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Civil War Quiz
Civil War Quiz Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the main general for the North? | General Ulysses S. Grant |
| What was the number of confederate states during the war? | Eleven States |
| Who was the president of the South? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who was the president of the North? | Abraham Lincoln |
| This is where most of the generals were trained | West Point Academy |
| What did women do to help during the war? | spies and nurses |
| What was the worst of all the prison camps during the war? | Andersonville |
| Who fought against slavery in the civil war? | Abolitionists |
| Who sgot Abraham Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth |
| What are some other names forr the North durring the war? | Blue(uniforms), Yankees and Union |
| What are some other names for the South during the war? | Grey(uniforms), Rebels, and Confederates |
| What did the South name their battles after? | Nearby Towns |
| What did the North name their battles after? | Rivers and Streams |
| Who was the main general for the South? | Genral Robert E. Lee |
| What are three advantages of the North? | Larger Army, Had a Navy(controled sea), and More money and factories |
| What sre three advantages of the South? | Home Field Advantage, Well trained officers, and Greater Motivation. |
| casualty | any person killed, wounded or missing during the war |
| emancipation | to free from bondage like the slaves were |
| Merrimac, Monitor | first two ironclad ships |
| Fort Sumter | place where war started with its bombing |
| Virginia | home state of Robert E. Lee and reason he turned down offer to lead Union troops and led Confederate troops instead |
| Richmond, Virginia | new capital of the Confederacy because it was closer to the Union capital |
| Montgommery Alabama | What is the old or first location for the capital of the confederatecy |
| Bull Run? | The first major battle where confederates won and enjoyed lunch |
| desertion | to run away from battle punishable by death |
| contraband | goods that are illegally traded such as brittish goods to the South |
| George McClellan | first genral of ther North niclnamed "Lil Mac" |
| border states | these were states such as Delaware and Maryland that had slaves and went with the union |
| flank | sides of an army battle lines |
| Baltimore | first casualties of war occured in this city in Maryland where there was a riot |
| Dixie | nickname for the South and also a popular southern song |
| income tax | invented by the North to help pay for the war, still used today |
| blockade | closing off a port to supplies, used in the Anaconda plan |
| artillery | large powerful weapons like cannons and mortars |
| forage | to search for food, like soldiers did during the war |
| dysentery | often fatal disease of the intestines caused by unsafe (unsanitary) conditions |
| Fredrick Douglas | African-American abolitionist who talked Lincoln into freeing the slaves |
| battery | a group of 4-6 cannons, or a position in which they are placed |
| Stonewall Jackson | Southern general who gained his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run (because he refused to move during the battle) |
| photography | invention that changed the way people learned about war because they had real pictures |
| draft | used by the North and South to get more soldiers because there weren't enough volunteers (citizens were selected for mandatory service in the war) |
| Washington, D.C. | capital of the Union |
| Antietam | battle featured "Bloody Lane" and was the North's first major victory (5,600 casualties) |
| Gettysburg | battle was the turning point in the war and featured a great Rebel charge (led by Pickett) of about 13,000 soldiers (who were defeated)and the South didn't invade the north again |
| Union | In Oliver Woods' cartoon "Pending Conflict", which side of the war was bound by the Constitution? |
| The flag is under Jefferson Davis' feet because the South was breaking up the Union, which damaged the US. | In Oliver Woods' cartoon "Pending Conflict", why was an American flag under one man's feet? |
| Anti-Lincoln and anti-Republican people wanted to negotiate to reconcile with the South; this made it harder for Union soldiers to defend the North. | In Oliver Woods' cartoon "Pending Conflict", why was a snake around one man's leg? |
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