IB Unit 1 Vocab Quiz #6

Question 1

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Answer 1

Forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual.

During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended Habeas corpus to stop protests against the draft and other anti-Union activities.

Question 2

Copperheads

Answer 2

A faction of the northern Democrats, also known as Peace Democrats, who opposed the war and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederacy.

Question 3

New York draft riots

Answer 3

Riots in New York city in response to a new federal draft law.
-Thousands of Irish and Irish-American workers rioted for four days until federal troops suppressed them.
- Resented having to fight a war on the behalf of slaves.
-Targets: free African-Americans and Republicans.

Question 4

Border States

Answer 4

States bordering the North: Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. Slave states that remained loyal to the Union.

Question 4

Green Backs

Answer 4

Paper currency used to finance the war (by the government).
- Was not backed by gold or silver.

Question 5

Battle of Bull Run

Answer 5

First major battle of the Civil War and a victory for the South. Demonstrating the war would be long and costly.

Question 5

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 5

Battle fought on the Tennessee-Mississippi border in the Western Theater.
Bloodiest battle up to that point in the war.

Question 6

Second Bull Run

Answer 6

1). Significant Confederate victory
2). opened up Lee’s path to attempt to invade the North.

Question 7

Peninsula Campaign

Answer 7

Spring/Summer 1862 - first large scale offensive in Eastern Theater; McClellan attempts to capture Richmond, Virginia but fails; Robert E. Lee becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Question 8

Battle of Antietam

Answer 8

Tactical draw but strategic victory for the North as McClellan stops Lee’s invasion of the North. Demonstrated the strength of the Union army and gave Lincoln the military victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Discouraged the French and British from recognizing or supporting the Confederacy. Bloodiest single day in American history.

Question 8

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 8

Turning point of the war and largest and bloodiest battle of the war (50,000 deaths); Union victory prevents a planned invasion of the North and marks the high point of the Confederacy; from this point on the South will be on the defensive.

Question 9

Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 9

Union gains control of the Mississippi River and splits the Confederacy in two.
- marks the beginning of total war.

Question 10

Atlanta Campaign

Answer 10

Resulted in the capture of Atlanta, one of the last remaining Southern urban centers and a major railway hub. Further divided the Confederacy and set the stage for Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Question 11

“March to the Sea”

Answer 11

Sherman’s march from Atlanta, Georgia, to Savannah, Georgia which cut off Confederate supplies received by the sea. They wanted to destroy the Southern economy and morale, leading to Southern surrender. Purposefully targeted Southern infrastructure. Total war.

Question 12

Appomattox surrender

Answer 12

Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse after abandoning the defense of Richmond and Petersburg.

Question 13

Cotton diplomacy

Answer 13

Confederate diplomatic strategy to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain and France’s textile industry to persuade them to support the Confederacy in the Civil War.

Question 14

Second Inaugural Address

Answer 14

Lincoln’s address at his second Inauguration; “with malice towards none and charity for all”; signaled that he preferred to carry out Reconstruction in a manner that would not punish the South

Question 14

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 14

President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation issued January 1, 1863 that legally abolish slavery in all states that remained outside of the Union. While it did not immediately free a single slave, it signaled an end to the institution of slavery and a change in the war’s objectives. Also called for the mustering of Black men into service in the military.

Question 15

54th Massachusetts Regiment

Answer 15

Second African-American military unit organized in the North; led by Robert Gould Shaw, the unit served with distinction, most famously in the assault on Fort Wagner.

Question 16

Gettysburg Address

Answer 16

A three minute speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. He praised the sacrifice of the dead and asked his listeners to resolve “that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”