Civil War Part 4 Identification

Question 1

What role did Robert E. Lee play in the Civil War?

Answer 1

1. Commander of the Confederate Army
2. He turned down Lincoln’s offer to lead the Union Army, choosng his home over his country (and making the war last much long)

Question 2

What is significant about the Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 2

1. It was the first real battle of the Civil War

2. It was a Confederate victory which showed Americans the war would not be over quickly

Question 3

What is significant about Antietam?

Answer 3

1. It was the first Union victory of the war (September 1862)
2. Lincoln then issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 4

What is significant about the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 4

1. It freed all of the slaves in the Southern states on January 1, 1863
2. It could not be enforced, but gave the war a higher purpose
3. It discouraged France and Britain from helping the South

Question 5

What is significant about Gettysburg?

Answer 5

1. It was a 3 day battle in Pennsylvania (July 1-3, 1863)
2. It was a Union victory
3. It was the turning point of the war

Question 6

What is significant about the Gettysburg address?

Answer 6

1. Lincoln gives new meaning to the war when he says we must keep fighting or else all these men will have died in vain.
2. The Union is now fight ng for a “New birth of freedom” and the belief that “all men are created equal”

Question 7

What is significant about Sherman’s March?

Answer 7

1. From November to December 1864, Union troops under William T. Sherman cut a 60 mile wide path from Atlanta to Savannah, buring and destroying everything in thier path
2. It led to the surrender of the South

Question 8

What is important to know about Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 8

1. After starting the war in disgrace, he eventually became the leader of the Union Army
2. He realized the North should use their population advantage to engage in huge battles

Question 9

What is significant about Jefferson Davis?

Answer 9

1. First and only President of the Confederate States of America
2. Presided over secession from the U.S.
3. Ran the Confederacy during the Civil War

Question 10

What is significant about Fort Sumter?

Answer 10

1. Where the Civil War began April 12, 1861

2. A bloodless opening to the bloodiest war in American history

Question 11

What is the Army of the Potomac?

Answer 11

Union army in the East.

Commanded by whoever Lincoln said

Question 12

What is the Army of Northern Virginia?

Answer 12

Confederate Army in the East.

Commanded by General Lee

Question 13

What is a rifle?

Answer 13

A gun with grooved barrel that causes bullet to spin through the air

Question 14

What is a minie ball?

Answer 14

A bullet with a hollow base, expanding on impact

Question 15

What are Ironclads?

Answer 15

Warships covered with iron, proved to be a vast improvement over wooden ships

Question 16

What are Copperheads?

Answer 16

Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South.