Need to Knows

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 with the union president, slavery would most likely be abolished

Question 3

first event to start the civil war

Answer 3

Battle of Fort Sumter

Question 4

republican party stance view point

Answer 4

they thought slavery was immoral, evil, it can not go on, should not move west, union together/south should secede, opposed popular sovereignty

Question 5

4 examples of technology advancements

Answer 5

railroads, photographs, telegraphs, adavanced weaponry

Question 6

Union strengths

Answer 6

75% railroads, controlled the nation’s manufacturing, controlled most of the banks, had more farms to provide food for troops, land had more iron, coal, and gold, controlled the seas, large navy at war’s start, 22 million people

Question 7

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

Answer 7

destroyed everything in his path=total war

Question 8

Uncle Tom’s Cabin impact it had?

Answer 8

slavery is bad and what they experienced

Question 9

Who gave the speech at Gettysburg?

Answer 9

Lincoln

Question 10

How many reconstruction amendments were there?

Answer 10

3

Question 11

Who was 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 a war, a (middle ground)

Question 13

what were the economies based on in north and south?

Answer 13

north- industry, factories, manufacturing
south- slavery, agriculture

Question 14

south strategy

Answer 14

tired them out, wanted to find European allies, defensive war

Question 15

Fort Sumter Q

Answer 15

Confederate win

Question 16

what was the bloodiest battle?

Answer 16

Battle of Antietam

Question 17

States that left the Union to the confederacy

Answer 17

South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana

Question 18

What is nullification?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Dred Scott Decision, what was the outcome?

Answer 19

AA could never become citizens

Question 20

Robert Shaw, what was the group he led?

Answer 20

led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry of all AA

Question 21

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer 21

the document declared all enslaved people to be free, had little effect bc it was ignored by the confederacy. NO foreign help for the South

Question 22

Advantages of the Confederacy

Answer 22

geological features knowledge, military leadership, defensive war

Question 23

president of the Confederate states

Answer 23

jefferson davis

Question 24

Date of when the Civil War began

Answer 24

April 12, 1861

Question 25

3 steps of Anaconda Plan

Answer 25

Step 1: surround the South by sea to cut off it's trade Step 2: divide the confederacy into sections to prevent one region from helping another Step 3: capture Richmond, Virginia (capital of Confederacy) and destroy the Confederate gov't

Question 26

What were 2 Union victories?

Answer 26

Gettysburg, Antietam

Question 27

Lincoln wants the 4 border states to stay loyal to him, the EP only applies to the south not to the northern states and border states

Question 28

What was the turning point of the war for the union?

Answer 28

Battle of Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Sherman's march to Sea

Question 29

Antietam found confederate plans for the battle

Question 30

Two cities the sherman march was between

Answer 30

Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia

Question 31

Terms of confederate surrender

Answer 31

confederate soldiers are allowed to go home with their own horses and mules, keep their own weapons, and sent home with food. Not going to be penalized for trying to secede

Question 32

what bad things did the sherman march to sea do?

Answer 32

destroyed everything in sight like homes, schools, businesses, etc. , completely demoralized the south and their spirits, captured Savannah

Question 33

What was given to newly freed AA?

Answer 33

land, jobs, healthcare

Question 34

Why did Lincoln put the proclamation out?

Answer 34

was a war strategy, made the war about abolishing slavery

Question 35

What happened to bleeding Kansas?

Answer 35

have people flooding into the states and they end up fighting

Question 36

What is an abolitionist?

Answer 36

a person against slavery

Question 37

What split the confederacy in half

Answer 37

Mississippi River

Question 38

What do southern democrats stand for?

Answer 38

popular sovereignty, owning a slave is like owning a cow

Question 39

What was the immediate cause for secession?

Answer 39

Lincoln becoming president

Question 40

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 40

South wanted their slaves back if they ran away

Question 41

Disadvantages of the north

Answer 41

fighting unknown land, generals moved to the south, inexperienced soldiers

Question 42

Why did Lincolns presidency come to an end?

Answer 42

assassinated

Question 43

Conductor of Underground Railroad?

Answer 43

Harriet Tubman

Question 44

2 battles that toke place on northern soil?

Answer 44

Gettysburg, Antietam

Question 45

Prices of things went up in South because...?

Answer 45

the north was cutting off the south from supplies and they had no factories of their own

Question 46

Why was Freedman's Bureau created?

Answer 46

to support slaves

Question 47

Women's job during wartime?

Answer 47

nurses

Question 48

Lincoln died after the battles

Question 49

Underline issue of bleeding kansas

Answer 49

nebraska acts, popular sovereignty starts tension

Question 50

Sherman- on the journey from atlanta to savannah, he destroyed everything to crush their spirits

Question 51

Battles that happened leading up to Emancipation Proclamation, Antietam?

Answer 51

Battle of Fort Sumter, Bull Run

Question 52

secede meaning

Answer 52

to break apart or leave a nation

Question 53

image of anaconda plan, what does it mean?

Answer 53

snake shows the layout of the steps of the anaconda plan, the execution to the plan was compared to the anaconda suffocating its victim

Question 54

Emancipation Proclamation comes after Battle of Antietam

Question 55

dred scott decision outcome?

Answer 55

saying AA can never become citizens

Question 56

Missouri Compromise = Compromise of 1820 outcome

Answer 56

Missouri added to Union as a slave state, maine as a free state, 36-30 line across Louisiana Purchase anything north no slavery and anything south slavery was allowed

Question 57

outcome of Compromise of 1850

Answer 57

admitted CA into the Union as a free state, Texas as a slave state. Included allowing New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. Outlawed the trade of enslaved people in Washington DC. Created a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery

Question 58

4 candidates from Nebraska Act

Question 59

preserve the union in beginning of war, at end, goal was to abolish slavery

Question 60

Know what the northern democrats stand for

Answer 60

popular sovereignty, each state decided for slavery

Question 61

The 15th amendment secures the right to vote that cannot be taken away from

Answer 61

race, color, and previous enslavement

Question 62

Who created the Anaconda Plan?

Answer 62

Winfield Scott

Question 63

Capital of Confederacy?

Answer 63

Richmond, Virginia

Question 64

Civil War Ended in...?

Answer 64

April 9, 1865

Question 65

Match the battles to its significance