldiers who died at Gettysburg but Lincoln hoped to achieve a sense of unity. Said we can’t have let all these people die for nothing

Question 22

Second Inaugural Address

Answer 22

March 1865: Given when Lincoln is re elected(November, 1864). He talks about reconstruction.

Question 23

The South Secedes

Answer 23

January, 1861 when Lincoln is elected. 7 states followed by 4 more

Question 24

Lincoln’s first Inauguration

Answer 24

March, 1861: Lincoln promised not to interfere with slavery but also not to let it spread. Claimed he would not allow succession

Question 25

Attack on Fort Sumter

Answer 25

April, 1861: Lincoln tries to peacefully send supplies to soldiers, SC fears a trick and opens fire and starts the war

Question 26

Attack on Fort Wagner

Answer 26

July, 1863: The Mass 54th regiment tries to take a confederate fort and loses but now the union has a more positive view on African American soldiers

Question 27

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 27

April 9th, 1865: Grant calls upon Lee to surrender, they meet at Appomattox court house and Lee’s soldiers are sent home with gracious surrender terms

Question 28

The Assassination of President Lincoln

Answer 28

April 14th, 1865: Lincoln was shot at a theater in DC by John Wilkes Booth. He died the next morning