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Secession
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the president of the confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| Out of fifteen slave states, how many states originally seceded from the union? | Six |
| In what state was Fort Sumter? | South Carolina |
| Where were the opening shots of the Civil War fired? | Fort Sumter |
| How many states total seceded from the union? | Eleven |
| Which state was the last to secede from the union? | Tennessee |
| What were the objectives fought for during the Civil War? | South- independence North- preservation of the union |
| Which nation had the larger population? | Union (22 million to 9 million) |
| Which nation had more railroad and manufacturing power? | Union |
| Which nation had more farmland? | Union (larger producer of wheat, corn, and oats) |
| Which nation had more beef? | Confederacy |
| Which nation had a stronger military history and better cavalry? | Confederacy |
| Which nation had European sympathy? | Confederacy |
| What was the anaconda plan? | Northern war strategy developed by Winfield Scott to split the confederacy down the Mississippi river and blockade imports from foreign countries |
| Who was the only senator from the states that seceded to maintain his senate seat? | Andrew Johnson (Tennessee) |
| Which nation had a larger army? | Union |
| Which nation had a higher percentage of enlistment? | Confederacy |
| Which side issued the first national draft and what was it called? | Conscription (Confederacy) |
| Which side allowed hired substitutes to avoid draft? | Both |
| What was the 20-negro law? | Owners of twenty or more slaves were not under confederate draft |
| Who issued the enrollment draft of 1863? | Union (Lincoln) |
| What were bounties? | Soldiers paid to fight in war |
| What were bounty jumpers? | Soldiers who frequently enlisted and then deserted an army to collect multiple bounties |
| Which side sold war bonds and printed money to help finance war? | Both |
| Which side had an inflation rate of over 9000% ? | Confederacy |
| Which side issued the first income tax in history? | Union |
| Which side named battles after rivers? | Union |
| Which side named battles after landmarks? | Confederacy |
| Which state was the Battle of Bull Run in and who won? | Virginia (confederacy) |
| In which state did the Peninsula campaign take place and under which union general? | Virginia (George McClellan) |
| Who won the seven days battle? | South |
| Who won the second battle of bull run? | South |
| In which state did the battle of antietam take place and who won? | Union |
| Which battle marked the bloodiest day in US history? | Antietam |
| In which state did Fort McHenry and Fort Donelson sit and who captured them? | Tennessee (Ulysses S. Grant- Union) |
| Who founded the Klu Klux Klan? | Nathan Bedford Forest |
| In which state was the battle of shiloh? | Tennessee |
| Who captured New Orleans and from what state was he from? | David Farragut (Tennessee but fought for union) |
| Who replace George McClellan as commanding union officer? | Ambrose Burnside |
| Who won the Battle of Fredericksburg and in what state? | Confederacy- Virginia |
| Who won the Battle of Chancellorsville and in what state? | Virginia- Confederacy |
| Who was killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville? | Stonewall Jackson |
| In which state was the Battle of Gettysburg? | Pennsylvania |
| How did the Battle of Gettysburg begin? | Confederates foraging for shoes stumbled upon union forces |
| Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War? | Gettysburg |
| Who won the Battle of Vicksburg and what state was it in? | Mississippi- Union |
| How long did the siege on Vicksburg last? | 6 weeks |
| Which battle split three states from the confederacy? | Vicksburg |
| Who won the Battle of Murfreesboro? | Union |
| Who won the Battle of Chickamagua? | Confederacy |
| Who was called the rock of Chickamagua? | George Thomas (union) |
| Who won the battle of the clouds and in what state was it? | Tennessee- Lookout Mountain (Union) |
| Who led the "March to the Sea" which carved a trail of destruction across the south? | William Sherman |
| Which side had 100% of the nation's ships at the beginning of the war? | Union |
| How many miles of coastline did the union blockade and with what accuracy? | 3500 (50% accuracy) |
| Which side built the first ironclad ship and what was it named? | Merrimac |
| In which state was the battle between ironclads fought? | Virginia |
| Which side built the first submarine and what was it named? | South- HL Hunley |
| Why did Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation? | To win foreign support and decrease confederacy war aid |
| How many slaves did the emancipation proclamation free? | None |
| Which amendment freed slaves in the United States? | 13th |
| Which amendment made slaves citizens? | 14th |
| Which amendment gave slaves the right to vote? | 15th |
| Why was the congressional medal of honor invented? | To compensate blacks who served in the union army for lower pay, higher mortality, and segregation |
| Who led union forces to Richmond? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Who met at Appomattox Courthouse to discuss terms of confederate surrender? | Grant and Lee |
| Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| Who was the only confederate to be executed for war crimes? | Henry Wirz |
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