5th - SS Chap 10 Civil War

Question 0

The 1820 agreement by Congress that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and slavery would not be allowed in any states formed north of a line even with Missouri’s southern border?

Answer 0

Missouri Compromise

Question 1

The belief that states could block or over-rule the actions of the federal government?

Answer 1

States’ rights

Question 2

Legislation passed by Congress by which California was admitted as a free state, part of Texas was given to New Mexico, the fugitive slave law was strengthened, and the issue of whether slavery would be permitted in New Mexico and Utah would determined by a vote of the people living in those territories?

Answer 2

Compromise of 1850

Question 3

One who wanted to free the slaves?

Answer 3

Abolitionist

Question 4

The withdrawal of a state from the Union?

Answer 4

Secession

Question 5

Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause?

Answer 5

Propaganda

Question 6

The name of the government formed by the southern states when they seceded from the Union in the early 1860’s?

Answer 6

Confederate States of America

Question 7

To volunteer to join the army?

Answer 7

Enlist

Question 8

A one-time reward for enlisting?

Answer 8

Bounty

Question 9

A draft; compulsory enlistment for military service?

Answer 9

Conscription

Question 10

A wing dam built by Union forces in 1864 in order to raise the water level in the Red River so that Union gunboats could sail downriver?

Answer 10

Bailey’s dam

Question 11

A member of a small military group that harasses the enemy?

Answer 11

Guerrilla

Question 12

Legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in July 1862 that enabled Union forces to seize the property of rebels?

Answer 12

Confiscation Act

Question 13

The 1863 proclamation by which President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate states?

Answer 13

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 14

Where were the first shots of the Civil War shot?

Answer 14

Fort Sumter in South Carolina - it was a Confederate fort that the Union wouldn’t surrender

Question 15

List the advantages that the Union have.

Answer 15

1. Factories
2. More soldiers
3. More supplies
4. Railroads

Question 16

List the advantages that the South have.

Answer 16

1. Skilled hunters
2. Fighting for their way of life
3. Great leaders

Question 17

What was the first battle that the Confederates won?

Answer 17

Battle of Bull-Run

Question 18

What was the Union’s plan for victory?

Answer 18

1. Blockade of the coast
2. Control of the Mississippi River
3. Capture Richmond

Question 19

Who won the Battle of Antictem?

Answer 19

The union

Question 20

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg? What was special about this battle?

Answer 20

The Union won; it was the turning point in the war

Question 21

What fell to Union control in May of 1862?

Answer 21

New Orleans

Question 22

Who won the Civil War?

Answer 22

The Union

Question 23

Where did the Civil War end? What happened?

Answer 23

Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Question 24

What were some things Louisiana did to prepare for the war?

Answer 24

1. 5,000 volunteered to join army
2. Collected scrap iron to make cannon balls
3. Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip were reinforced to help protect New Orleans from the south from the Union (they added to the defenses by blocking the river with chains)
4. Vicksburg was reinforced to protect New Orleans from the north.