Review for Midterm

Question 1

What battle was pivotal for controlling the Mississippi?

Answer 1

Vicksburg

Question 2

Name the three day battle that was considered a major turning point of the Civil War.

Answer 2

Gettysburg

Question 3

What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?

Answer 3

Antietam

Question 4

Name the Union general that commanded the troops at Vicksburg.

Answer 4

General Grant

Question 5

Who was the Union general that made the south pay with his famous march to the sea?

Answer 5

Sherman

Question 6

Who was the commanding general for the south during the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 6

General Lee

Question 7

What major event occurred at Appomattox?

Answer 7

The south surrendered

Question 8

What are some advantages the South had during the Civil War?

Answer 8

• Familiar terrain
• Good lenders

Question 9

Where did the first fighting begin between the Patriots and the Red Coats?

Answer 9

Fort Necessity

Question 10

What battle is considered a turning point in the French and Indian War?

Answer 10

Quebec

Question 11

Why was the relationship between the French and the Indians a peaceful one?

Answer 11

Trade

Question 12

What was the President’s main, overall goal at the start of the Civil War?

Answer 12

Bring the Union back together

Question 13

The first shot heard ‘around the world’ was fired where?

Answer 13

Lexington

Question 14

What was the name of the battle that was fought at Breed’s Hill but was given a different name?

Answer 14

Bunker Hill

Question 15

Who was considered a Patriot during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 15

Anyone against the crown, that counted independent

Question 16

Who (in general) was considered a Red Coat (Tory) during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 16

British, loyal to crown

Question 19

Who founded the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 19

Samuel Adams

Question 20

What act during the Revolutionary Era was the first act to directly tax the colonists?

Answer 20

Stamp

Question 21

Who won the French and Indian War?

Answer 21

British

Question 22

Washington saw his first ever defeat here when he fought for the king during the French and Indian War?

Answer 22

Ford Necessing

Question 23

When did the French and Indian War start? When did it end?

Answer 23

1754-1763

Question 24

What treaty ended the French and Indian War?

Answer 24

Frey of taris

Question 26

What was the date of the Battle of Antietam?

Answer 26

September 1862

Question 27

What was the date of the Battle of Fredericksburg?

Answer 27

December 1862

Question 28

What was the date of the Second Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 28

Spring 1862

Question 29

What was the date of the First Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 29

July 1861

Question 30

What was the date of the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 30

July 1st-3rd 1863

Question 31

What was the date of the Siege of Vicksburg?

Answer 31

Spring 1863

Question 32

How did General McClellan lose his job after the Confederate defeat at Antietam?

Answer 32

He didn't attack like Lincoln wanted

Question 33

Who was the Union commanding general during Gettysburg?

Answer 33

General Meade

Question 34

Which general of the Civil War was from Michigan?

Answer 34

Custer

Question 35

When did the Civil War start and end?

Answer 35

1861-1865

Question 36

Where did the French and Indian War start?

Answer 36

Fort Necessity

Question 37

Why did the French initially come to America?

Answer 37

For business

Question 38

What battle was considered a moral victory for the Patriots even though they lost?

Answer 38

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 39

What key battle during the Revolutionary War forced many British soldiers to remain along the east coast?

Answer 39

Saratoga

Question 40

In what major French city was the treaty granting colonists their independence signed?

Answer 40

Paris

Question 41

Where did the British surrender during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 41

Yorktown

Question 42

Who was the key British leader that surrendered at the final battle of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 42

Charles Cornwallis

Question 43

Where did Washington surprise the Hessians on Christmas night, 1776?

Answer 43

Trenton

Question 44

Where did Washington's men camp during the cold winter of 1778?

Answer 44

Valley Forge