Ch. 19 - Civil War

Question 1

draft

Answer 1

selection of people to serve in an army whether they want to serve or not

Question 2

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 2

Lincoln’s order to free the slaves fighting in the Union and free the slaves in the South and to allow African Americans to serve in the Union Army and Navy

Question 3

bayonet

Answer 3

knife on the end of a gun; used a lot for face to face combat

Question 4

bone saw

Answer 4

used to cut off limbs; used to amputate

Question 5

railroads

Answer 5

useful in North to transport supplies and soldiers

Question 6

rifle

Answer 6

gun with better accuracy and could shoot longer distances

Question 7

hardtack

Answer 7

flour and water mixture that is dried; “worm castles”; “teeth dullers”

Question 8

What were some of the military tactics used in the war?

Answer 8

Face to face combat;

Dug trenches

Question 9

What was some of the technology used in the war?

Answer 9

Railroads; 
Cannons; 
Rifle;
Mini-ball; 
Hot-air balloons – used by Union spies

Question 10

What was medical care like in the war?

Answer 10

Terrible conditions;
Unsanitary;
Water was often dirty;
Doctores used: Bone saws, tourniquets, scalpels, splints

Question 11

What kind of food and water did the soldiers have?

Answer 11

North tried to supply through railroad;
Hardtack;
Coffee – used coffee beans in North; Chicory Root in South;
Berries, fruits – dried fruit;
Often raided each other’s camps and farms to get food; steal pigs from farms

Question 12

What were the border states?

Answer 12

Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland

Question 13

What are the important facts about the Revoluationary War?

Answer 13

Started at Lexington and Concord;
Turning Point: Saratoga;
End: When General Cornwallis surrounded to General Washington;
Book: Common Sense by Thomas Paine – wanted to be free from Britain

Question 14

What are the important facts about the Civil War?

Answer 14

Start at Fort Sumter in S.C.;
Turning Point: Gettysburg;
End: When General Lee surrounded to General Grant at Appomattox;
Book: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe – about slavery and it was wrong;
South’s book: Aunt Phyllis’s’ Cabin which supported slavery

Question 15

What color was the North?

Answer 15

Blue

Question 16

Who let the North?

Answer 16

General Grant

Question 17

Who was president of the North?

Answer 17

President Lincoln

Question 18

What was the capital of the North?

Answer 18

Washington, DC

Question 19

What else made the North different from the South?

Answer 19

Poor farmers, immigrants and African-Americans made up the army. The North had big cities and factories and were anti-slavery.

Question 20

What color was the South?

Answer 20

Gray

Question 21

Who led the South?

Answer 21

General Robert E Lee

Question 22

Who was President of the South?

Answer 22

President Jefferson Davis

Question 23

What was the capital of the South?

Answer 23

Richmond, VA

Question 24

What else made the South different from the North?

Answer 24

Mostly poor farmers made up the army. They had plantations, farms and raised cotton. They were pro-slavery.