Civil War

Question 1

What were some of the main causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

Industry vs. Farming, slavery, Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

Define secede

Answer 2

breaking away or separation

Question 3

What were the Southern states afraid of what the new presidency would do?

Answer 3

They were afraid that Lincoln would abolish slavery.

Question 4

What were the border states (Don’t Kick My Mom, Whatever Vern)?

Answer 4

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia

Question 5

Why did the border states not secede?

Answer 5

Because they hadn’t seceded from the Union

Question 6

What were all the free states during the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Answer 6

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire

Question 7

What were all the slave states during the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Answer 7

Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland, Missouri

Question 8

Who was the leader of the Union army?

Answer 8

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

Who was the leader of the Confederate army?

Answer 9

Jefferson Davis

Question 10

What were some key details about the Battle of Fort Sumter?

Answer 10

first battle of Civil War, took place in South Carolina, General PGT Beauregard took first fire on April 12th, Major Robert Anderson surrendered a day later, Confederates won.

Question 11

What were some key details about the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 11

first major battle of the Civil War, took place in Virginia, “Stonewall Jackson” helped the confederate states by launching a counter attack (he stood like a stone wall”), Confederates won

Question 12

What were some key details about the Battle of Shiloh?

Answer 12

took place in Tennessee, union Major General Ulysses S. Grant, confederate army under General Sidney Johnston, union won

Question 13

What were some key details about the Battle of Antietam?

Answer 13

took place in Maryland, Union leader General McClellan, Confederate leader General Lee, bloodiest single day of fighting in American history with over 22,000 deaths/injuries, union won

Question 14

What were some key details about the Second Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 14

Union army under Major General John Pope , Confederate leader, General Robert E. Lee struck first, eventually, John Pope had to surrender, confederates won

Question 15

What were some key details about the Battle of Chancellorsville?

Answer 15

took place in Virginia, remembered for the injury of Stonewall Jackson and the great strategic victory for the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Lee had won an important battle but lost his right hand man, Stonewall Jackson

Question 16

What were some key details about the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 16

the “turning point” in the Civil War, fought between the Union Army under Major General George Meade and the Confederate Army under General Robert E. Lee, the failed attack of Lee is the main reason the Confederates lost this battle, union won

Question 17

What were some key details about the Siege of Vicksburg?

Answer 17

also one of the “turning points” the Union army under Major General Ulysses S. Grant, Confederates under Lieutenant General John Pemberton, the confederates surrendered, this victory made Grant an brilliant commander and got him the position of the General-in chief of the Union armies, union won

Question 18

What were some key details about the Battle of Atlanta?

Answer 18

important factor in Abraham Lincoln’s re-election, Union commanded by William T. Sherman, Confederate commanded General John Bell Wood, union won

Question 19

What were some key details about the Battle of Appomattox Station and Court House?

Answer 19

this battle was the last major battle of the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee’s surrender was followed by many surrenders of Confederate generals leading to the end of the war.

Question 20

What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Answer 20

admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and admitted Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of slave states and free states.

Question 21

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Answer 21

this repealed the Missouri Compromise, it allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery within their borders when they applied for statehood.

Question 22

What was significant about Dred Scott?

Answer 22

Scott sued his master because he took him to free states, therefore he should be free. The case eventually went to the Supreme Court, the Court ruled that the Congress had no power to abolish slavery, therefore the Missouri Compromise and other compromises limiting slavery where unconstitutional.

Question 23

What was significant about John Brown?

Answer 23

Brown and 22 men raided a town in Virginia, in hopes to free slaves, he kidnapped the town’s most important people and held them hostage. Eventually, he was convicted of treason, murder, and conspiracy and was hanged.

Question 24

What was the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 24

This compromise admitted that California a free state and the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be allowed to decide to permit slavery or not when they applied for statehood.

Question 25

What was significant about Nat Turner?

Answer 25

Turner was a slave and him and 60 other slaves led a violent rebellion, killing more than 50 Virginians. This rebellion scared many slave owners and causes them to add new restrictions on slaves.