Chapter 21 - The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

Question 1

Bull Run

Answer 1

Battle that was supposed to mark the end of the ninety-day war plan. South gained a victory but it overinflated their ego and many of their numbers started to fall afterwards.

Question 2

Stonewall Jackson

Answer 2

Robert E. Lee’s chief lieutenant. He was a tactical genius known for his speed and deception. Earned his nickname in the battle of Bull Run.

Question 3

George McClellan

Answer 3

general given control of the army of Potomac in 1861 under command of the union. Superb organizer and drillmaster who hated losing troops. Nicknamed little mac by his troops. He would also run against Lincoln for president

Question 4

Peninsula Campaign

Answer 4

George McClellan’s plan to attack richmond, the southern capital, by following a peninsula that connected the James and york river. Eventually halted by Stonewall Jackson.

Question 5

Robert E. Lee

Answer 5

general in the south. Embodied the ideals of the south.

Question 6

“Jeb” Stuart

Answer 6

lead the confederate army around the Union on reconnaissance

Question 7

Seven Days’ Battles

Answer 7

A series of battles that pushed the Union out of the peninsula. Ten thousand union troops lost to a 20,000 confederate loss.

Question 8

Anaconda Plan

Answer 8

Union plan to slowly suffocate the south by blockading it’s coasts.

Question 9

Blockade

Answer 9

The Union set up a Naval blockade around the southern ports to limit the amount of goods and supplies the south could get. Caused prices in the south to skyrocket immensely.

Question 10

Continuous Voyage

Answer 10

A voyage of a single ship carrying war contraband.

Question 11

Merrimac

Answer 11

The southern navy’s first ironclad battleship built from railroad tracks and an old U.S. warship. Dismantled after the battle of Merrimac to keep out of the union’s grasps.

Question 12

Monitor

Answer 12

Northern built ironclad ship built to destroy the Merrimac and fought it to a standstill.

Question 13

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 13

declaration made in 1863 that all slaves would be freed in the south for all time.

Question 14

Butternut Region

Answer 14

The mountainous areas in the south that remained loyal to the Union

Question 15

Frederick Douglass

Answer 15

Ex-slave who raised forces of freed slaves for the union army

Question 16

54th Massachusetts

Answer 16

Regiment for colored people by the union that lost half its men during in an attack on Fort Wagner in 1863

Question 17

Fort Pillow

Answer 17

Place where several black soldiers were massacred after they formally surrendered, raised battle cry “Remember Fort Pillow.”

Question 18

Ambrose Burnside

Answer 18

Replaced McClellan as general of the army of the Potomac. Yielded his command to Joseph hooker after a defeat at the battle of Fredericksburg.

Question 19

Joseph Hooker

Answer 19

Fighting Joe, aggressive officer who was yielded General Burnsides former army, defeated by Jackson at Chancellorsville Virginia.

Question 20

George Meade

Answer 20

Union general who replaced Hooker. Lead the Union army at Gettysburg.

Question 21

Gettysburg

Answer 21

Confederate attempted to take this the town of Gettysburg but were stopped and demoralized after the battle.

Question 22

Pickett’s Charge

Answer 22

Final charge of the Confederate army at Gettysburg failed to break the line of the union army.

Question 23

Gettysburg Address

Answer 23

Speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg That argued the importance of the declaration of Independence and that all men are created equal.

Question 24

William T. Sherman

Answer 24

General in the Union known for going through georgia and burning everything that he passed

Question 25

March to the Sea

Answer 25

Sherman’s 250 mile march through Georgia from atlanta to Savannah, where the army lived off of the land and burned everything they passed.

Question 26

War Democrats

Answer 26

Group of democrats in the north that supported Lincoln

Question 27

Peace Democrats

Answer 27

Group of democrats in the North that did not support Lincoln.

Question 28

Copperheads

Answer 28

Far flung Peace democrats that attempted to stop the war by attacking the draft, lincoln, and the Emancipation proclamation.

Question 29

Clement L. Vallandingham

Answer 29

Notorious Copperhead, who was banished to the Confederate States of America after demanding an end to the war.

Question 30

Andrew Johnson

Answer 30

Ran against Lincoln during his second term a devout war democrat.

Question 31

Mobile, Atlanta

Answer 31

Northern victories that happened near the time of the election.

Question 32

The Wilderness

Answer 32

some of the most brutal fighting during the Civil war known for low visibility that lasted months in pursuit of General Lee

Question 33

Cold Harbor

Answer 33

June 3, 1864, union assault that was extremely bloody(7 thousand deaths in a few minutes)

Question 34

Grant the Butcher

Answer 34

Gained after old harbor General Grant gained the title after the bloody battle style of Cold Harbor.

Question 35

Richmond

Answer 35

Final battle of the Civil war, Union overran the southern capital and cornered lee, prompting the surrender of the south.

Question 36

Appomattox Court House

Answer 36

where General Lee and the confederates surrendered in Richmond

Question 37

Ford’s Theater

Answer 37

Theater in which President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Boothe

Question 38

John Wilkes Boothe

Answer 38

Pro-southern actor who killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater

Question 39

Lost Cause

Answer 39

The southerners attempt to separate themselves from the United states,