The Civil War

Question 1

First Battle of Bull Run (1861)

Answer 1

Early Civil War engagement ending in defeat for the Union army; this battle convinced many in the North that victory over the Confederacy would not be as easy as they had first thought it would be

Question 2

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 2

January 1, 1863, proclamation that freed slaves in Southern territories controlled by the Union Army (not border states)

Question 3

Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Answer 3

Bloodiest overall battle of the Civil War; many historians claim that the Southern defeat in this battle was the beginning of the end for the Confederacy

Question 4

Appomattox

Answer 4

Virginia courthouse where General Robert E. Lee surrendered Confederate forces on April 9, 1865

Question 5

Battle at Antietam

Answer 5

A bottle with Confederate battle plans is discovered by Union Troops, who then meet Confederate troops for the bloodiest day of fighting on September 17, 1862

Question 6

Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 6

Battle that finishes Civil War in the West and gives the Union full control of the Mississippi River. This battle was also considered a turning point of the Civil War

Question 7

Military Draft

Answer 7

• 1863: the 2 year deals expire and soldiers aren’t signing up for the war
• People are then automatically signed up unless they could pay their way out.
• The lower class doesn’t care about the freedom of slaves - They riot and lynch many African Americans

Question 8

Total War

Answer 8

Military strategy that Sherman takes place in, burning and destroying everything in his path in his “March to the Sea”

Question 9

13th Amendment

Answer 9

Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the US, including the border states

Question 10

Legal Tender Act

Answer 10

Created a national paper currency (the “greenback”) in February 1862

Question 11

Morrill Tariff Act

Answer 11

An act that raised tariffs to more than double their prewar rate

Question 12

Homestead Act

Answer 12

Law passed by Congress in MAy 1862 providing homesteads with 160 acres of land in exchange for improving the land within five years of the grant

Question 13

Morrill Land Grant Act

Answer 13

Law passed by Congress in July 1862 granting

public lands to the states for the establishment of agricultural and mechanical colleges

Question 14

Peninsular Campaign

Answer 14

Union offensive led by McClellan with the objective of recapturing Richmond

Question 15

Copperheads

Answer 15

A term Republicans applied to Northern war dissenters and those suspected of aiding the Confederate cause during the Civil War