Need to Know Pt.1

Question 1

first state to secede

Answer 1

South Carolina

Question 2

why did the Southern states want to leave the Union?

Answer 2

knew that the Union president would most likely abolish slavery.

Question 3

first event to start the Civil War

Answer 3

fort sumter

Question 4

Republican party stance view point

Answer 4

• thought that slavery was immoral and could not go on
• should not move west

Question 5

4 examples of technology advancements

Answer 5

railroads, telegraphs, advanced weaponry, photographs.

Question 6

Union strengths

Answer 6

-railroads
- controlled nations manufacturing
- controlled most banks
- had more farms to provide food for troops
- land had more iron, coal, and gold
- controlled seas
- large navy

Question 7

Sherman’s march to the sea, what did he do?

Answer 7

destroyed everything in his path = Total war

Question 8

What was Tom’s cabin impact?

Answer 8

showed Northerners how bad slavery was and what they experienced

Question 9

gave a speech at Gettysburg

Answer 9

Abraham Lincoln

Question 10

How many Reconstruction amendments are there?

Answer 10

3

Question 11

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 11

Union General

Question 12

Who was part of the constitutional Union party?

Answer 12

people who wanted slavery but not war. (a middle ground)

Question 13

What was the economy based on in the North?

Answer 13

factories and industries

Question 14

What was the economy based on in the South?

Answer 14

slaves and agriculture

Question 15

South strategies

Answer 15

• tire them out
• wanted to find European allies
• defensive war

Question 16

Who won the Battle of Fort Sumter?

Answer 16

confederates

Question 17

What was the bloodiest battle?

Answer 17

Antietam

Question 18

States that secede

Answer 18

Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida,

Question 19

What is Nullification?

Answer 19

South ignoring/nullifying passed laws, saying the laws they don’t like don’t apply there

Question 20

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?

Answer 20

African Americans could never become citizens & that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Question 21

What did Robert Shaw lead?

Answer 21

the 54th Massachusetts infantry of all AA

Question 22

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 22

The document declared all enslaved people to be freed. Had little effect because it was ignored by the Confederacy. No foreign help for the South.

Question 23

Advantages of the Confederacy

Answer 23

• geological features knowledge/home field advantage
• leadership
• defending their liberty, homes, and traditions
• large territory, hard to conquer

Question 24

president of confederacy

Answer 24

Jefferson Davis

Question 25

Date the Civil War began

Answer 25

April 12, 1861

Question 26

Date the Civil War ended

Answer 26

April 9, 1865

Question 27

Steps of the Anaconda Plan

Answer 27

Step 1: surround the South by sea to cut off trade
step 2: divide the Confederacy into sections to prevent on region from helping another
step 3: capture Richmond, Virginia (capital) and destroy the Confederate gov’t

Question 28

What region did the EP free slaves in?

Answer 28

in the south, not the North or border state (Lincoln wanted to appease the border states so they would stay with the union)

Question 29

What were the turning point battles?

Answer 29

Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, & Sherman’s march to sea

Question 30

What did the Union find to help them win the war?

Answer 30

Confederates plans at Antietam

Question 31

What cities did Sherman’s march to sea go between?

Answer 31

Atlanta and Savannah

Question 32

Terms included in the Confederacy surrender?

Answer 32

• Confederate soldiers are allowed to go home with their own horses and mules
• keep their own weapons
• sent home with food
• not going to be penalized for trying to secede

Question 33

What bad things did Sherman’s march to sea do?

Answer 33

destroyed everything in sight (ex. homes, schools, businesses, etc )and demoralized the South an captured Savannah.

Question 34

What was given to AA from the Freedman’s Bureau?

Answer 34

organization to help newly free Black people get a life started. Helped wages and good working conditions. Offering medical care, food, housing assistance, and education

Question 35

What is an abolitionist?

Answer 35

someone who was anti-slavery and wanted dto get rid of it.

Question 36

What did the union want to do to the Confederacy?

Answer 36

divided it in half and gain control of the Mississippi River

Question 37

What was the Southern Democrat political stance?

Answer 37

• supported slavery throughout the South and West.
• believed the federal gov’t had NO power to control slavery.