Unit 3a Civil War

Question 1

What was the name of the Union’s plan to defeat the South?

Answer 1

The Anaconda Plan

Question 2

What color did the North wear? What color did the South wear?

Answer 2

North = blue, South = grey

Question 3

What was the name of the general that was very slow to act and made President Lincoln very angry?

Answer 3

McClellan (could have ended the war in only 2 years had he finished Lee off)

Question 4

What is the name of the Virginian general Lincoln asked to command the Union forces?

Answer 4

Robert E. Lee

Question 5

In what city did the Civil War end?

Answer 5

Appomattox, VA

Question 6

Who was Lincoln’s general who was responsible for burning down Atlanta (and most of Georgia)?

Answer 6

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 7

Where in the U.S. were most of the factories located during the Civil War era?

Answer 7

The North

Question 8

What were the other names for the North and South?

Answer 8

North = The Union, South= The Confederacy

Question 9

Which was the first southern state to secede from the United States of America?

Answer 9

South Carolina

Question 10

What river was very valuable to get supplies into the South?

Answer 10

The Mississippi River

Question 11

What type of war strategy is it when you destroy all of the resources and the entire effort of the country is into fighting a war?

Answer 11

A total war

Question 12

Which victory was badly needed for the North and allowed President Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 12

The Battle of Antietam

Question 13

Which was the bloodiest battle of the entire war?

Answer 13

The Battle of Gettysburg

Question 14

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

Answer 14

Jefferson Davis

Question 15

Where did the Civil War start?

Answer 15

The attack of Fort Sumter Charleston, S.C.

Question 16

What name does the South refer to the Civil War, even in some textbooks today?

Answer 16

The War of Northern Aggression

Question 17

What former bill that had been passed did Justice Roger B. Taney call unconstitutional in the Dred Scott ruling?

Answer 17

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

Question 18

Where was the slave trade banned as part of the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 18

Washington, D.C.

Question 19

Who was the “fixer upper” during the 1820s-1850s who kept coming up with compromises to help the U.S. stay together?

Answer 19

Henry Clay

Question 20

Who was known as the “conductor” of the Underground Railroad?

Answer 20

Harriett Tubman

Question 21

Who was known as the “little lady that started this war?”

Answer 21

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 22

What is popular sovereignty?

Answer 22

Allowing a state or territory decide for themselves whether to be free or slave

Question 23

Who did Abraham Lincoln lose the Illinois Senate seat to in 1858?

Answer 23

Stephen Douglas (“The Little Giant”)

Question 24

Which political party was known as the “abolitionist party?”

Answer 24

The Republican Party

Question 25

Who attempted to lead a raid on a federal arsenal in order to take weapons and give them to slaves?

Answer 25

John Brown

Question 26

List the three parts of the Anaconda Plan.

Answer 26

1. Capture the South's capital of Richmond, VA 2. Gain control of the Mississippi River 3. Put in a naval blockade so the South cannot get outside help

Question 27

"Four score and seven years ago"- famous speech

Answer 27

Gettysburg Address

Question 28

What was the Gettysburg Address used to dedicate?

Answer 28

A cemetery (where only Union soldiers were allowed to be buried)

Question 29

Minie Ball

Answer 29

French bullet that was very deadly due to its shape, accuracy and ability to open inside of the body

Question 30

Which Confederate General was shot by his own men when he disguised himself as a Union soldier?

Answer 30

General "Stonewall" Jackson

Question 31

John Brown

Answer 31

abolitionist from the North who attempted to help slaves in Virginia; gets arrested and executed; becomes a hero for the North, a traitor for the South

Question 32

Roger B. Taney

Answer 32

Supreme Court Justice who writes the opinion of the Supreme Court ruling against Dred Scott

Question 33

Fort Sumter

Answer 33

US federal fort in Charleston, S.C.- skirmish there begins the Civil War

Question 34

Battle of Bull Run (Manasas Junction Maryland)

Answer 34

First actual battle of war; both sides realize they are willing to fight to the death; war is going to be long and bloody; Southern confederates used a "rebel yell"

Question 35

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 35

Union victory in Tennessee that gains control of Mississippi River

Question 36

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 36

Union victory, turning point for the North; Lee is defeated, deadliest battle of the Civil War

Question 37

Battle of Antietam

Answer 37

Union victory, allows Lincoln to establish Emancipation Proclamation, bloodiest single day of the Civil War, fought in Maryland

Question 38

Appomattox

Answer 38

City in Viriginia, courthouse where Lee surrenders to Grant, Ends the Civil War

Question 39

Sherman's March to the Sea

Answer 39

1864 campaign by union General Sherman where he burns down Atlanta on his way to the coast line; uses "total war" techniques, destroys railroad lines, telegraph lines and farms

Question 40

What is the name of the Union general who replaces McClellan?

Answer 40

General Ulysses S. Grant; future US President; had many victories in western campaign, uses "war of attrition"; very aggressive general

Question 41

War of Attrition

Answer 41

military strategy where you bombard your enemy until you or they run out of supplies

Question 42

54th Massachusetts Infantry

Answer 42

All black regiment troop established in Massachusetts; proved to be very dedicated and honorable soldiers;many perished on the attack on Fort Wagner in North Carolina

Question 43

John Wilkes Booth

Answer 43

actor from the South who sympathizes with Confederacy; responsible for assassinating Abraham Lincoln; kills Lincoln while Lincoln and his wife are at the theater watching a play

Question 44

Jefferson Davis

Answer 44

President of the Confederate States of America

Question 45

conscription

Answer 45

a military draft were men are obligated to join the military to fill in vacancies when there aren't enough volunteers

Question 46

Border states

Answer 46

states that were on the fence about whether to join the Union or the Confederacy- Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland

Question 47

Approximately how many lives were lost in the Civil War?

Answer 47

Approximately 600,000

Question 48

What year did the Civil War begin?

Answer 48

1861

Question 49

1865

Answer 49

Year the Civil War ended

Question 50

What was the South's main source of income?

Answer 50

Cotton

Question 51

Which side preferred strong state government and less federal government?

Answer 51

The South

Question 52

How did West Virginia become a state?

Answer 52

It broke away from Virginia because it did not want to support slavery; became it's own state

Question 53

Bleedy Kansas

Answer 53

nickname given to the bloody and deadly altercations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery Americans who moved into the region

Question 54

What were The Monitor and The Virginia?

Answer 54

Ironclad ships; new technology allowed steel ships to be used in the Civil War

Question 55

The United States' victory in the Mexican War resulted in A) renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories. B) a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery. C) the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the United States. D) a rush of settlers to new American territory in California. E) all of the above.

Answer 55

E

Question 56

The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession A) threatened to split national politics along North-South lines. B) nearly resulted in the return of the territory to Mexico. C) resulted in the formation of the Republican party. D) resulted in strong hostility to further expansionism. E) all of the above.

Answer 56

A

Question 57

``` According to the principle of "popular sovereignty," the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by A) the most popular national leaders. B) a national referendum. C) congressional legislation. D) a Supreme Court decision. E) the people in any given territory. ```

Answer 57

E

Question 58

Northern advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT: ``` (A) A superior navy (B) A political party system that could marshal support for the war (C) A superior railroad network (D) General agreement over war aims (E) Greater capacity to produce military equipment ```

Answer 58

(D) General agreement over war | aims

Question 59

All of the following were part of the initial Union strategy to win the Civil War EXCEPT: ``` (A) A naval blockade of southern ports (B) Control of the Mississippi River (C) The capture of Richmond (D) Keeping the border states in the Union (E) Emancipation of slaves in the seceded states ```

Answer 59

(E) Emancipation of slaves in the | seceded states

Question 60

The Confederate government was able to achieve which of the following goals? ``` (A) Recognition by a foreign power (B) Frequent victories over Union armies (C) A stable monetary system (D) A strong central government (E) Control of the southern river system ```

Answer 60

(B) Frequent victories over Union armies