chapter 17

Question 1

north army

Answer 1

union

Question 2

south army

Answer 2

confederates

Question 3

slave states that didn’t secede and stuck with the north and what were they

Answer 3

border states; Missouri, Kentucky, west Virginia, Maryland, delaware

Question 4

union’s plan to conquer the south created by Lincoln and Winfield scott

Answer 4

anaconda plan; surround south by land and sea, cut off southern ports so the south couldn’t trade, divide the confederacy into 2 sections by gaining Mississippi river so they couldn’t help each other, capture Richmond (capital of confederacy) and destroy the rebel government

Question 5

leader of the south

Answer 5

Robert E Lee

Question 6

america’s bloodiest single day war with over 23,00 casualities

Answer 6

Antietam

Question 7

the bloodiest of all wars in America but not in a single day with over 50,000 casualities

Answer 7

gettysburg

Question 8

confederates forced to give up port Huron which gave the union the mississippi river and cut confederacy in 2

Answer 8

battle of vicksburg

Question 9

cut off railroads+other supplies to richmond

Answer 9

battle of petersburg

Question 10

slaves in the confederacy were freed by military orders; allowed black soldiers to join the army

Answer 10

emancipation proclamation

Question 11

paid tribute to the men who died in battle; nothing said about the north or south or slavery; it was short so it became famous; Lincoln’s speech

Answer 11

gettysburg address

Question 12

the place where general Lee surrendered

Answer 12

Appomattox court house

Question 13

close to Richmond then he was forced back by Lee; then he found a copy of Lee’s marching orders but was fired by lincoln because he was too slow to get them to him

Answer 13

George mcClellan

Question 14

led union forces to capture Atlanta and everything in between savannah and itself (285 miles) which was known as total war

Answer 14

William sherman

Question 15

a union general who won many union battles and also was the 18th president

Answer 15

ulysses s. grant

Question 16

a war in which infrastructure, civilians, and all of their resources are targeted in order to achieve victory

Answer 16

total war

Question 17

a confederate general that earned a nickname at bull run because he stood like a stonewall

Answer 17

Thomas stonewall jackson

Question 18

the largest prison camp during the civil war and was the deadliest landscape of the Civil War. Of the 45,000 Union soldiers imprisoned here, nearly 13,000 died. prisoners were treated terribly, given no food and water, and barely had any shelter or clothing

Answer 18

andersonville

Question 19

untrained and unpaid civil war nurse; changed battlefield healthcare and created American Red cross; organized patients by who needed to be taken care of most to who needed to be taken care of least; got patients clothes, food, CLEAN bandages

Answer 19

Clara barton

Question 20

became famous for his pictures of the civil war, including camp life, war preparations, moments before a battle, and moments after a battle

Answer 20

Matthew brady

Question 21

2nd all-African American volunteer troop formed after the Emancipation Proclamation; made up of people from many states; paid less than white soldiers

Answer 21

54th Massachusetts regiment

Question 22

strengths + weaknesses of the North

Answer 22

strengths: more of everything than the south had (railroads, money, industry, factories, guns etc.), larger population, produced more food than south weaknesses: fighting on south territory so had to travel far, struggled to find strong leaders

Question 23

strengths + weaknesses of the South

Answer 23

strengths: fighting on home territory, led by experienced and skilled commanders, produced more cotton for more $
weaknesses: less of everything the north had (railroads, money, industry, factories, guns etc.), smaller population, all land is used for cotton or slaves, 1/3 of population is slaves but didn’t get to fight in war, wealthy but used for slaves

Question 24

why did people enlist in the union

Answer 24

south illegally seceded, population pressure, pride in their land, bored with their lives

Question 25

why did people enlist in the confederacy

Answer 25

population pressure, relied on slaves so fought to keep them, liberty, freedom, protect their land and show pride