Chapter 17 Study Guide

Question 1

What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

Answer 1

Richmond, Virginia

Question 2

What were border states?

Answer 2

Divided states over the issue of slavery

Question 3

Did the Union or Confederacy have the larger army?

Answer 3

Union

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Reunite the country

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Anaconda Plan

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Preserve their way of life

Question 7

How did both sides name battles in the Civil War?

Answer 7

South named battles after cities

North names battles after rivers and landmarks

Question 8

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 8

Bull Run

Question 9

Who were the two generals of the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 9

Irvin McDowell and P.G.T

Question 10

Why did the Confederate troops become inspired during the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 10

Reinforcements led by General Thomas Jackson

Question 11

Who was one of the most gifted tactical commanders in American History and was a Confederate General at Bull Run?

Answer 11

Thomas “ Stonewall” Jackson

Question 12

What caused the Union troops to drop their weapons and retreat in the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 12

The confederates let out a loud and strange scream

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The confederates were to disorganized and weakened

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Battle of Fort Henry and Battle of Fort Donelson

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Confederate ships

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Merrimack

Question 17

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 17

The Church named “ Shiloh”

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Battles of Antietam

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Taking action against slavery

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Served as nurses

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Lack of industry, shortages of essential goods, and farmland being overrun

Question 22

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 22

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 23

Who believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the greatest event in US History?

Answer 23

Fredrick Douglass

Question 24

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

Answer 24

54th Massachusetts

Question 25

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

Answer 25

The Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 26

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

Answer 26

The Gettysburg Address

Question 27

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 27

A speech about equality, freedom, and states rights no longer being dominant

Question 28

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 28

He helped secure mobile Bay in Alabama

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Atlanta

Question 30

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

Answer 30

In a small Virginia village called Appomattox Court House

Question 31

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

Answer 31

They were forgiving

Question 32

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 32

No treaty ended the war

Question 33

How many soldiers died in the Civil War?

Answer 33

Over 600,000 soldiers

Question 34

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

Answer 34

The federal government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful