The Civil War 15%

Question 1

Habeas corpus

Answer 1

Constitutional right that protected against unlawful imprisonment

Question 2

Copperheads

Answer 2

A group of democrats lead by Clement L. Vallandigham who spoke out agains the civil war

Question 3

Contrabands

Answer 3

Escaped slaves who joined the Union

Question 4

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 4

Lincoln called for all slaves in confederate controlled areas to be set free

Question 5

Border states

Answer 5

They were apart of the union but they had slaves. There were 4 border states

Question 6

Total war

Answer 6

Tecumseh waged total war on the South destroying everything in his path. He thought it would end the war quicker

Question 7

Battle of fort Sumner

Answer 7

It was a union outpost. Major Robert Anderson refused to surrender to Confederacy troops so they opened fire on fort and began the Civil War

Question 8

54th Massachusetts Infantry

Answer 8

Made up mostly of African Americans

Question 9

Gettysburg address

Answer 9

Lincoln reassured everyone that the North’s confidence was never better

Question 10

Wilderness campaign

Answer 10

Union army launched this campaign which was 100,000 union troops vs 70,000 Confederate troops

Question 11

Robert E. Lee

Answer 11

Leader of Confederate army

Question 12

First/second battles of bull run

Answer 12

First battle the South would’ve captured Washington but didn’t. Second was general Lee pushed most of the union forces out of Richmond

Question 13

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 13

When a Confederate raiding party went into the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, they went under attack by a close by Union army. Confederate troops pushed union back to Cemetery Ridge

Question 14

George Pickett

Answer 14

General of the largest Confederate unit

Question 15

Pickett’s charge

Answer 15

He lead troops up Cemetery Ridge to attack the heart of the Union Army but it didn’t work

Question 16

Seven Days’ Battle

Answer 16

Lee pushed McClellan’s army out of Virginia by fighting them 5 separate times

Question 17

Battle of Antietam

Answer 17

General Lee marched his army onto Union soil in hopes of breaking their spirit. General McClellan found a blueprint of Lee’s attack plan and countered it. The two armies fought in the Antietam Creek of Maryland. Union won but bloodiest single day

Question 18

Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 18

General Grant surrounded Lee’s army in the small town of Appomattox Courthouse where Lee signed the surrender documents

Question 19

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 19

Grant was ordered to wait at the Creek of Shiloh but was ambushed by Confederate troops. Union reinforcements came to help and Confederates then retreated

Question 20

Battle of Pea Ridge

Answer 20

Confederates tried capturing Missouri where the federal arsenal was but Unions pushed them back. Union forces and Pro-Confederate Missourians met at Pea Ridge

Question 21

Winfield Scott

Answer 21

Mexican war hero

Question 22

Stonewall Jackson

Answer 22

Confederate General after General Robert E. Lee. Most gifted tactical commander