Civil War

Question 1

Class Citizenship Requirements

Answer 1

1. Follow directions and class routines
2. Participation
3. Keep an organized notebook
4. Collaborate

Question 2

American Citizenship Requirements

Answer 2

1. Vote
2. Obey laws
3. Defend the nation

Question 3

Right

Answer 3

An entitlement that someone has

Question 4

Responsibility

Answer 4

An obligation or task that is required to be part of a community/group

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

A group of people who share something in common

Question 6

Citizen

Answer 6

A legal member of a community who has rights and responsibilities

Question 7

Confederate States of America

Answer 7

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. North Carolina
5. South Carolina
6. Virginia

Question 8

Border States

Answer 8

1. Missouri
2. Kentucky
3. West Virginia

Question 9

Each state has the number of electoral votes that equals the number of ____ it has plus the number of ____ it has

Answer 9

Senators, members of the House of Representatives

Question 10

Where is Fort Sumter?

Answer 10

Charleston, South Carolina

Question 11

First battle was the…

Answer 11

Battle of Bull Run

Question 12

North is powered by __
South is powered by __

Answer 12

Industry
Slavery

Question 13

The capital of the Confederacy is…

Answer 13

Richmond

Question 14

Civil War

Answer 14

A war between two or more groups of the same country

Question 15

In 1860, the center of population was in
___

Answer 15

Ohio

Question 16

What was an advantage the South had? What about the North?

Answer 16

The South had better generals.
The North had more supplies, money, and transportation.

Question 17

Which side won most of the early battles?

Answer 17

The South

Question 18

What was the deadliest battle in US history?

Answer 18

The Battle of Antietam

Question 19

By the end of the war, what percent of Union troops were Black?

Answer 19

10%

Question 20

What nickname did Confederate soldiers give the Union soldiers?

Answer 20

“Yankees,”

Question 21

What was the turning point in the war?

Answer 21

The Battle of Gettysburg

Question 22

What did Abraham Lincoln start the Gettysburg Address with?

Answer 22

“Four score and seven years ago…”

Question 23

What Union general “marched to the sea” destroying much of Georgia along the way?

Answer 23

General Sherman

Question 24

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

Answer 24

Richmond, April 2

Question 25

Secede

Answer 25

To separate from a nation or state and become independent

Question 26

What was the goal of many laws congress passed in the lead-up to the Civil War?

Answer 26

To balance power

Question 27

What was the central conflict that led up to the Civil War?

Answer 27

The issue of slavery

Question 28

Lincoln has been described as an eloquent public speaker. What is a synonym for eloquent?

Answer 28

Articulate

Question 29

Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?

Answer 29

Fort Sumter

Question 30

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Answer 30

Jefferson Davis

Question 31

Why did the attack on Fort Sumter start the Civil War?

Answer 31

It was a Confederacy attack on a Union military base

Question 32

What might have happened had the Civil War not occurred?

Answer 32

States could secede from the US any time they wished

Question 33

What Civil War general was also a president?

Answer 33

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 34

What can you conclude about West Virginia from its actions at the time of the Civil War?

Answer 34

Its citizens did not support secession

Question 35

General Sherman wrecked Southern infrastructure, which severely impaired the Confederacy's communication. One example of infrastructure is...

Answer 35

Train tracks

Question 36

The intended effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was...

Answer 36

To free enslaved people in the Confederacy

Question 37

What can you infer from the fact that the first battle of the Civil War had spectators?

Answer 37

People did not realize how serious the war would become