Final Exam: Civil War

Question 1

Two most important aspects of Civil War

Answer 1

1. Manpower 2. Economics

Question 2

Who left the Union army for the Confederate army

Answer 2

Best Union officers

Question 3

How many Union officers joined the Confederates

Answer 3

270/1000

Question 4

did the regular union solders leave for the Confederate

Answer 4

No, all 15,000 remained

Question 5

The confederate army relied on what type of regiment?

Answer 5

Volunteer regiments with no military experience

Question 6

How long did Confederate spirit of volunteerism last for?

Answer 6

1 year, 1861. resorted to conscription after

Question 7

How long did Union spirit of volunteerism last for?

Answer 7

two years, 1861-1863. resorted to conscription after

Question 8

How many black solders did the Union recruit

Answer 8

179,000

Question 9

What was the population of Union and Confederacy?

Answer 9

Union had 22million people, Confederacy had 9 million people

Question 10

How much of the Confederacy population was black

Answer 10

Confederacy had 3.5 million black people

Question 11

what exemptions did the Confederacy give its residence

Answer 11

1. a slave overseer can be exempt for every 20 slaves 2. newspaper editors exempt 3. school teachers exempt

Question 12

What was the total amount of solders in the Confederate army, and how many injured and dead

Answer 12

Confederacy had around 1.5 million solders, with 254,000 dead and 100,000 wounded.

Question 13

What was the total amount of solders in the Union army, and how many injured and dead

Answer 13

Union had 2 million men, with 370,000 dead and 230,000 wounded

Question 14

What did Southern economy sell

Answer 14

Cash crops to the North, had to move to European market

Question 15

Why was privateering necessarry

Answer 15

because North navy blockaded Confederate ships

Question 16

What school did the majority of officers go to

Answer 16

Jamini scholl

Question 17

Who created a school that thought battles must happen for victories on battlefield, and once you lose you retreat?

Answer 17

Antonie-Henri Jamini (1779-1869)

Question 18

How many casualties did General Robert E. Lee have

Answer 18

7,200 casualties at gettysburg

Question 19

What general lead the Union to victory

Answer 19

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 20

What was the difference between Eastern and Western theaters?

Answer 20

Eastern theater was narrow and swampy, western theater was wide and vast

Question 21

What general led the Union to victory

Answer 21

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 22

Who was president of the Confederacy

Answer 22

Davies

Question 23

Two most costly battles for the Confederacy

Answer 23

Battle of Anietta (1862), and Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Question 24

Who wanted to rely on British support (Lee or Davies)

Answer 24

Davies

Question 25

How many generals did the Union go through during the war?

Answer 25

4: Windfield Scott, George McClellan. Henry Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant