The Civil War

Question 0

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 0

Became commander at Forts Henry and Donelson, declared “Unconditional Surrender” at Fort Donelson, became president in 1869

Question 1

Jefferson Davis

Answer 1

President of the Confederate States of America

Question 2

Robert E. Lee

Answer 2

Replaced Joseph Johnston at Seven Pines, Confederate commander

Question 3

William Clarke Quantrill

Answer 3

Led 400 Bushwhackers into Lawrence and burnt it down, also killed 200 men and boys for revenge

Question 4

William T. Sherman

Answer 4

Sherman’s March to the Sea, moved soldiers across the South, while raiding civilians and taking their stuff, new type of war: total war

Question 5

How did the Civil War affect the economies of both sides?

Answer 5

Both sides lost a lot of money

Question 6

Gettysburg (How did it start, what were the results?)

Answer 6

Confederate soldiers were getting shoes for their troops from a factory, Meade attacked, became known as the “bloodiest battle in US History” with 43,000-50,000 casualties, the Union won but Meade was fired

Question 7

Antietam (How did it start, what were the results?)

Answer 7

McClellan attacked Lee outside of Sharpsburg, McClellan destroyed the Confederate army, but with heavy causalities, Lee pulled back, McClellan was fired, Ambrose Burnside took his place, the Union won

Question 8

Vicksburg

Answer 8

After 6 months of siege warfare, Confederate General Pemberton surrendered, the Union had control of the Mississippi River on July 4, 1863, Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas were separated from the rest of the Confederacy, Lincoln considered putting Grant in charge of the Army

Question 9

The Burning of Lawrence

Answer 9

300-400 men raided Lawrence, killed 200 men and boys, led by William Clarke Quantrill, for revenge

Question 10

The Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 10

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after Antietam, it freed slaves as the Union advanced, did not free slaves in the Border States, paved the way for recruiting African Americans, first African Americans were recruited under James H. Lane and James Blunt, they fought their first battle at Honey Springs (Indian territory)

Question 11

Jayhawkers

Answer 11

Anti-slave Kansans that conducted raids into Missouri and on pro-slave Kansans

Question 12

Bushwhackers

Answer 12

Missourians that raided anti-slavery settlements in Kansas