The War Between the States Part 1

Question 1

What are some other names for the War?

Answer 1

The Civil War or the Second War of Independence.

Question 2

What is the cause of the War?

Answer 2

The disagreement on slavery and a few other minor arguments.

Question 3

What is Nationalism/Statism?

Answer 3

The belief that the state is the highest truth.

Question 4

When did the War end?

Answer 4

1865.

Question 5

How many people died during the war?

Answer 5

About 620,000 people.

Question 6

What did Claude Minie invent?

Answer 6

A new type of bullet called the Mini-Ball which flew more accurately and for longer time.

Question 7

What was believed to be the main factor in winning battles?

Answer 7

Having a strong defensive position.

Question 8

What are Ironclads?

Answer 8

Giant metal-coated boats that couldn’t be penetrated.

Question 9

What were some other new wartime inventions?

Answer 9

Trenches, machine guns, and telegraphs for messages.

Question 10

What were two huge changes in the war?

Answer 10

The war was a total war and a war of attrition.

Question 11

What is Total War?

Answer 11

The killing of civilians that could help the enemy.

Question 12

What is War of Attrition?

Answer 12

The wearing out of the other side’s troops.

Question 13

What is Fort Sumter?

Answer 13

A large fort on the bay of Charleston.

Question 14

What did the South do about the Union?

Answer 14

Several southern states left the union and made their own confederacy.

Question 15

What did Lincoln do to get more soldiers?

Answer 15

He asked all states to supply volunteer soldiers.

Question 16

What happened in reaction to Lincoln’s plea for soldiers?

Answer 16

Kentucky and Missouri didn’t want to give soldiers and once they were forces to, they wanted to secede.

Question 17

Who was Robert E. Lee?

Answer 17

A famous military leader who was asked to help with the Union Army but he refused.

Question 18

What was the difference in Army size between the two armies?

Answer 18

The Union Army was 10x bigger than the Confederate Army in men and had much more in production and resource.

Question 19

Who was Jefferson Davis?

Answer 19

The first president of the Confederacy.

Question 20

What was different about the Confederate Constitution?

Answer 20

It was almost the same as the original Constitution, except that the states could decide if they allowed slaves individually and all states were able to leave the Confederacy freely.

Question 21

What is one common thing between the Confederate and Constitutional Army?

Answer 21

Both armies had heavy worship in them.

Question 22

Who was Reverend Cross?

Answer 22

A ‘general soldier of God.’

Question 23

Who was Colonel Frank Taylor?

Answer 23

A soldier who taught a lot to Robert E. Lee.

Question 24

Who was Stonewall Jackson?

Answer 24

The right-hand man of Robert E. Lee. His real name is Thomas Jackson, he was a great teacher, and he had actually married twice.

Question 25

What was the First Manasas?

Answer 25

A battle in which Irwin McDowell and Pierre Beauregard fought. Also the first battle in the war.

Question 26

What was the First Mananas battle like?

Answer 26

The armies had similar size, about 33,000, and the people in the armies and their supplies were very diverse.

Question 27

Who won the First Manasas battle?

Answer 27

Pierre Bouregard and Andrew Jackson (Jackson won him the battle).