Chapter 9 Review

Question 1

Why did the confederate state of America form?

Answer 1

To keep slavery and to keep state rights

Question 2

What invention revolutionized naval warfare?

Answer 2

The steam powered battle ship and or the torpedo and or ironclads

Question 3

Fort Sumter

Answer 3

Built to help fortify American coastline following the war of 1812

Question 4

Border States

Answer 4

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri

Question 5

Confederate States

Answer 5

Group of 11 states that broke away during civil war

Question 6

Antietam

Answer 6

Creek in Northern Maryland

Question 7

1st bull run

Answer 7

Early battle in the civil war

Question 8

Shiloh

Answer 8

Battle in Tennessee with high casualties

Question 9

Gettysburg

Answer 9

Battle in which union defeated the southern troops over the span of 3 days

Question 10

Vicksburg

Answer 10

City in Mississippi where civil war campaigns took place

Question 11

Freed slaves in confederate held territory:

Answer 11

Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863

Question 12

Who did Lincoln appoint as commander in 1864/

Answer 12

Ulysses Grant

Question 13

Campaign that left a path of destruction across the South:

Answer 13

Shermans march

Question 14

Lincolns assassin:

Answer 14

John Wilkes Booth