The Civil War

Question 1

Sherman marching through Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope, etc is better known as what?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta Campaign

Question 2

Who surrendered to whom?

Accepted Answer

Lee to Grant

Question 3

What was the original capital of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Montgomery, Alabama

Question 4

Which side WON the war?

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 5

What term means "OBSTRUCT"?

Accepted Answer

Blockade

Question 6

What was the last battle on Northern soil?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 7

What battle is known as the "bloodiest one day battle"?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Antietam

Question 8

What were the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

Surrender or all slaves will be free on Jan. 1, 1863

Question 9

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 10

Name the strategy that the North had to capture the Miss. River and split the south in half

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan

Question 11

Who was President of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 12

What is considered the first battle of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Bull Run

Question 13

Sherman's destroying everything from Atlanta to Savannah is better known as ....

Accepted Answer

March to the Sea

Question 14

Which side had an emotional advantage during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 15

What was the South's strategy that entailed getting the French and British to help them?

Accepted Answer

King Cotton Diplomacy

Question 16

What was the first tactic that the North used on the South?

Accepted Answer

Blockade

Question 17

Where did the final surrender take place at?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse, VA

Question 18

Which side fired the first shots of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Confederacy - South

Question 19

What was the final capital of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Richmond, Virginia

Question 20

The sea battle involving the Monitor and Merrimac is better known as what?

Accepted Answer

Battle of the Ironclads

Question 21

Which side held the advantage when it came to the issue of the military?

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 22

Who was Commander in Chief of the Union Forces?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 23

Which side held the advantage when it came to the issue of population?

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 24

Who was President of the North?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 25

What Southern POW camp was found in Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Andersonville

Question 26

Who was Commander and Chief of the Confederate Armies?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 27

What battle did Gen. Bragg push the Union out of GA until Nov. of 1863?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Chickamauga

Question 28

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 29

How could the South have ended the Civil War at Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

If they had marched into Washington and taken the capital

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