Civil War and Reconstruction

Question 1

Jefferson Davis

Answer 1

President of confederacy

Question 2

anaconda plan

Answer 2

union plan to cut of south’s ports

Question 3

Fort Sumter

Answer 3

The first event of the civil war; the south starved out union soldiers

(south)

Question 4

First battle of Bull Run

Answer 4

First major battle of the civil war, union troops were not well trained

(south)

Question 5

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 5

Southwest TN, general grant had a significant role, helped union get the Mississippi, which was their main goal

(union)

Question 6

Battle of Antietam

Answer 6

Not on confederate soil, union might have been able to win if McClellan hadn’t been so hesitant.

Question 7

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 7

Big battle in Pennsylvania, ended any real possibility of the confederates winning.

Question 8

Siege of Vicksburg

Answer 8

union starved confederates, final blow to the confederate army

Question 9

Sherman’s march to the sea

Answer 9

total war

Question 10

appomattox court house

Answer 10

the place where Lee surrendered to Grant

Question 11

Battle of Franklin

Answer 11

last major battle of the civil war, union stopped confederates from regaining middle TN

Question 12

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 12

General for the union

Question 13

David Farragut

Answer 13

Won the last open sea port for the union

Question 14

Robert E. Lee

Answer 14

General for Confederacy

Question 15

Nathan Bedford Forest

Answer 15

Ku Klux Klan (horrible person)

Question 16

Stonewall Jackson

Answer 16

Fought in the Battle of Bull Run for the confederates

Question 17

Battle of Lookout Mountain

Answer 17

Fought in Chattanooga Tennessee, helped the union get control of east TN

Question 18

The Gettysburg Address

Answer 18

Speech by Lincoln dedicated to dead soldiers

Question 19

The Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 19

Lincoln freed all slaves in the south - didn’t really do anything, but it was the first step toward banning slavery.

Question 20

The Massachusetts 54th Regiment

Answer 20

Black soldiers who fought with the union

Question 21

Battle of Nashville

Answer 21

Nashville was the first confederate capital to be captured after the battle of Nashville - shattered TN’s confederate army

Question 22

The thirteen U.S. colored troops

Answer 22

Black soldiers that fought in Nashville

Question 23

Sam Watkins

Answer 23

TN Confederate soldier that wrote about life as a soldier

Question 24

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Answer 24

Union soldier, wrote a diary

Question 25

13, 14, 15th amendment

Answer 25

banned slavery, gave citizenship, gave voting rights

Question 26

ten percent plan

Answer 26

Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction

Question 27

wade davis bill

Answer 27

congress’s plan for reconstruction

Question 28

Tenure of Office Act

Answer 28

restricted the power of the president