Week of 5/13 - 5/17

Question 1

Fort Sumter

Answer 1

Attack by the Confederacy marked the beginning of the war

Question 2

Border State

Answer 2

a slave state that bordered states where slavery was illegal

Question 3

Conscription

Answer 3

a draft; requires men to serve in the military

Question 4

Bounties

Answer 4

reward or payment given by the government

Question 5

Calvary

Answer 5

soldiers on horseback

Question 6

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 6

successful Union General

Question 7

Stonewall Jackson

Answer 7

Confederate General who helped win the Battle of Bull Run

Question 8

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 8

Battle of the Civil War where the South surprised the North and won

Question 9

Rifle

Answer 9

gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through the air

Question 10

Anaconda Plan

Answer 10

The Union’s strategy to defeat the confederacy during the Civil War