Chapter 17✏️

Question 0

What were border states?

Answer 0

Divided over the issue of slavery

Question 1

What was the capital of the CSA?

Answer 1

Richmond, Virginia

Question 2

Which side had the larger army?

Answer 2

Union

Question 3

What was the main goal for the North at the beginning of the war?

Answer 3

Reunite the country

Question 4

What was the name of the Union war plan to choke out the Confederacy?

Answer 4

The Anaconda Plan

Question 5

What was the main goal for the South in the Civil War?

Answer 5

Preserve their way of life

Question 6

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 6

Union-by rivers or landmarks

South-cities

Question 7

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 7

The First Battle Of Bull Run

Question 8

Who were the two generals of this battle?

Answer 8

General Irwin McDowell and General P.G.T

Question 9

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during this battle?

Answer 9

Reinforcements led by General Thomas “ Stone Wall” Jackson

Question 10

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US History?

Answer 10

Thomas “Stone Wall” Jackson

Question 11

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in this battle?

Answer 11

Confederates let out a strange scream

Question 12

What battles gave the Union control of the Columbia and Tennessee Rivers?

Answer 12

Battle of fort Donelson

Question 13

What was the warship that the South rebuilt with iron plates on the sides?

Answer 13

USS Maverick

Question 14

What was the general name for iron plated ships that the South used to break
through the North’s defense?

Answer 14

Ironclads

Question 15

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 15

A church near where the battle took place

Question 16

What was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War?

Answer 16

Battle of Antietam

Question 17

What did Lincoln shift his focus in the war towards after Antietam?

Answer 17

Slavery

Question 18

The Civil War was the first time thousands of women did what?

Answer 18

Served as nurses

Question 19

What were the 3 reasons the Southern economy suffered more than that of the
North?

Answer 19

The south was based upon crops and with the war going on no one could grow crops

Question 20

What did Lincoln sign on January 1
st
, 1863?

Answer 20

Emancipation proclamation

Question 21

What was the most well known African-American regiment in the Civil War?

Answer 21

54th Massachusetts

Question 22

What was the turning point of the war?

Answer 22

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 23

What speech was about equality, freedom, and states’ rights no longer being
dominant?

Answer 23

The Gettysburg address

Question 24

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 24

equality, freedom, and states’ rights

Question 25

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 25

He was an accomplished US naval officer

Question 26

Where was Sherman’s “march to the sea” headed?

Answer 26

Savannah, Georgia

Question 27

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 27

Appomattox Court House

Question 28

How severe were the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House toward the
Southern troops?

Answer 28

The union troops were very forgiving

Question 29

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 29

There wasn’t one

Question 30

How many soldiers died in the war?

Answer 30

600,000

Question 31

How did the balance in power settle between the federal gov’t and state gov’ts after
the war?

Answer 31

To this day the federal government has more ruling over the states

Question 32

Who believed the signing on January 1,1863 was the greatest event in US history

Answer 32

Fredrick Douglas

Question 33

Why did the Confederate troops not pursue the fight after their victory at Bull
Run?

Answer 33

Because they were too disorganized and weakened