Civil War Study Guide

Question 1

Define civil war

Answer 1

A war between opposing groups of citizens from the same country

Question 2

What was Jefferson’s David’s role prior to the coming President of the Confederate States

Answer 2

He represented Mississippi in the US Senate

Question 3

Why did general Lee join the Confederate military

Answer 3

He felt loyalty to his native Virginia

Question 4

List the southern advantages at the start of the civil war

Answer 4

Great strength and military leadership

Question 5

List the northern advantages at the start of the war

Answer 5

Abundant natural resources

Question 6

What was the significance of the battle of the bull run

Answer 6

It proved that a quick victory was impossible

Question 7

What’s did general Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil

Answer 7

A victory May convince in Maryland to join the Confederacy

Question 8

What was the greatest cause of death in the civil war

Answer 8

Diseases

Question 9

List the strategies of the unions anaconda plant

Answer 9

Blocking Southern ports
Dividing the South
Capturing Richard Virginia

Question 10

Describe Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation

Answer 10

Slaves and Confederate states were free

Question 11

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war

Answer 11

The loss of troops convinced Lee to never again invade the North

Question 12

Which document did Lincoln reference in his Gettysburg address

Answer 12

Declaration of Independence

Question 13

List some dangers faced by African American troops while fighing the Union

Answer 13

If captured they could be sold into slavery

Question 14

Describe general Sherman’s March through Georgia

Answer 14

An example of Total war

Question 15

What was the result of the battle of Vicksburg

Answer 15

The Union gained control over the Mississippi River

Question 16

Describe Grant’s terms of surrender at Appomattox courthouse

Answer 16

They were generous so as to avoid further suffering

Question 17

Explain how the civil war was the first truly modern war

Answer 17

Because it was the first photographed war and the first to use modern weapons that led to Great death

Question 18

At the beginning of the civil war what was the greatest weakness of the North

Answer 18

Military leadership

Question 19

Why can’t it be sad that the Battle of Antietam was defeat for both sides

Answer 19

It was a bloodiest single day of the war

Question 20

What challenge did Lincoln face on the home front

Answer 20

A number of problems were caused by northerners who oppose the war

Question 21

Why did Lincoln echo the words of the declaration of Independence and his Gettysburg address

Answer 21

He wanted to remind people of the ideals they were fighting for

Question 22

Who was Rose Greenhow

Answer 22

A southern woman and a Confederate spy

Question 23

Why did President Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation

Answer 23

To discourage Europeans from supporting the Confederacy

Question 24

In what ways did women support the civil war cause

Answer 24

Spying on the enemy
Working in factories
Treated wounded soldiers

Question 25

What did women often do during the war

Answer 25

Spying on the enemy
Working
Being nurses