civil war 2

Question 1

54th Massachusetts

Answer 1

all-black regiment led by white officers. First black regiment in combat.

Question 2

Robert Gould Shaw

Answer 2

Commander of the 54th Massachusetts

Question 3

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 3

Freed slaves in the South

Question 4

Fredericksburg

Answer 4

Robert E. Lee vs Ambrose Burnside. Confederate Victory (very one-sided). Burnside fired after. First Urban battle

Question 5

Marye’s Heights

Answer 5

Turning point of Fredericksburg

Question 6

Ambrose Burnside

Answer 6

Union General. Fired after Fredericksburg

Question 7

Chancellorsville

Answer 7

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson vs Joseph Hooker. Confederate victory. Jackson dies and Hooker is fired after.

Question 8

Joseph Hooker

Answer 8

Union General. Nicknamed “Fighter Joe”

Question 9

Jubal Early

Answer 9

Confederate General

Question 10

John Sedgwick

Answer 10

Union General. Wounded 3 times at Antietam

Question 11

Gettysburg

Answer 11

George Meade vs Robert E. Lee. Turning point of the war. Union Victory

Question 12

George Meade

Answer 12

Union General

Question 13

Little Round Top

Answer 13

Union Victory. Lawrence Chamberlain and Stong Vincent vs. Evander Law

Question 14

Pickett’s Charge

Answer 14

Union Victory. Forced Confederates to retreat. A lot of Confederate casualties.

Question 15

Gettysburg Address

Answer 15

President Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg

Question 16

Vicksburg

Answer 16

Ulysses Grant vs Joshua Pemberton. Union victory. Confederates surrendered. Union got control of Mississippi.

Question 17

Ulysses Grant

Answer 17

Union General. Promoted after Vicksburg

Question 18

Andersonville

Answer 18

Confederate prison camp in Georgia. Lead by Henry Wirz.

Question 19

Elmira

Answer 19

Union prison camp in New York. Worst Union camp.

Question 20

Raiders

Answer 20

group of bullies at Andersonville who would murder and steal

Question 21

“Bloody” Bill Anderson

Answer 21

leader of Confederate group of raiders that killed Northeners.

Question 22

Bushwackers

Answer 22

Pro Confederate

Question 23

Jayhawkers

Answer 23

Pro Union

Question 24

William Quantrill

Answer 24

Confederate. Quantrill’s Raiders/

Question 25

Lawrence Massacre

Answer 25

Quantrill's Raiders. Confederate victory. Retaliation for Jayhawk attacks.

Question 26

Causes of the New York City Draft Riots

Answer 26

anti-war sentiment, fear of being replaced by freed slave, new draft law, blacks exempt from draft, $300 fee for exemption, Immigrants not happy, people tired of war

Question 27

Effects of the New York City Draft Riots.

Answer 27

property damage, deadliest riot in US history, black people killed, black businesses destroyed or forced to relocate

Question 28

How did Stonewall Jackson die

Answer 28

he was accidently shot by his own troops.

Question 29

Border War

Answer 29

series of violence in Kansas. Quantrill's Raiders (Quantrill and Bill Anderson), Jayhawks, and Bushwackers. Involved Kansas and Nebraska. Different than the rest of the war because it was only in Kansas. Included the Lawrence Massacre.

Question 30

Conditions of Civil War prisons

Answer 30

disease, poor treatment by guards, cramped, poor sanitation, lack of food.

Question 31

African American troops

Answer 31

increased number of Union troops, payed less than whites, segregated in hospitals, given worse equipment.

Question 32

Little Round Top commanders

Answer 32

Chamberlain, Strong Vincent, Evander Law.

Question 33

Little Round Top importance

Answer 33

Chamberlain's famous charge, Union victory, Union didn't get flanked

Question 34

Pickett's Charge commanders

Answer 34

George Meade and Robert E. Lee

Question 35

Pickett's Charge importance

Answer 35

high Confederate casualties including commanders, forced Confederates to retreat back to Virginia.

Question 36

Vicksburg commanders

Answer 36

Ulysses Grant, John Pemberton.

Question 37

Vicksburg reason

Answer 37

Union wanted to control the Mississippi river

Question 38

Vicksburg Importance

Answer 38

Union got control over the Mississippi river and cut off Confederate supplies. They also started surrounding the Confederates going along with the Anaconda plan. Big Union victory

Question 39

Vicksburg date

Answer 39

May 18 - July 4th 1863

Question 40

Vicksburg casualties

Answer 40

5,000 Union, 32,000 Confederate

Question 41

Gettysburg commanders

Answer 41

George Meade and Robert E. Lee

Question 42

Gettysburg reason

Answer 42

Lee had just won another battle and wanted to give Virginia a rest from the fighting. He also wanted to use the Northern farms for his own army.

Question 43

Gettysburg importance

Answer 43

Confederates suffered high commander casualties, Chamberlain led a famous charge, This Union victory combined with the fall of Vicksburg right after devastated the Confederacy, Deadliest battle of the whole war. Confederates retreated back to Virginia.

Question 44

Gettysburg Date

Answer 44

July 1-3, 1863

Question 45

Gettysburg Casualties

Answer 45

23,000 Union, 23,000-28,000 Confederate