Civil War Review.

Question 1

Who did lee and grant both serve under in the Mexican war?

Answer 1

Winfield Scott

Question 2

Who was the superintendent at West Point?

Answer 2

Robert E. Lee

Question 3

What person captured John brown t harpers ferry?

Answer 3

Robert E.Lee

Question 4

Who hated the discipline of the military

Answer 4

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 5

Who was the president of the confederacy

Answer 5

Jefferson Davis

Question 6

What politician had no formal education

Answer 6

Lincon

Question 7

Who was lee’ stop assistant ?

Answer 7

Thomas Jackson

Question 8

Who was in charge of the confederate Calvary?

Answer 8

James brown Stuart

Question 9

Who was I charge of the confederate artillery?

Answer 9

James Longstreet

Question 10

Who was in charge of the guerrilla warfare?

Answer 10

John mosby

Question 11

What were states called thy stayed in the union,but still had slavery?

Answer 11

Border states

Question 12

What was the important railroad center between Richmond and Washington D.C.?

Answer 12

Manassas

Question 13

At which battle were there spectators?

Answer 13

1st Battle of Bull run

Question 14

At what battle did Jackson earn his nickname ?

Answer 14

1st battle of bull run

Question 15

What tactics were used early in the war?

Answer 15

Napoleonic tactics

Question 16

Name the 3 part Union strategy for victory :

Answer 16

1. Blockade all southern ports
2. Take Richmond ASAP
3. Take control of Mississippi and Tennessee river

Question 17

What Union general won a series of battles out west?

Answer 17

Grant

Question 18

What battle was named after a church?

Answer 18

Battle of Shiloh

Question 19

What Union general was slow and cautious ?

Answer 19

George mcCellan

Question 20

What was the name of the Union ironclad?

Answer 20

U.S.S. Monitor

Question 21

What was the name of the confederate ironclad?

Answer 21

C.S.S Merrimack

Question 22

What was the name of the 1st submarine to ever sink a ship?

Answer 22

H.L Huntley

Question 23

At what battle did Lee lose his battle plans?

Answer 23

Battle of Antietam

Question 24

What battle was the 12 bloodiest hours in U.S history?

Answer 24

Battle of Antietam

Question 25

What general wanted to build a pontoon bridge at Fredericksburg?

Answer 25

Burnside

Question 26

Who was killed at Chancellorsville?

Answer 26

Jackson

Question 27

Who was the Union general at Gettysburg?

Answer 27

Meade

Question 28

Why did the confederacy go to Gettysburg?

Answer 28

Lees army needed shoes

Question 29

Who led the famous charge at Gettysburg?

Answer 29

George Pickett

Question 30

What document declared that all slaves in the south should be free?

Answer 30

Proclamation

Question 31

Why battle was the turning point of the war?

Answer 31

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 32

Where did grant cutoff all supplies and starve civilians?

Answer 32

Vicksburg

Question 33

Where did the Massachusetts 54th lead the attack?

Answer 33

Ft.wager

Question 34

What word means “river of death”?

Answer 34

Chickamauga

Question 35

What Union general lead a march through Georgia?

Answer 35

Sherman

Question 36

What was the name of the famous confederate POW camp?

Answer 36

Andersonville

Question 37

Where did the confederacy finnaly surrender?

Answer 37

Appomattox court house

Question 38

In what building was Lincoln assassinated?

Answer 38

Fords theatre

Question 39

Who assassinated Lincoln?

Answer 39

John booth

Question 40

What was the name of lincolns famous speech?

Answer 40

Gettysburg address

Question 41

What amendment banned slavery?

Answer 41

The 13th

Question 42

What was used to direct artillery fire?

Answer 42

Hot air balloons

Question 43

Who was the secretary of war under pierce?

Answer 43

Jefferson Davis