civil war quiz

Question 1

which political party was John Bell a part of

Answer 1

Constitutional union

Question 2

what was bell stance on slavery

Answer 2

Moderate/he understood both sides

Question 3

What party did Stephen Douglas belong to

Answer 3

Democratic party

Question 4

Assistance on slavery

Answer 4

Did not support

Question 5

What party did Abraham Lincoln belong to

Answer 5

Republican

Question 6

what was Lincoln’s stance on slavery

Answer 6

oppose

Question 7

What political party did John Breckenridge belong to

Answer 7

Southern democratic

Question 8

what was Breckenridge’s stance on slavery

Answer 8

Supported

Question 9

For which candidate did most northern states vote for in the election of 1860

Answer 9

Abraham Lincoln

Question 10

Who won the election of 1860

Answer 10

Abraham

Question 11

How did the outcome of the election of 1860 lead to the Civil War

Answer 11

Cost fear in the southern states for slavery

Question 12

which state was the first to succeed from the union

Answer 12

South Carolina

Question 13

Why did the first seven states succeed from the union after the election of 1860

Answer 13

Fear that it with threatened slavery/their rights

Question 14

when was the battle of ft SUMTER

Answer 14

1861

Question 15

why is FT SUMT significant

Answer 15

Marked the start of the Civil War

Question 16

what will win in our states to do after the FT SUMTER

Answer 16

To stay in union/call for troops to defend the fort

Question 17

Did the union or confederacy have more money

Answer 17

Union

Question 18

Did the union or confederacy have the homefront advantage

Answer 18

union

Question 19

Did the union or confederacy have more people

Answer 19

union

Question 20

Did the union or confederacy have more supplies

Answer 20

union

Question 21

Did the union or confederacy have more industrial power

Answer 21

union

Question 22

did the union or confederacy have more strong military leaders

Answer 22

Confederacy

Question 23

Did the union or confederacy have the technological advantage of railroads advanced weapons and the telegraph

Answer 23

The union

Question 24

What was the initial goal of the union at the start of the war

Answer 24

To preserve the US and maintain the union

Question 25

how did the union anna Anaconda plan try to squeeze the confederate economy

Answer 25

blocking southern parts to prevent the trade/supplies from reaching Confederacy

Question 26

Which side was fighting a defensive for the union or confederacy

Answer 26

Confederacy

Question 27

Which side was planning to wait it out in hopes that support for the war would go away allowing for their independence. Union or confederacy

Answer 27

Confederacy

Question 28

Name the plan to convince Europe to support the confederacy because of their need for the cotton trade

Answer 28

King cotton diplomacy

Question 29

Who was the president of the confederacy

Answer 29

Jefferson Davis

Question 30

Who was the president of the union during the Civil War

Answer 30

Abraham Lincoln

Question 31

Was the West middle or east of Tennessee consistently against succession

Answer 31

west

Question 32

which part of Tennessee was consistently for the succession west middle or east

Answer 32

east

Question 33

what's a border state

Answer 33

A slave state that did not succeed from the union

Question 34

Who won the first battle of bull run

Answer 34

Confederate

Question 35

Why is the first battle of Bull Run important

Answer 35

First major battle of the Civil War

Question 36

Who won the second battle of Bull Run

Answer 36

Confederate

Question 37

Fort Henry in Fort Donaldson war on which rivers

Answer 37

Tennessee, Cumberland rivers

Question 38

which union strategy was being carried out when Fort Henry and Fort Donaldson fell

Answer 38

Anaconda plan

Question 39

Who won the battle of shiloh

Answer 39

union

Question 40

why was shiloh important

Answer 40

Give the union control of the Mississippi river/show the people that was gonna be a bad war

Question 41

why was antietam important

Answer 41

Led to the bloodiest one day battle/stop confederate immigration/lead to the emancipation proclamation

Question 42

In what state did Gettysburg take place

Answer 42

Pennsylvania

Question 43

What year did Gettysburg take place

Answer 43

1863

Question 44

Why did the confederate General Robert Ely invade the northern Union state

Answer 44

Relief pressure in Virginia

Question 45

Who won Gettysburg

Answer 45

Union

Question 46

why is Gettysburg considered the turning point of the war

Answer 46

Stop the leaves invasion of the north/ weekend confederate

Question 47

Why is Gettysburg important

Answer 47

Made a major turning point in the war

Question 48

in what year did Vicksburg take place

Answer 48

1863

Question 49

on which body of water is Vicksburg located

Answer 49

Mississippi river

Question 50

Why is Vicksburg important

Answer 50

gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

Question 51

The fall of Vicksburg to union troops helped to carry out which union strategy

Answer 51

helped carry out the Anaconda plan

Question 52

Who gets promoted to command all union forces because of the victory at Vicksburg

Answer 52

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 53

Which other important union victory happens today before Vicksburg

Answer 53

battle of gettys burg

Question 54

Was William Tecumseh Sherman a union or Confederate General

Answer 54

union general

Question 55

What did Sherman troops do on their March to see

Answer 55

Destroyed railroad supplies and buildings

Question 56

in which state did the March to sea take place

Answer 56

Georgia

Question 57

In addition to destroying Confederate resources what else did the Sherman want to damage by waging total war

Answer 57

weaken confederate support

Question 58

How did Sherman's march to see impact the election of 1864

Answer 58

Help Lincoln win

Question 59

Which two battles in Tennessee led to the Confederate defeat at the battle of Nashville

Answer 59

Battles of Franklin/Nashville

Question 60

What was the plan of confederate General John Bell Hood in the battle of Franklin

Answer 60

to launch direct attack

Question 61

how did the battles of Franklin national impact the Confederate army of Tennessee

Answer 61

weakend it