Civil War, for Oct.7th

Question 1

Blockade

Answer 1

Setting up a physical barrier to communicate and /or trade

Question 2

Border states

Answer 2

Slave states that stayed in the Union

Question 3

Casualty

Answer 3

A soldier who is killed, injured

, captured, or missing in battle.

Question 4

Copperheads

Answer 4

Northern democrats who wanted to make peace with the South

Question 5

Draft

Answer 5

System of selecting people for required military service

Question 6

Income tax

Answer 6

Fee paid to the government based on the amount of money you earn

Question 7

Habeas corpus

Answer 7

Court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person

Question 8

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 8

Elected president in 1860

Question 9

Jefferson Davis

Answer 9

President of the Confederate Sates of America

Question 10

Robert E. Lee

Answer 10

Main Commander of the Confederate Army

Question 11

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Answer 11

General who stood his ground and helped the Confederacy win at the Battle of Bull Run

Question 12

Winfield Scott

Answer 12

General- in- Chief who developed the Anaconda Plan

Question 13

Which side had more miles of railroad?

Answer 13

Union

Question 14

Which side had more experienced officers?

Answer 14

Confederacy

Question 15

Which side was more frequently fighting on their own land with help from local people?

Answer 15

Confederacy

Question 16

Which side had more factories?

Answer 16

Union

Question 17

Which die had more farmland to help feed their soldiers and civilians?

Answer 17

Union

Question 18

Which side had better communication due to the telegraph?

Answer 18

Union

Question 19

What major role did Jefferson Davis play during the Civil War?

Answer 19

Jefferson Davis played the role of Confederate president so he had to move his troops into Western Maryland- Union Territory.

Question 20

What major role did Abraham Lincoln play during the Civil War?

Answer 20

Abraham Lincoln the president of the U.S. and played the role of making sure that the four border states stayed in the Union.

Question 21

Why is the attack on Fort Sumter significant?

Answer 21

The confederacy (south) did the attack and the democracy defended.

Question 22

What were the “border states?”

Answer 22

Slavery wasn’t as widespread, was allowed, but stayed in the Union.

Question 23

Identify the advantages of the North during the Civil War.

Answer 23

For every 3 states in the Union there is 1 soldier in the confederacy.

Question 24

Identify the advantages of the South during the Civil War.

Answer 24

The advantages of the South during the Civil War was that they had an excellent military leader and great fighting spirit.

Question 25

Describe Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan.

Answer 25

Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan was that they would first, the union would blockade or close southern ports.This would keep the South from reaching the confederacy and would prevent the South from exporting their cotton crops.

Question 26

What was the Civil War significance of Richmond, VA?

Answer 26

The significance was that the Union wanted to capture Richmond, VA which was the confederate capital.

Question 27

How did Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson earn his nickname?

Answer 27

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson earned his nickname when a Confederate General noted that he hold his position “like a stonewall”.

Question 28

What lesson was learned from the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 28

The lesson learned from the First Battle of Bull Run was that both sides lacked battle experience. (the war would be long and difficult.)

Question 29

Identify examples of Civil War technology.

Answer 29

Some examples of Civil War technology were like repeating rifles and submarines and telegraph.

Question 30

What major role did Robert E. Lee play during the Civil War?

Answer 30

Robert E. Lee played the role of commander of Virginia’s military forces. (commanded the confederate army)

Question 31

What led to the Battle of Antietam?

Answer 31

Lee plans to invade the North and his battle plans were found by the Union.

Question 32

Where did the Battle of Antietam take place?

Answer 32

It took place near Antietam Creek around Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Question 33

Why is the Battle of Antietam noteworthy?

Answer 33

The battle has high casualties for both sided, results in one of the few times Lee retreats, and it is only one of two battles to take place in the North (Border State). It also gives Lincoln the win he needs to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 34

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 34

The Emancipation Proclamation was a document that Abraham Lincoln announced that freed all enslaved people, in rebel-held territory.

Question 35

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 35

Abraham Lincoln wrote it

Question 36

When was the Emancipation Proclamation written?

Answer 36

September 22, 1862

Question 37

Why was the Emancipation Proclamation written?

Answer 37

He wrote this because he believed that Slavery was wrong.

Question 38

What was life like in the South during the Civil War?

Answer 38

Life in the south during the Civil War was extremely difficult, most of the war took place in the south so a lot of Southerners lost their crops and sometimes their homes.

Question 39

What were 3 contributions of women during the Civil War?

Answer 39

Women during the Civil War started to maintain the plantations and factories, could be nurses or even spies during the Civil War.

Question 40

Describe the conditions of hospitals and prison camps during the Civil War

Answer 40

During the Civil war hospitals and prison camps system were broken down, food volunteers distributed food for the hospital, but there was little mostly no food for the prison patients.

Question 41

Who were the Copperheads?

Answer 41

The Copperheads were also known as the Peace Democrats. Rather than the war democrats, the peace democrats wanted an immediate end to the war and a reunion of the states with a discussion.

Question 42

What does it mean to “suspend habeas corpus?”

Answer 42

Habeas corpus is a legal process that helps make sure that the government has a legal right to keep someone in jail. The Constitution says the government can “suspend habeas corpus” although only in “cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it.

Question 43

Why did Lincoln and Davis suspend the right of habeas corpus?

Answer 43

Lincoln and Davis suspend the right of habeas corpus to be able to jail thousands of people without having to put them on trial.

Question 44

How did both sides deal with the costs of war?

Answer 44

Both the North and the South had three ways to pay for the war, they could borrow money, They passed more taxes, including income taxes, or they printed money.

Question 45

Why is the location of the Battle of Gettysburg important?

Answer 45

The battle of Gettysburg was only one of two major battles on Northern soil.

Question 46

When did the Battle of Gettysburg occur?

Answer 46

The battle occurred in July of 1863.

Question 47

What was the result of the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 47

It was important because this defeat of the Confederacy led to the decline of the CSA and the eventual success of the Union. It is the beginning of the end (A major turning point!!!)

Question 48

When was the Battle of Vicksburg?

Answer 48

The battle of Vicksburg started in July 4, 1863.

Question 49

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg an important Union victory?

Answer 49

This Union victory helped the U.S. gain control of the Mississippi River.

Question 50

William Clarke Quantrill

Answer 50

Confederate Bushwhacker. He is known for an attack on Lawrence.

Question 51

William T. Sherman

Answer 51

Union General known for using total war in his March Through Georgia.

Question 52

Burning of Lawrence

Answer 52

An attack led by William C. Quantrill. His men killed many anti-slavery men and boys in Lawrence.

Question 53

Grant?

Answer 53

Union General that led the North to victory in the Civil War and later became president, Connect him to Vicksburg and Appomattox Court House.