McEwen Civil War Exam

Question 1

Founder of the American Red Cross

Answer 1

Clara Barton

Question 2

Confederate general who was Lee’s “right arm”

Answer 2

Stonewall Jackson

Question 3

Battle where Burnside was defeated

Answer 3

Fredericksburg

Question 4

Turning point of the war

Answer 4

Gettysburg

Question 5

Confederate victory where Stonewall Jackson was killed

Answer 5

Chancellorsville

Question 6

Failed southern strategy to gain support from England and France

Answer 6

King Cotton Diplomacy

Question 7

Freed slaves in the southern territories

Answer 7

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 8

Commander of the Army of Virginia

Answer 8

Robert E Lee

Question 9

Final capital of the Confederacy

Answer 9

Richmond

Question 10

Overall Union commander towards the end of the war

Answer 10

Ulysses S Grant

Question 11

Bloodiest single day battle of the war

Answer 11

Antietam

Question 12

A period of dramatic increase in price

Answer 12

Inflation

Question 13

Made slavery illegal in the United States

Answer 13

13th amendment

Question 14

President of the United States during the Civil War

Answer 14

Abraham Lincoln

Question 15

First major battle of the war and a Confederate victory

Answer 15

1st Bull Run

Question 16

President of the Confederacy

Answer 16

Jefferson Davis

Question 17

Southern city that controlled the Mississippi River

Answer 17

Vicksburg

Question 18

Right to be charged with a crime and have a trial jury

Answer 18

Writ of habeus corpus

Question 19

Bloody two day battle in Tennessee; Union victory

Answer 19

Shiloh

Question 20

Union general that led the “march to the sea”

Answer 20

William Sherman

Question 21

Metal ships used during the Civil War

Answer 21

Ironclads

Question 22

Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine were credited with saving this location at Gettysburg

Answer 22

Little Round Top

Question 23

Location of the first shots of the Civil War

Answer 23

Fort Sumter

Question 24

Southern city destroyed during Sherman’s March to the Sea

Answer 24

Atlanta

Question 25

First state to secede from the Union

Answer 25

South Carolina

Question 26

Site of Lee's surrender to Grant

Answer 26

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 27

Famous Confederate charge on the third day of Gettysburg

Answer 27

Pickett's Charge

Question 28

Union commander at Gettysburg

Answer 28

George Meade

Question 29

Unofficial border between the North and South

Answer 29

Mason-Dixon Line

Question 30

Union general who w as hesitant to use troops in battle

Answer 30

George McClellan

Question 31

First capital of the Confederacy

Answer 31

Montgomery

Question 32

Money issued by the North during the Civil War

Answer 32

Greenbacks

Question 33

Abraham Lincoln's political party

Answer 33

Republican

Question 34

First northern ironclad

Answer 34

Monitor

Question 35

Assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Answer 35

John Wilkes Booth

Question 36

Northern soldier

Answer 36

Yankee

Question 37

States that had slavery and were loyal to the North

Answer 37

Border state

Question 38

Southern soldier

Answer 38

Rebel

Question 39

Color of northern uniforms

Answer 39

Blue

Question 40

First African American regiment to see combat during the Civil War

Answer 40

54th Massachusetts

Question 41

4 states that were border states

Answer 41

Kentucky Maryland Delaware Missouri

Question 42

Won the first battle of Bull Run

Answer 42

South

Question 43

Why didn't France and England support the South?

Answer 43

No longer depended on the South for cotton. Feared the North. Had cotton in reserve.

Question 44

When did Vicksburg surrender?

Answer 44

July 4, 1863

Question 45

Dates of the Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 45

July 1, 2, 3 1863

Question 46

Dates of the Civil War

Answer 46

1861-1865

Question 47

Difficulties faced by African American soldiers

Answer 47

Served under white officers. Forced to do mundane chores. Paid less than white soldiers.

Question 48

Northern general who ran against Lincoln in 1864

Answer 48

George McClellan

Question 49

What did the development of metal ships do?

Answer 49

It ended the use of wooden ships.

Question 50

Purpose of the Gettysburg Address

Answer 50

Remind people of the sacrifice of the soldiers and what the goals of the war were.

Question 51

Bloodiest battle of the Civil War

Answer 51

Gettysburg

Question 52

Strategy of total war by General Sherman

Answer 52

Destroy civilian and military resources

Question 53

3 Confederate victories

Answer 53

Chancellorsville 2nd Bull Run Fredericksburg

Question 54

Why did Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox?

Answer 54

Lee's troops were surrounded and out of supplies.

Question 55

What effect did Sherman's capture of Atlanta have?

Answer 55

Helped Lincoln to win a reelection.

Question 56

Union took control of this after the Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 56

Mississippi River

Question 57

What service did women provide during the Civil War?

Answer 57

Medical care

Question 58

Why was General Meade fired after defeating Lee at Gettysburg?

Answer 58

He did not pursue Lee while Lee was retreating.