Civil War - quiz 1

Question 1

major causes of the civil war

Answer 1

1) westward expansion of slavery
2) states rights (state gov. had more power than the federal gov.)
3) slavery (economics, politics, and morality)

Question 2

results of the war

Answer 2

1) over 600,000 men lost their lives
2) south was destroyed
3) slavery was ended! *
4) union was saved! *

Question 3

south’s dilemma with Fort Sumter

Answer 3

1) if they allowed the north to keep the fort, their new gov. would look week
2) if they took it by force, they would be blamed for starting the war

Question 4

what happened on April 12, 1861

Answer 4

• south fired on fort sumter (Gen. Robert Anderson vs. PGT Beauregard)
• war began

Question 5

after the attack on fort Sumter, what three states left the Union

Answer 5

1. Virginia
2. North Carolina
3. Tennessee

Question 6

northern democrats who sympathized with the South

Answer 6

“copperheads”

Question 7

border slave states along the mason-dixen line
- in question which side to support

Answer 7

Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland * (most important)

Question 8

why were the border states so important to the south?

Answer 8

half of their white population lived there! they needed troops!

Question 9

north’s advantages

Answer 9

1) large population (manpower)
2 abundant industries (supplies)
3) abundant food supply
4) large navy (for blockade)

Question 10

Norths disadvantages

Answer 10

1) had to invade + conquer the South
2) poor military leadership
3) poorly trained soldiers

Question 11

Souths advantages

Answer 11

1) united behind the cause of independence
2) well-trained men
3) superior military leadership
4) only had to defend their territory

Question 12

souths disadvantages

Answer 12

1) lack of men, supplies, and food
2) states rights
3) small navy (infantile)

Question 13

North’s strategies to win the war:

Answer 13

1) capture Richmond, VA (capiol)
2) capture Mississippi River
3) blockade all Southern ports (Anaconda plan- to squeeze the life out of the south)

Question 14

Souths strategies to win the war:

Answer 14

1) get foriegn assistance
2) wear the North down

Question 15

southern soldiers were called:

Answer 15

rebels

Question 16

northern soldiers were called:

Answer 16

yankees

Question 17

what did congress do to get money and food

Answer 17

gave free land grants to colleges if they would start an agricultural program

Question 18

civil war battles always had two names

Answer 18

south: named after towns
north: named after rivers/streams

Question 19

first major battle of war

Answer 19

First Battle of Bull Run (Manasses)
- gen. Irwin McDowell vs gen. PGT Beauregard
- South wins

Question 20

results of 1st Bull Run battle

Answer 20

1) realized the war was not going to be short or bloodless
2) need for standard uniforms (to recognize enemy through smoke)

Question 21

to get supplies through the blockade the south would hire…

Answer 21

“blockade runners” - private merchants

Question 22

Battle of the Ironclads

Answer 22

• Monitor vs. Merrimac
• turning point in naval warfare bc wooden ships became obsolete

Question 23

the Alabama

Answer 23

British ship made for confederates that sank over 60 union ships

Question 24

why was there a war in the West

Answer 24

to have control over the rivers

Question 25

how did the north come to control the Upper Miss. River?

Answer 25

Ulysses S. Grant captured both Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Question 26

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 26

North: Gen. Ulysses Grant
South: Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
- two day battle, blood bath, but north wins!

Question 27

Northern Admiral who captured part of New Orleans and cut off the mouth of the Miss. River

Answer 27

David Farragut

Question 28

A Southerner who turned down the opportunity to be the Union’s general commander and later became a southern general

Answer 28

Robert E. Lee