L 23-25

Question 1

Who is General Lee and which side did he fight for?

Answer 1

General Lee was the Confederates’ main general.

Question 2

What happened at the Battle of Bull Run and why was it important?

Answer 2

A spy named Rose Greenhow told the Confederates the Union’s plans of attack, resulting in a Union loss.

Question 3

What is the Anaconda Plan?

Answer 3

Strategies to surround the Confederacy, split the states in two by cutting off the Mississippi River, and take the capital.

Question 4

Who founded the Red Cross?

Answer 4

Clara Barton.

Question 5

Who was Harriet Tubman?

Answer 5

An escaped slave. and a spy for the union

Question 6

What role did Rose Greenhow play in the war?

Answer 6

She was a spy who provided many Union secrets to the Confederacy.

Question 7

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 7

It made slavery illegal.

Question 8

What is the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 8

It was a turning point that put the South on the defensive and is honored in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

Question 9

What did African Americans risk by being Union soldiers?

Answer 9

Their lives and their freedom.

Question 10

What technological advancements were used in this war?

Answer 10

Weapons including rifles, repeaters, Minie bullets, balloons, submarines, the railroad, and the telegraph.

Question 11

What are the features of rifles used in the war?

Answer 11

1000 meter range and more precise shooting.

Question 12

What are repeaters?

Answer 12

Rifles that fired up to 7 shots in 30 seconds, mostly available to Union soldiers.

Question 13

What is a Minie bullet?

Answer 13

A cone-shaped lead bullet with a diameter smaller than the rifle barrel, more accurate and deadly.

Question 14

What was the purpose of balloons in the war?

Answer 14

Hydrogen-filled balloons had passengers for observation.

Question 15

What was the role of submarines in the war?

Answer 15

Used by Confederates, they were metal tubes manned by about 8 men.

Question 16

How many miles of railroads did the North have?

Answer 16

22,000 miles of standardized railroads.

Question 17

How many miles of railroads did the South have?

Answer 17

9,000 miles of non-standardized railroads.

Question 18

What was the impact of the railroad on the war?

Answer 18

Trains were used to transport troops and supplies.

Question 19

Who was the first president to communicate immediately using the telegraph?

Answer 19

President Lincoln.

Question 20

What was the impact of the war on Native Americans?

Answer 20

They were given land and fighters.

Question 21

What is meant by ‘total war’?

Answer 21

A war that is unrestricted in terms of weapons used, territory or combatants involved, or objectives pursued.

Question 22

What type of surrender did Grant typically require?

Answer 22

Complete and total surrender.

Question 23

What conditions did Grant decide at the Appomattox Court House?

Answer 23

He was prety mercuful, letting most of the confederates go with horses and food to return home

Question 24

Delete this

Question 26

What was the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 26

A legislative agreement to balance slave and free states in the Union ## Footnote It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Question 27

How did the Missouri Compromise challenge US law about slavery?

Answer 27

It created a boundary for slavery at the 36°30′ parallel ## Footnote North of this line, slavery was prohibited except for Missouri.

Question 28

What were the effects of the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 28

Missouri entered with slavery; Maine entered without slavery ## Footnote It established a dividing line for future states regarding slavery.

Question 29

Define the 36°30′ parallel and its significance.

Answer 29

Border between slave states and free states ## Footnote It was established by the Missouri Compromise.

Question 30

What aspects of the Compromise of 1850 were a compromise?

Answer 30

* California joined the Union as a free state * Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 enacted * No slave trade in Washington, D.C.

Question 31

Define the Fugitive Slave Law and its purpose.

Answer 31

Allowed marshals from the South to capture escaped slaves in the North ## Footnote It aimed to enforce slaveowners' rights.

Question 32

What was the purpose of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Answer 32

To reveal the cruelty of enslavers towards slaves ## Footnote It played a significant role in shaping public opinion against slavery.

Question 33

What were the territorial expansion problems associated with slavery?

Answer 33

* Kansas-Nebraska Act * Missouri Compromise * Popular Sovereignty * Dred Scott Case

Question 34

How are the issues of Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, Popular Sovereignty, and Dred Scott Case related?

Answer 34

They all revolved around whether new states would be slave or free states.

Question 35

Define the raid on Harper’s Ferry and John Brown’s role.

Answer 35

An assault led by abolitionists to initiate a slave uprising ## Footnote John Brown was a key figure in this raid.

Question 36

Why is the election of 1860 significant?

Answer 36

The winner would greatly influence the future of slavery in America ## Footnote It also led to the formation of the Confederate States of America.

Question 37

How were the Confederate States of America formed?

Answer 37

By the secession of slave states from the Union.

Question 38

What happened at Fort Sumter and why is it significant?

Answer 38

It was the site of the first battle of the Civil War.