Civil War

Question 1

battle of Fort Sumter

Answer 1

The first shots of the civil war were fired here. Confederate Victory

Question 2

Battle of Bull Run

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The 1st major land battle of the Civil War. Confederate Victory

Question 3

Battle of Antietam

Answer 3

The bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War. Some historians considered to be a draw and led to the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 4

Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 4

A UNION VICTORY delivered by Ulysses S. Grant that led to the control of the Mississippi River

Question 5

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 5

3 day battle that was a Union victory is considered the turning point of the war

Question 6

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 6

A Union Victory delivered by Ulysses S. Grant that led to the control of the Tennesse River

Question 7

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 7

16th president of the United States. Leader of the Union

Question 8

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 8

Commanding General of the Union Army.

Question 9

Jefferson Davis

Answer 9

President of the Confederate States of America

Question 10

Robert E. Lee

Answer 10

Commander of the Confederate Forces

Question 11

George Meade

Answer 11

Union general who was victorious at the battle of Gettysburg

Question 12

William Tecumsen Sherman

Answer 12

Union General who led the famous “March to Sea”

Question 13

John Wilks Booth

Answer 13

Confederate Sympathizer who assassinated President Lincoln in Fords Theatre

Question 14

Andrew Johnson

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17th President of the United States. Took over as president when Lincoln died

Question 15

Clement L. Villandigham

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Copperhead politician who ran against Lincoln

Question 16

13th Amendment

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Officially abolished slavery

Question 17

14th Amendment

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gave slaves citizenship

Question 18

15th Amendment

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gave african american MEN a right to vote

Question 19

Black Codes

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a series of restrictive laws that enact the southern united states after the civil war aiming to limit the rights and the freedom of newly african americans

Question 20

Goal of Freedman’s Bureau

Answer 20

to assist newly freed african americans in the transition from slavery to freedom and citizenship in the post-civil war.

Question 21

Missouri Compromise

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allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state

Question 22

Pottawatomie Creek Massacre

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5 pro slavery men were killed in a field in Kansas by John Brown and supporters

Question 23

Compromise of 1850

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Allowed California to enter the union as a free state

Question 24

Dred Scott decision

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Former slave who sued for his freedom that went to the supreme court that ruled that slaves were property

Question 25

Fugitive Slave Law

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Law that made it illegal to help slaves

Question 26

Raid on Harpers Ferry

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event led by John Brown to start a slave revolt by raiding a federal

Question 27

Uncle Toms Cabin

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Novel written by Harriett Beconer Stowe to show the horros of slavery

Question 28

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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famous debate between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas as they ran for the senate in Illinois

Question 29

Kansas-Nebraska Act

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the issue of slavery would be decided by popular territories

Question 30

Election of 1860 and inaugural address

Question 31

Election of 1864 &Inaugural address

Question 32

popular sovereignty

Answer 32

the people have the ultimate power in their government and it's based on their consent

Question 33

what was the first state to secede from the united states

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South Carolina

Question 34

what were the advantages of the north (union) heading into the civil war

Answer 34

larger population, a greater industrial base, and a more developed transportation network

Question 35

what were the advantages of the south (confederacy) heading into the civil war

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home field advantage, experienced military leadership, and familiarity with the terrain

Question 36

describe the anaconda plan

Answer 36

It involved a naval blockade of Southern ports, a thrust down the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in two, and a gradual encirclement of the South

Question 37

4 Border States. Why did neither side want to upset them

Answer 37

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. They were a good location and were slave states but refused to join the Confederacy

Question 38

How did the Emancipation Proclomation Change the War

Answer 38

shifted the war's purpose from simply preserving the Union to also including the fight against slavery