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Section #4 - Regular
| This North Carolina Governor favored secession : | John Ellis |
| This group of people were mainly Democrats who believed a state could withdraw from the Union by the vote of a state convention: | Secessionists |
| Secessionists believed that the state: | Must withdraw and form a separate Country to protect slavery and other Southern economic interests. |
| This group of people, mainly ex-Whigs, believed that a tyrannical Government could be overthrown, but did not feel that Lincoln had done anything to warrant this. | Unionists |
| Unionists advised this policy: | "Watch and Wait" |
| This man was a North Carolina Unionist leader: | William Woods Holden |
| South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union on what date? | December 20th, 1860 |
| Governor Ellis advised this action, thinking it would be easier to convince North Carolina to do so: | South Carolina's secession |
| Delegates from the seceding states met on February 4th, 1861 in what location? | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Who was elected President of the new Southern Government? | Jefferson Davis of Mississippi |
| These two forts were seized by locals briefly on January 10th, 1861: | Fort Caswell and Fort Johnston |
| This is the name of a popular Unionist paper: | The North Carolina Standard |
| The Raleigh State Journal and Wilmington Journal are examples of: | Secessionist Newspapers |
| In January of 1861, the NC legislature agreed to: | Allow popular vote to decide if a convention to discuss secession should be held, and to elect those delegates |
| The majority of North Carolina voters in January of 1861 casts ballots: | Favoring the Union/against the secession convention |
| In 1861, Unionists would have won how many of the 120 available seats in the secession convention based on the popular vote? | 78 / 120 |
| What party was formed by North Carolina secessionist in March of 1861? | The Southern Rights Party |
| A resolution favoring the Confederacy and immediate secession was passed in what city? | Goldsboro |
| Who was elected president of the Southern Rights Party? | Weldon N. Edwards |
| Confederate forces decided to attack what fort after Lincoln announced he would send supplies? | Fort Sumter |
| When Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to put down the rebellion at Fort Sumter, what did Governor Ellis reply? | "You can get no troops from North Carolina." |
| North Carolina seceded at a special convention where delegates voted unanimously to repeal the Constitution and secede on: | May 20th, 1861 |
| North Carolina was the _____ state to secede. | Last |
| What strategy would prevent the Confederacy from trading from other nations and would split the Confederacy in two? | The Anaconda Plan |
| The Confederacies political strategy was: | King Cotton Diplomacy |
| King Cotton Diplomacy was: | An effort to force the French and British to break the Southern blockade to get the cotton they needed and for the Confederates to stop selling cotton in Europe. |
| North Carolina supplied 1/6th of all Confederate troops. How many men was this? | 125,000 |
| How many troops did North Carolina lose during the war? | 40,000 |
| What percentage of white men between 20 and 60 from North Carolina served in the Confederate army? | 96% |
| North Carolina provided ________ troops than any other Confederate state. | More |
| North Carolina was the only Confederate state to have: | An outspoken peace movement |
| General Walter Gwyn led: | Confederate forces on the Outer Banks |
| In August of 1861 Union forces commanded by Benjamin Butler captured what forts on the Outer Banks, giving the Union a foothold in North Carolina. | Fort Clark and Fort Hatteras |
| What military action, led by General Ambrose Burnside, from February to April of 1862 led to the Union army holding the entire North Carolina coast north of Morehead city? | The Burnside Expedition |
| What act passed by the Confederate Government made men between 18 and 35 eligible to be drafted, and allowed those who were drafted to hire substitutes? | The Conscription Act of 1862 |
| What was suspended in the Confederacy which allowed prisoners to be held without cause? | The Writ of Habeas Corpus |
| This ex-Whig was nominated to run for Governor from the new Conservative party in 1862. | Zebulon B. Vance |
| What rank did Zebulon B. Vance rise to in the Confederate army? | Colonel |
| Zebulon B. Vance served in what military unit? | The 26th North Carolina Regiment |
| The Raleigh State Journal supported this railroad executive from Charlotte as the Democratic candidate for Governor. | William Johnston |
| This newspaper editor supported Zebulon B. Vances' candidacy for Governor. | William Woods Holden |
| What is blockade running? | Using ships to sail through a blockade |
| This ship was used by Zebulon B. Vance and others to get cotton to Europe in exchange for much needed supplies. | The Advance |
| What did North Carolina warehouses still have after the war? | 100,000 uniforms and 75 tons of bacon |
| North Carolina's highest ranking Confederate officer was: | Lieutenant-General Daniel Hill |
| Lieutenant-General Daniel Hill led unsuccessful attempts to recapture what cities in 1863? | New Bern and Washington |
| This stated all slaves held in Confederate states were free as of January 1st, 1863: | The Emancipation Proclamation |
| What factors kept Great Britain from siding with the Confederacy? | Anti-slavery sentiments, plus a poor wheat harvest making northern wheat more important than southern cotton |
| General George Pickett attempted (and failed) to recapture what city in February of 1864 | New Bern |
| What ironclad ram participated in the attack on Union forces at Plymouth in April 1864? | C.S.S. Albemarle |
| With the assistance of the Albemarle, this General was able to recapture Plymouth and 2500 Union troops and supplies: | General Robert F. Hoke |
| The commander of the CSS Albemarle was: | James W. Cooke |
| The Albemarle was sunk by this Union officer in October 1864 after failing to recapture New Bern, and falling in a Union raid to retake Plymouth: | William B. Cushing |
| This white Cherokee chief commanded southern troops of Cherokee warriors to defend mountain passes against the Union: | William H. Thomas |
| Colonel George W. Kirk led a Union raid in mid-1864 to capture this training center near Morganton: | Camp Vance |
| The mountains was a stronghold for these people during the CIvil War: | Unionists |
| ________ African-American regiments supported the Union in North Carolina | Five |
| About _________ African-Americans served the Union as soldiers: | 1,000 |
| This man led a raid of deserters and draft resisters on a raid at Burnsville in the summer of 1864 | Montreval Ray |
| North Carolina had the highest rate of _________ among Confederate forces | Deserters |
| These Unionists disgused themselves as soldiers and joined the Confederate Army, planning to desert to Union lines as soon as they could: | Keith and Sarah Pritchard Blalock |
| A famous Confederate spy from Wilmington, NC | Rose O'Neal Greenhow |
| A crank-operated machine gun that could fire 200 rounds per minute | Gatling Gun |
| The Gatling Gun was invented by: | Richard Jordan Gatling |
| This man ran as the "peace candidate" for governor in 1864, and was easily defeated by Zebulon B. Vance: | William W. Holden |
| The last major blockade-running port open in the Confederacy: | WIlmington |
| This fort was ket to Wilmington's defense: | Fort Fisher |
| The largest earthen work fort in the Confederacy was Fort Fisher, given this nickname: | "The Gibraltar of the South" |
| Wilmington was captured in February of 1865 after Union General Alfred H. Terry attacked and seized Fort Fisher from: | January 12-15, 1865 |
| General Sherman's March to the Sea had two objectives: | 1) Make civilians suffer and stop supporting the war 2) Unite with General Grant in Virginia |
| This general was ordered to stop Sherman's march through North Carolina: | General Joseph E. Johnston |
| This was the first attack led by General Johnston troops in March of 1865 to slow down Sherman's march through NC | Battle of Averasboro |
| North Carolina's bloodiest battle was: | Battle of Bentonville |
| The total casualties during the Battle of Bentonville was: | 4,243 |
| This Union raid went through western North Carolina, destroying 60 miles of railroad line from Boone, Wilkesboro, and Mt. Airy | Stoneman's Raid |
| Stoneman's troops burned the infamous Confederate prison in this town, after finding it to be empty except for the sickest of prisoners: | Salisbury |
| The site of General Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant: | Appomatox, Virginia |
| The site of General Johnston's surrender to General Sherman: | Bennett Farmhouse |
| The date of General Johnston's surrender: | April 26th, 1865 |
| The date of General Lee's surrender: | April 9th, 1865 |
| President Lincoln was assassinated on: | April 14th, 1865 |
| The Civil War was the first major American event to be: | Photographed |
| This man is credited with bringing the photography craze to the United States: | Samuel F. B. Morse (inventor of the telegraph) |
| Some of the most famous Civil War photographers were: | Matthew Brady, Edward and Henry Anthony, Alexander Gardner |
| Abraham Lincoln was succeeded as President by: | Andrew Johnson |
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