Chapter 7teen

Question 1

What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

Answer 1

Richmond,Virginia

Question 2

What were border states?

Answer 2

Border states were divided over the issue of slavery

Question 3

Did the Union or Confederacy have the larger army?

Answer 3

Union states

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-cities

North-rivers and landmarks

Question 8

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Answer 8

First battle of bull run

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Confederate-p.g.t Beauregard

Union-Irvin McDowell

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

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

Answer 11

Battle of fort Henry and battle of fort Donelson

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The monitor and Merrimack

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Iron sides

Question 14

What was the Battle of Shiloh named after?

Answer 14

Church

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Battle at Antietam

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Taking against slavery

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Served as nurses

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Industry
Shortages of essential goods
Farmlands being overrun

Question 19

What did Lincoln sign on January 1st, 1863?

Answer 19

Emancipation proclamation

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Fredrick Douglas

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 Civil War?

Answer 22

Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Gettysburg

Question 24

What three things was the Gettysburg Address about?

Answer 24

Equality,freedom,states right

Question 25

What was important about David Farragut?

Answer 25

Highest ranking officer in the union navy

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Atlanta

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Virginia village

Question 28

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

Answer 28

They were forgiving

Question 29

What treaty ended the Civil War?

Answer 29

There was no official treaty

Question 30

How many soldiers died in the Civil War?

Answer 30

Over 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

The federal government was stronger and more powerful than the states