Civil War Quiz Concepts

Question 1

What are some causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

North - Slavery against Religious beliefs
South - Abolition will destroy their economy
Constitutional - State power vs. Federal Power
Cultural - they had different cultural differences
Economic - people in the North and South had different ways of making money

Question 2

Why didn’t the South want Abraham Lincoln to be president?

Answer 2

Because Abraham was an abolitionist so if he was president he could take slavery away and, as we know, slavery is very important to the South since it helps them make money

Question 2

What was the South’s goal?

Answer 2

to secede - be free

Question 3

What was the North’s goal?

Answer 3

to keep the Union together

Question 4

What was the problem of the war at first?

Answer 4

The people had to choose to be on the Union or Confederacy side *NOT all slave states left the Union

Question 5

Which states joined the confederacy?
VNcT (venctor)

Answer 5

Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee

Question 6

Which states stayed in the Union?
KMMD (Kimmy D)

Answer 6

Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware

Question 7

What was the North economy like?

Answer 7

Industrial economy

Question 8

What was the South economy like?

Answer 8

Agricultural economy

Question 9

Why did the South have very few weapons or factories?

Answer 9

Because in the time of the Industrial Revolution, the South depended on the North for weapons

Question 10

What were the North’s strengths?

Answer 10

• 22 million people some to fight some to farm some to work factories
• Factories using interchangeable parts caused mass production of weapons
• Major railroad lines to more goods, people and supplies
• Strong navy

Question 11

What were the South’s strengths?

Answer 11

• Fought on home turf they knew the geography + it helped them get through woods and back roads
• Patriotic spirit
• Skilled leadership

Question 12

What were the North’s weakness?

Answer 12

• Had to cross large areas to get to the south
• Couldn’t get supplies easily or quickly (resources had to be moved)
• They also didn’t know the land as well as the South did

Question 13

What were the South’s weaknesses?

Answer 13

• Had few factories to make weapons and supplies
• Few railroads that did not connect to each other
• Political problems [they did not want federal government they wanted each state to rule itself so they could never agree to anything]
• 9 million people which ⅓ of that is slaves who could never fight b/c the south didn’t trust them with the weapons and thought they would revolt

Question 14

Who was the leader for the Confederacy?

Answer 14

President Jefferson Davis

Question 15

Who was the leader for the Union?

Answer 15

President Abraham Lincoln

Question 16

Which military leader was widely respected during the War?

Answer 16

President Davis

Question 17

What was the result of Davis not liking to share military plans?

Answer 17

He spent a lot of time on small things and he always argued with his advisors

Question 18

Why did many people have doubts about Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 18

He did not have a lot of experience in military

Question 19

Even though Linclon didn’t have much experience, he still was a good what?

Answer 19

Military leader

Question 20

Why didn’t Davis want to be president?

Answer 20

Because he wanted to fight instead

Question 21

What were the strategies the Union planned to use during the Civil War?

Answer 21

They planned to use the navy to blockade Southern ports which would cut off the supply of manufactured goods from Europe. The Union also wanted to seize the Mississippi River which would cut off the South from using the river to supply its troops

Question 22

What were the strategies the Confederacy would use?

Answer 22

The Confederacy would fight until the North got tired out or they wanted to play a defensive war

Question 23

Which battle proved that the army on both sides needed training and the war would last longer than they thought?

Answer 23

The Battle of Bull Run

Question 24

After the Battle of Bull Run who did Lincoln hire to be the General?

Answer 24

George McClellan

Question 25

Who was George Mclellan?

Answer 25

He was a CAUTIOUS general who was also a superb organizer and got soldiers ready for battle

Question 26

What were Blockade Runners?

Answer 26

Small and fast ships were able to make it past the blockades

Question 27

What was was the bloodiest day in American history?

Answer 27

Battle of Antietam

Question 28

Who was victorious in Battle of Antietam and who thought they won?

Answer 28

The Union was victorious but the Confederacy thought they won

Question 29

Why did Europe not want to help either sides of the war?

Answer 29

B/c Europe hates slavery but still needs the cotton

Question 30

What were the specific terms of the Fugitive Slave Act?

Answer 30

Escaped slaves in the North had to return to the South/their owners

Question 31

What methods did the slaves do to slow down the South’s effort?

Answer 31

• when the Union army appeared they would flee the plantations
• refused to work
• worked slow

Question 32

Who is Dred Scott?

Answer 32

A black slave who fought for his families freedom

Question 33

What is the story of Dred Scott?

Answer 33

He was a slave who was moved from a slave state to a free state and then back to the slave one. The owner of Scott dies which means Scott and his family is free. Irene, the wife of the slave owner, refused so Scott sued b/c he was free

Question 34

What did the U.S supreme court say about the Dred Scott case?

Answer 34

They said that enslaved people were not citizens and that they were not protected by the federal government

Question 35

What does John Brown do that leads to physical “caning” in Senate?

Answer 35

He had a raid on pro-slavery settlers in Kansas and then Harper Ferry

Question 36

What was Bleeding Kansas?

Answer 36

When John Brown raided on pro-slavery settlers in Kansas

Question 37

Why was it called “Bleeding Kansas”?

Answer 37

Because John slaughtered so many pro-slavery settlers causing so much blood-shed

Question 38

Was John Brown a radical (extreme) Abolitionist? Why or why not?

Answer 38

Yes he was because he killed several white slave owners causing there to be so much bloodshed in Kansas that the period was named “Bloody Kansas”.

Question 39

What invention changed naval warfare during the Civil War?

Answer 39

The ironclad

Question 40

Why did trade drop by 90% during the Civil War?

Answer 40

B/c of blockade ships

Question 41

What did they call the Union ship?

Answer 41

Monitor

Question 42

What did they call the Confederate ship?

Answer 42

Virginia

Question 43

Which battle was the beginning of the Civil War?

Answer 43

Battle of Fort Sumter