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Civil War Questions - Day 3 Flashcards

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1
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What is another name for Southern nationalists?

A

Fire Eaters

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2
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Where was John Breckinridge from?

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Kentucky

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3
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Who was the Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election?

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John C. Breckinridge

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4
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Who was the Republican candidate in the 1860 election?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the Northern Democratic candidate in the 1860 election?

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Stephen Douglas

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Who was the Constitutional Union candidate in the 1860 election?

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John Bell

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6
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How many Southern votes did Lincoln get in the 1860 election?

A

0

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6
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Who was the Secretary of State in 1855?

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William L. Marcy

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7
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How many states originally succeeded when Lincoln became president?

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7

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7
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When was Lincoln inaugurated?

A

March 4th, 1861

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8
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What happened on December 20, 1860?

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South Carolina seceded from the Union

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9
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What was Lincoln intending to do when he sent ships to Fort Sumter?

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Resupplying and maintaining federal support of Fort Sumner

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10
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What year did South Carolina secede?

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1860

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11
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What year was the Fort Sumter battle?

A

1861

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12
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What year did the Civil War begin?

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1861

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13
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What was the population of the North in 1860 (in millions)?

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21 million

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14
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What was the population of the South in 1860 (in millions)?

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6.5 million

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15
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How many men served in the Union Army (round number)?

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2.7 million

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16
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How many men served in the Confederate Army (round number)?

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1.2 million

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17
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Which side had more resources for the war?

A

The Union

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18
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How many Union soldiers died at the POW camp in Andersonville, GA? (In thousands)

A

About 13,000

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18
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Who won the first battle of the Civil War?

A

Confederates

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19
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What was the name of Lincoln’s plan to strangle the South economically?

A

The Anaconda Plan

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19
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Who was the commanding general for the South?

A

Robert E. Lee

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20
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What Confederate “raider” had great success against Union shipping in the Atlantic?

A

CSS Alabama

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21
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What was the Confederacy’s biggest advantage in the war?

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King Cotton

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22
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What next generation vessels that would have been able to break the Union blockade were almost sold to the Confederacy?

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Laird Rams

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23
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According to Alexander Stephens what was the “cornerstone” of the Confederacy?

A

Slavery

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24
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Who was the Vice President of the Confederacy?

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Alexander H. Stephens

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25
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The Union’s first significant victories came with the capture of what?

A

Rivers and supply lines west of the Appalachian Mountains

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25
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Who was the Union Admiral that steamed into New Orleans in April 1862?

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David G. Farragut

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26
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In what state did the battle of Bull Run occur?

A

Virginia

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27
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Who led the Union army in their first win of the war?

A

Ulysses S. Grant

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28
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Who was the Union General during the Second Battle of Bull Run?

A

John Pope

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29
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Who was the winning general at the Battle of Antietam?

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George B. McClellan

30
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What was the name of escaped slaves?

A

Fugitive or Contraband Slaves

31
Q

Congress adopted a resolution proposed by who that affirmed that the Union had no intention of interfering with slavery?

A

John J. Crittenden

32
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What did African-Americans in the North and South call the war?

A

The War of Liberation

33
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In what year did Congress prohibit the army from returning fugitive slaves?

A

1862

34
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What did the 2nd Confiscation Act do?

A

Permanently freed the confiscated slaves

35
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Who was the Secretary of State during Lincoln’s administration?

A

William H. Seward

36
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What did the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation warn?

A

If the Confederates didn’t stop fighting and rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863, all slaves in the Confederate states would be freed

37
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Who carried out the total war strategy in Georgia?

A

William Sherman

38
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Who was the commanding general at the end of the war for the Union?

A

Ulysses S. Grant

39
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Who was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

A

All slaves in the Confederate states

40
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Who was not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?

A

Slaves in the Union border states

41
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By the end of the war how many African-Americans had served in the Union Army?

A

179,000

42
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How many black soldiers survived in 1864 when troops under Nathan B. Forrest overran Fort Pillow?

A

0

43
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What is considered Lincoln’s finest speech?

A

The Gettysburg Address

44
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Who was the brilliant general leading the army of Northern Virginia?

A

Robert E. Lee

45
Q

The Supreme Court in the case Ex Parte Milligan declared what?

A

Using military tribunals to try civilians is unconstitutional when civil courts are operationing

46
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How many acres of land did the Homestead Act offer for free to settlers in the West?

A

160 acres

47
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What act helped the states in establishing “agricultural and mechanic colleges?”

A

Land-Grant College Act of 1862

48
Q

What was the final chance at victory for the Confederacy?

A

Gettysburg

48
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What were Sanitary Fairs?

A

Fundraising events for the Union’s medical and sanitary efforts during the war

49
Q

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

A

Jefferson Davis

50
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After the war who was not only an advocate for women’s suffrage, but also became president of the American Red Cross?

A

Clara Barton

51
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His “charge” at Gettysburg was annihilated.

A

Pickett’s Charge

52
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What did Republicans label those northerners who were opposed to the war?

A

Copperheads

53
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What did the Union’s draft law allow individuals to do?

A

Hire substitutes or pay a fee of $300 to avoid military service

54
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What was the “twenty-negro” provision in the Confederacy?

A

It exempted 1 white mand for every 20 slaves owned on a Confederate plantation

55
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He was the commanding Union general multiple times, but Lincoln replaced him because he wouldn’t fight.

A

George McClellan

56
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What were two places where food riots broke out in 1863?

A

Richmond, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia

57
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At Chancellorsville what lieutenant was mistakenly killed by fire from his own soldiers?

A

Stonewall Jackson

58
Q

What was the largest battle ever fought in the North American continent?

A

Battle of Gettysburg

59
Q

Who was the Peace Democratic candidate for President in 1864?

A

George McClellan

60
Q

This important victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

A

Battle of Vicksburg

61
Q

What did the Wade-Davis bill require of every state for readmission?

A

50% of the state’s white males take an oath to the US

61
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Where did Lee surrender?

A

Appomattox Court House

62
Q

Where was President Lincoln mortally wounded at?

A

Ford’s Theatre

63
Q

What year did General William T. Sherman finally enter Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center?

A

1864

64
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Who shot President Lincoln?

A

John Wilkes Booth

65
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What was the ruling in the slaughterhouse cases?

A

The fourteenth amendment only applied at the federal level and states could ignore it

66
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What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

A

Racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution (Separate but equal)

67
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What bill by Radical Republicans would have had extremely harsh terms for states to be readmitted, but was pocket vetoed by Lincoln?

A

Wade-Davis Bill

68
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What were the two ships involved in the first ironclad battle?

A

Monitor and Merrimac

69
Q

What year was the Battle of Shiloh?

A

1862

70
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What year was the Battle of Antietam?

A

1862

71
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What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

A

1863

72
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What year was the Wade-Davis Bill?

A

1864

73
Q

What city had draft riots in 1863?

A

New York City

74
Q

What general “marched to the sea” in 1864?

A

William Sherman

75
Q

What year was the 13th Amendment?

A

1865

76
Q

What amendment ended slavery?

A

13th Amendment

77
Q

What year was the Ex Parte Milligan ruling?

A

1866

78
Q

Who was the Secretary of War in 1865?

A

Edwin Stanton

79
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Politically, what label would have fit for Andrew Johnson before Lincoln chose him as a running mate in 1864?

A

War Democrats

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