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Chp 14 Test Review
War between the States
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| According to the textbook, what was the central issue that sparked the Civil War? | States’ rights |
| What was one of the South’s primary advantages at the outset of the Civil War? | better commanders |
| What was the South’s basic strategy for victory during the Civil War? | to outlast the North’s will to fight |
| Where did most of the fighting occur in the East | Virginia |
| What general played a critical support role in all the following Confederate victories: First Manassas, Seven Days’ Battles, Second Manassas, and Chancellorsville? | Stonewall Jackson |
| What event made the North realize that the Civil War would not be quickly over? | First Battle of Manassas |
| . The significance of the clash between the Monitor and the Merrimac was that the | age of wooden ships began to come to a close |
| Which campaign did the North lose more major battles than the South, the Union army reached the outskirts of Richmond, and the Southern troops were outnumbered during the campaign? | Peninsular Campaign |
| What was the most significant outcome of Joseph E. Johnston’s attack at Fair Oaks outside Richmond? | Robert E. Lee was promoted to command the army |
| What battle was the first clear-cut defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia? | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Why did the North attempt to capture the Mississippi River | The Mississippi divided the Confederacy |
| What Union general once left the army because of alleged drunkenness? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| During what daring campaign did Grant cut his army off from his supply bases to surprise his enemy? | Vicksburg |
| What caused a major riot in New York in 1863? | conscription |
| A border state was a | slave state that did not secede |
| .What were Copperheads? | Southern sympathizers in the North |
| What event almost brought Britain into the war? | Trent affair |
| What was Grant’s greatest defeat? | Battle of Cold Harbor |
| Why did Grant continue to fight after suffering so many losses in the eastern campaigns of 1864-1865 | He knew he could replace his losses, but the South could not |
| The capture of what city insured Lincoln’s reelection in 1864? | Atlanta |
| The effort to blockade the South and capture the Mississippi River | Anaconda Plan |
| The North’s main army in the East | Army of the Potomac |
| Southern ironclad that threatened to break the blockade | Merrimac |
| Northern ironclad with revolving gun turret | Monitor |
| Early, unsuccessful attempt to capture the Southern capital | Peninsular Campaign |
| Diversion on two Union armies with a small Confederate force | Valley Campaign |
| The South’s main army in the East | Army of Northern Virginia |
| Continual fighting in the woods north of Richmond | Wilderness Campaign |
| Sherman’s destruction of Georgia | March to the Sea |
| First major land battle of the Civil war | First Battle of Manassas |
| The South’s successful defense of its Capital | Seven Days’ Battles |
| Resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation | Battle of Antietam |
| End of the South’s offensive capabilities | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Opened Tennessee to invasion | Forts Henry and Donelson |
| Grant’s army caught “napping” | Battle of Shiloh |
| Loss of “the nailhead” that held the South together | Siege of Vicksburg |
| Effort to capture the rail center feeding Richmond | Siege of Petersburg |
| Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia | Appomattox Court House |
| What famous speech did Lincoln give to dedicate a war cemetery for one of the bloodies battles of the Civil War? | Gettysburg Address |
| What is the name for the Southern merchant ships that brought supplies to Southern ports in spite of the blockade? | Blockade Runners |
| What is the name for the compulsory enrollment of men into military service? | Conscription |
| What state was unconstitutionally admitted into the Union during the Civil War? | West Virginia |
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