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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did BOTH SIDES (Union and Confederacy) underestimate about the Civil War? | The terrible price of human life |
| How long did the Civil War last? | 4 years |
| Why was it EXTREMELY important that Abraham Lincoln made sure the border states, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, DID NOT secede from the Union? | The states all had strategic locations that would either add or decrease the amount of advantages of the North |
| What side fought for the Union? | The North |
| What side fought for the Confederates? | The South |
| Who was the president when the Civil War was going on? | Abraham Lincoln was the president. |
| What party was Abraham Lincoln in? | Republican Party |
| Who had more resources, or advantages, during rhe Civil war? | The Union |
| What was one advantage the Union had during the war? | The Union had a larger population |
| What was the second advantage the Union had during the Civil War? | The Union had a larger railroad system. |
| What was the third advantage the Union had during the Civil War? | The Union had more farms. |
| What was the fourth advantage the Union had during the Civil War? | The Union had more exports. |
| What was the fifth advantage the Union had during the Civil War? | The Union had A LOT more manufactured goods. |
| Overall, what two major advantages did the North (Union) have during the Civil War? | The North had a bigger population and better resources. |
| Overall, what three major advantages did the South (Confederacy) enjoy during the Civil War? | The South had an excellent military, strong fighting spirit, and the South knew the land and had the will to defend it. |
| Where was the majority of the Civil War fought? | The Confederacy's Land (south) |
| What advantage did Missouri give the North? | Missouri could control parts of the Mississippi River and major routes of the West. |
| What advantage did Kentucky give the North? | Kentucky controlled the Ohio River. |
| What advantage did Delaware give the North? | Delaware was close to Pennsylvania. |
| What advantage, perhaps the most important of all, did Maryland give the North? | Maryland was close to Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. |
| What would happen if Maryland seceded from the Union? | Washington, D.C., the capital, lay within the state and if Maryland seceded the North's governement would be surrounded by Confederate states. |
| What was the South's goal during the Civil War? | The goal was to establish itself as an independent nation. |
| What was the North's goal early the Civil War? | The goal was to restore the Union, or the country. |
| What was the North's goal later in the Civil War? | The goal was to end slavery. |
| Who said "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it?" | Abraham Lincoln said it. |
| In the early years of the war, what WAS NOT the official aim (goal) of the Union? | To NOT defeat slavery |
| Why did the South feel that they would get help from Britain and France during the Civil War? | Their supply of southern cotton ws being disrupted by the war. |
| What was the basic strategy of the South during the Civil War? | To conduct a defensive war |
| Which Mexican War hero came up with the North's strategies for winning the Civil War? | General Winfield Scott |
| What was the first major Union strategy for winning the Civil War? | blockade Southern ports |
| What was the second major Union strategy for winning the Civil War? | The North intended to gain control of the ENTIRE Misssissippi River. |
| What was the third major Union strategy for winning the Civil War? | Capture Richmond, Virginia |
| What was especially tragic about the Civil War? | it was "brother against brother." |
| What was one reason why soldiers on both sides decided to fight in the Civil War? | They were motivated by Patriotism. |
| What was the second reason why soldiers on both sides decided to fight in the Civil War? | They were loyal to their causes. |
| What was the third reason why soldiers on both sides decided to fight in the Civil War? | They were afraid if they didn't they would be called cowards. |
| What group of people was not allowed to fight in the Confederate Army? | African Americans or slaves |
| Early in the war, which group of people was not allowed to fight in the Union Army? | Freed people |
| Why did the Union feel they would easily be able to win the war quickly? | They couldn't imagine the Confederates hold out against the Union's greater resources. |
| Why did the Confederates feel they would prevail in the Civil War? | They didn't believe that the Union could eer subdue the fighting spirit of the South. |
| What occupation had alost 50% of the Union army and more than 60% of the Southern Army done before the Civil War began? | Farming |
| What nickname was given to the Confederate troops? | Rebels |
| What nickname was given to the Union troops? | Yankees |
| How many men fought for the Union during the Civil War? | 2.1 million |
| How many men fought for the Union during the Civil War? | 900,000 |
| What were five of the negatives to the life of being a Civil War soldier? | boredom, discomfort, sickness, fear, and horror |
| Even though it was against the rules, what did soldiers from both sides sometimes do in between battles? | They forgot they were enemies. |
| What gender was normally thought of being the pros at being doctors? | Males |
| Was it sanitary for amputating arms and legs during the civil war? | No |
| What type of weapon made the Civil War more deadly than the Revolutionary War had been? | Rifles |
| What were the three reasons why a Civil War soldier might decide to desert their army? | Fear, hunger, or sickness |
| What fraction of Union soldiers deserted during the Civil War? | 1/11 |
| What fraction of Confederate soldiers deserted during the Civil War? | 1/8 |
| What does blockade mean? | To close |
| If you were a Civil War photographer, and you took a picture of a dead Union soldier, what color uniform was the soldier wearing? | blue |
| General Winfield Scott proposed the _________ Plan, which was his plan for defeating the Confederacy. | Anaconda |
| A soldier nicknamed "Billy Yank" would MOST LIKELY call his hometown __________. | Boston, Massachusetts |
| What was "hardtack?" | a common food fed to the Civil War troops |
| What was the Merrimack? | An abandoned Union warship |
| What was the battle of Bull Run? | The first major battle of the Civil War. |
| Who was the Confederate general at the battle of Bull Run? | General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson |
| Why were the Northerners shocked about the First Battle of Bull Run? | They didn’t know the South could fight that hard. |
| Who was General George McClellan? | The Union General |
| What was the Army of the Potomac? | The Union army of the East |
| What were the reasons why the Union wanted to control the Mississippi River? | So the Anaconda plan could split part of the south into two and cut off the South’s contribution of cotton to other countries. |
| Who was “Unconditional Surrender?" | General Ulysses S. Grant's nickname |
| What is a casualty? | people killed or wounded |
| What is a tributary? | Smaller rivers that flow into a larger river |
| Who was General Robert E. Lee? | The Confederate leader |
| How were General Lee and General Stonewall Jackson were able to win victories against forces bigger than their own? | They had great leadership and strategy. |
| What was the Battle of Antietam? | Won by union, many casualties and the bloodiest day in civil war history and bloodiest single day ever. |
| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. |
| How did the Civil War affect the lives of school-age children? | Only half of 12 millin children attended schools and who didnn't worked to support family. |
| Why did the South run low on food, supplies, and household items during the Civil War? | The marching armies destoryed farms and building, the river was claimed by the Union, and the ports were blockaded. No supplies went in and no supplies went out. |
| How did the Civil War affect the lives of women? | They suffered the stress of having husbands away at war and the pain of losing family members. |
| Before the Civil War, most nurses were what gender? | Men, then during women took over. |
| What important award did Mary Edwards Walker win for her work as an army surgeon? | Congressional Medal of Honor |
| How did Dorothea Dix contribute to the war? | She recruited women to serve as nurses |
| How did Ciara Barton contribute to the war? | She worked with wounded soldiers. |
| How did Sally Tompkins contribute to the war? | She established soldier hospitals. |
| What contribution did Rose Greenhow offer during the Civil War? | Entertained Union leaders in Washington, D.C. and spied for the Confederates, bringing back information to the South. |
| At the start of the war, what did both sides do with the captured soldiers? | Exchanged |
| Why did they stop exchanging captured soldiers? | They returned to fight again. |
| What were ways that women helped during the Civil War? | They worked as spies, nurses, ran offices, kept farms and factories going, kept government records, and taught school. |
| Who was Mary Edwards Walker? | The first army surgeon. |
| What did Harriet Tubman do during the Civil War? | She worked as a spy and scout for the Union. |
| What was Andersonville prison camp? | A prison in Georgia, built to hold 10,000 soldiers, but crammed 33,000 inside once. |
| What was Elmira prison camp? | A prison in New York |
| What were the Civil War diseases? | Dysentery, typhoid, and pneumonia |
| What killed more in the Civil War, weapons or diseases? | Diseases |
| What were bread riots? | When hungry people took the streets in a mob and protested by smashing windows and stealing food. |
| What is Amputation? | The removal of an arm or leg. |
| What is Gangrene? | The death of body tissue. |
| What were War Democrats? | They were sharply critical of how the Republican administration was running the war. |
| What were the Peace Democrats (“Copperheads”)? | They argued an immediate end to the fighting. |
| What was the reason why the Peace Democrats may have caused the Civil War to drag on longer than it should have? | They encouraged the south and that the war dragged in because the South believed that the North would abandon the struggle. |
| What is Habeas corpus? | Protection against unlawful imprisonment |
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