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History Test 11-11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1-7 General Info What is a score? | 20 years |
| 1-7 General Info Who was Robert E lee? | Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general |
| 1-7 General Info Who was US Grant | Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the Union general who led the U.S. to victory in the Civil War |
| 1-7 General Info Robert E Lee vs. US Grant | Lee's primary goal was to destroy Union armies, but Grant's objective was to destroy Lee's army, and he stuck to this plan despite heavy casualties. |
| 1-7 General Info Who won the Civil War? | The Union. |
| 1-7 General Info How many years did the Civil War last? | 4 years |
| North/ South who did the Anaconda plan belong too? What was it | The North. It was a Union strategy for the Civil War blockading the Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in two. |
| North/ South What was the Souths capital? | Richmond, VA |
| North/ South What was the Norths capital? | Washington DC |
| North/ South Which side relied on foreign aid? | South |
| North/ South Who did the south relied on? | Europe, France, and Britain |
| North/ South Who relied on Cotton Diplomicy? | South |
| North/ South What was cotton diplomacy? | The strategy involved withholding cotton from export to create a "cotton famine" in Europe and leverage the economic dependency of the textile industries there and the South hoped that this would cause for some forigen aid. |
| Strengths and Weaknesses What was the Souths aim goal? | To defend its independence |
| Strengths and Weaknesses What was the Norths aim goal? | Restore the union by force. |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Who had a larger population | North |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Who had a stronger military? | South |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Which side was fighting a defensive war? | South |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Most of the Nations crops were grown where? | North |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Which side had the better economy? | North |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Which side had sympathy of many European Countries? | South |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Which side was fighting on its home land? | South |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Which side had 2 times more railroad miles? | North |
| Strengths and Weaknesses Which side had a good leader? Who was it? | North. Lincoln. |
| 1-6 Short answer-General What famous court case established the principle that congress had no constitutional right to restrict or limit slavery in the US | The Dred Scott v. Sandford |
| 1-6 Short answer-General This Battle was the bloodiest day in America | Antietam |
| 1-6 Short answer-General Who killed Abraham Lincoln? What did he say before doing this? | John Booth. "Thus Always to tyrants" |
| 1-6 Short answer-General What act split the Democratic party and birthed the Republican party? | Kansas- Nebraska Act |
| 1-6 Short answer-General What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared all enslaved people in the Confederate states still in rebellion to be "thenceforward, and forever free". |
| 1-6 Short answer-General What famous document is this quote from? "Four score and seven years ago......" | The Gettysburg address |
| Free state/ Slave states What where the free states want? | The free states wanted to oppose the expansion of slavery |
| Free state/ Slave states What did the slave states want? | Slave states wanted to preserve and expand the institution of slavery for economic and political reasons. |
| Free state/ Slave states What did the border states want? | The border states wanted to remain in the Union and hoped for a compromise to avoid war, while also wanting to protect their way of life and their right to hold slaves |
| Free state/ Slave states How many free states were there? | 19 states California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. |
| Free state/ Slave states How many slave states were there? | 11 states The Confederate slave states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. |
| Free state/ Slave states How many border states were there? What where they? | 5 states Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia |
| Financing the war Which side had a Morrill tariff act? What was it? | North. The Morrill Tariff Act was a law signed that significantly raised tariffs on imported goods to protect and promote American industry. |
| Financing the war Which side had the Income tax of 1861 | North |
| Financing the war Which side sold cotton to finance? | South |
| Financing the war which side soldsbonds? (trick question) | Both |
| Financing the war Which side didnt have enough money to pay out bond bought | South |
| Financing the war Which side had staggering Inflation? | Both |
| What is secession? | Secession is the formal withdrawal of a state or territory from a federal union. |
| What was the first state to secede the Union? Why did they secede? | South Carolina. The election of Abraham Lincoln, which Southern states feared would lead to the abolition of slavery and a violation of states' rights. |
| How did the election of 1860 lead to war? | The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 led to the Civil War because Southern states believed his Republican presidency threatened their way of life, specifically the institution of slavery. |
| What is war of attrition? | A war of attrition is a military strategy where one side tries to win by slowly wearing down the enemy's resources and will to fight through continuous, heavy fighting. |
| Who is war of attrition associated with and why? | Ulysses S. Grant. He adopted the strategy of inflicting continuous losses on the Confederate army to wear down its superior leadership and fighting ability |
| What is total war? | Total war is a type of warfare that mobilizes all of a nation's resources—including its entire population, industry, and economy |
| Who is total war associated with? | Union General William T. Sherman. His campaigns, such as the March to the Sea, deliberately targeted and destroyed the Confederacy's infrastructure, resources, and civilian morale to end the war faster |
| How did the war end? | The Civil War effectively ended with General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. |
| How did the war start? | The Civil War started on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, a Union fort in South Carolina. |
| What is the significance behind "The Burning of Atlanta" | The phrase "Atlanta burning down" most famously refers to the Union army's destruction of the city in 1864 during the Civil War, ordered by General William Tecumseh Sherman to cripple the Confederacy. |
| How did president Lincoln respond after the defeat at Fort Sumter? | After the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter, President Lincoln responded decisively by calling for 75,000 militia volunteers to suppress the rebellion, declaring that the states' secession was an insurrection against federal authority. |
| Who was Jefferson Davis? | Jefferson F. Davis was an American politician who served as the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. |
| What happened to Jefferson Davis? | Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the Civil War because he was charged with treason for leading the Confederacy in rebellion against the United States |
| Who was George McClellan? | George was the commanding general of the union army-he was very strict and led the army back to greatness after the defeat at the Battle of Bull Run. |
| What is the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg? | The significance of the Battle of Gettysburg is that it was the turning point of the Civil War, marking the failure of General Robert E. Lee's second and final invasion of the North. |
| What is significance of the Battle of Vicksburg? | The Battle of Vicksburg was significant because it gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two and cutting off its supply lines. |
| What is the significance of the Battle of Antietam? | primarily because it gave President Abraham Lincoln the political opportunity to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation |
| Why did Lincoln use emergency powers during the civil war? | to preserve the union. |
| Which location was important to capture as a confederate center of industry? | Atlanta. |
| Which battle halted the invasion of the North? | Gettysburg. |
| What was the purpose of suspending heabous corpus? | To throw anyone who disagreed with the union in jail |
| Battle of the Ironclads winner? | Tie |
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