Question 1 What years did the Civil War begin and end in?

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Question 2 The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired upon ___________________.

Answer 2 Fort Sumter

Question 3 Who said, “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery”? Who said, “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery”?

Answer 3 Abraham Lincoln in 1862

Question 4 What was the first major battle of the war (July 1861)?

Answer 4 The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). The Confederates won the battle.

Question 5 What was the goal of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign in 1862?

Answer 5 To capture Richmond, Virginia (the Confederate Capitol)

Question 6 Why did the clash between the Monitor and Merrimack make history?

Answer 6 It was the first clash between iron-sided ships.

Question 7 It was a significant battle because it reduced Europe’s interest in helping the Confederates and it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Name the battle.

Answer 7 The Battle of Antietam (1862)

Question 8 What is Pickett’s Charge?

Answer 8 Lee’s attempt to break the union army on the third day of Gettysburg—it failed.

Question 9 Who was Lincoln referring to when he said, “I can’t spare this man; he fights.”

Answer 9 Ulysses S. Grant. By the end of 1863, he was named the leader of the Union army.

Question 10 Name Abraham Lincoln’s running mate in the Election of 1864.

Answer 10 Andrew Johnson would become president upon Lincoln’s assassination in 1865.

Question 11 This civil liberty was suspended during the Civil War. It requires a hearing before a judge to justify the detention of a prisoner.

Answer 11 Writ of habeas corpus. Lincoln suspended this right in order to jail pro-secessionist agitators in the border states.

Question 12 This legislation finally abolished slavery in the US

Answer 12 13th amendment, Remember—the emancipation proclamation only abolished slavery in the rebelling states.

Question 13 What is conscription?

Answer 13 Conscription is mandatory military service. It is commonly carried out as a “draft.”

Question 14 Who was the President of the C.S.A.?

Answer 14 Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America.

Question 15 Name the General who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Answer 15 Robert E. Lee

Question 16 What was unique about Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware?

Answer 16 These BORDER STATES were slave states that remained loyal to the union.

Question 17 This Battle marked the last major offensive of the Confederates.

Answer 17 The Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Question 18 What Civil War strategy called for the economic strangulation of the South?

Answer 18 The strategy was known as the Anaconda Plan. It called for an blockade of the South and cutting the Confederacy in half by controlling the Mississippi River.

Question 19 General Grant used a siege to force the surrender of this strategically important river town.

Answer 19 Vicksburg, Mississippi (1863)

Question 20 General Sherman began his infamous March to the Sea in which city?

Answer 20 Atlanta, Georgia (1864). Sherman ordered the evacuation of Atlanta and then burned it. He then led his 62,000 men on a destructive 285 mile march to Savannah on the coast.

Question 21 Of the following, name the categories the South had MORE than the North in: 1. Farm acreage 2. Population 3. Factory Production 3. Factory Production 4. Slaves 4. Slaves 5. Railroad Mileage 5. Railroad Mileage 6. Cotton Production 6. Cotton Production

Answer 21 The South had more slaves and more cotton production. The union had 71% of the nations population, 91% of factory production, 75% of farm acreage, and 71% or railroad mileage.

Question 22 What happened at Appomattox Court House, Virginia in 1865?

Answer 22 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.

Question 23 Give two reasons why Civil War Generals used outdated tactics.

Answer 23 First, The outdated tactics were still being taught in military schools like West Point. Second, Generals were under political pressure to go on the offensive (even though a defensive war may have been wiser for Lee).

Question 24 This was the first state to secede from the union (1860) and the site of Fort Sumter

Answer 24 South Carolina seceded from the union in 1860 and saw the confederates fire on Fort Sumter in 1861

Question 25 The confederates were more successful than the union in which of the following areas: A. Consistent military leadership B. Financing the war C. Feeding their troops D. Eliminating Dissent E. None of the above

Answer 25 A. The Confederates did have more consistent military leadership. While Lincoln went through numerous generals, the beloved and capable Robert E. Lee led the Confederates.

Question 26 How many soldiers died during the Civil War (combined total)? A. 220,000 B. 420,000 C. 620,000 D. 820,000

Answer 26 C. 620,000 died. 360,000 union soldiers and 260,000 confederate soldiers were killed in battle or died of disease. This was by far America’s deadliest war. Two thirds of deaths were caused by disease.

Question 27 The battle was the bloodiest day of the war with over 24,000 casualties. The battle was the bloodiest day of the war with over 24,000 casualties.

Answer 27 The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) of 1862 resulted in Lee’s retreat from the North and Lincoln’s announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 28 A Union captain boarded this British ship and captured emissaries James Mason and John Slidell in 1861, enraging the British. A Union captain boarded this British ship and captured emissaries James Mason and John Slidell in 1861, enraging the British.

Answer 28 The ship was the Trent. Cooler heads prevailed and Europe never formally recognized the Confederate States of America.

Question 29 The worst draft riots of the Civil War occurred in this city in The worst draft riots of the Civil War occurred in this city in 1863.

Answer 29 The Draft Day Riots of 1863 occurred in New York City where Irish mobs attacked Blacks, draft offices, and wealthy Republicans.

Question 30 What kind of warfare targets civilians and the economic infrastructure of the enemy?

Answer 30 Total Warfare

Question 31 Lincoln fired this General and eventually beat him in the Election of 1864.

Answer 31 George B. McClellan

Question 32 This government institution was created during the Civil War to help raise revenue through taxation.

Answer 32 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Question 33 What term was used to describe Northern Democrats who obstructed Lincoln’s war efforts?

Answer 33 Copperheads

Question 34 Why was Lincoln’s assassination a calamity (disaster) for the South?

Answer 34 Lincoln favored leniency toward the South at the end of the war and probably would have facilitated their return to the union.