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Ch 15 Civil War
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A group of midwestern Democrats who sympathized with the South and opposed abolition
Appomattox Courthouse
copperheads
Battle of Shiloh
Total War
2
Wilderness Campaign
battles designed to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia
Campaign to save Bears
A plan to get people out in the wilderness during the war.
Campaign to save rainforest
3
What battle gave the Union Greater control of the Mississippi?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh
Battle Antietam
4
What were ironclads?
a special iron cook stove used by the Union Army
a type of body armor worn by civil war infantrymen
a protective blanket used on calvary horses in combat
warships covered by iron plates
5
At Appomattox Courthouse:
Grant accepted Lee's surrender
Grant and Lee discussed fair war
Lee accepted Grant's surrender
Grant and Lee negotiated a treaty
6
The confederacy had a larger system of roads
True
False
7
The Civil War began at Fort Sumter federal outpost in Charleston South Carolina
False
True
8
What was Contraband during the civil war
The line that Splits the north and south apart
Its another name for the union
The lowest rank in the army
slaves who escaped the from their owners and got to the north
9
The Union's capture of Atlanta contributed to Lincoln's reelection because it showed Union voters that
the North was making progress in defeating the South
there would be few casualties in the war
the South was willing to give in to Lincoln's demands
Lincoln's decision to emancipate slaves was justified
10
What was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
a state
The Emancipation Proclamation
Escaped slaves
a regiment that captured Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
11
How did some northern Democrats feel about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
They feared the Union would remain divided despite the proclamation.
Fearful that free slaves would take northern jobs for less pay.
Upset that slaves in the border states were not freed.
They completely agreed with Lincoln's decision.
12
Who is Robert E. Lee
Union General
Escaped slave
Union President
Confederate General
13
The north had a more advanced agricultural system
True
False
14
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln referenced the Declaration of Independence when he emphasized?
limited freedom for slaves
preventing war
liberty, equality, and democracy
limited democracy
15
Which of the following describes habeas corpus?
order to free slaves
copperheads demanding freedom
order to free confederate slaves
a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
16
Who is Clara Barton?
President Lincoln allowed her to open the Office of Missing Soldiers
In 1881 she founded the American Red Cross
Nurse during the civil war
Nicknamed “Lady with the lamp”
17
Lincoln faced northern opposition to the Civil War after Congress approved a draft or forced military service in 1863
True
False
18
What was Picket’s Charge
The climax of the battle of Indiana
climax of the Battle of Gettysburg
the least bloody battle of the war
The last battle of the war
19
The Union and the Confederate armies built up their troops at the beginning of the war by...
relying on help from volunteers
issuing a draft, which forced civillians to serve in the army
giving monetary rewards to people willing to serve in the army
allowing women and children to serve in the army
20
General McClellan took risks and made unpredictable moves , while General Lee was slow and careful
False
True
21
Why did the Union find it difficult to maintain the blockade it set up to control southern ports?
The South had the help of the European navy to get around the blockade.
The Union navy was not as strong as the naval forces of the Confederacy.
The Union navy had to patrol thousands of miles of coastline.
The South had small, fast ships to get around the blockade.
22
What did the term "Total War" mean during the Civil War?
a strategy to end the war quickly
limiting the war to one front
targeting both military and civilian resources
fighting only on the battlefield
23
The south was more industrialized than the north
False
True
24
Ulysses S. Grant:
was the commander of Confederate forces in Texas
was a Union general killed at Gettysburg
was the commander of Union forces at the end of the war
was president of the Confederacy
25
What was the Battle of Antietam?
Battle to keep slavery
Battle to gain land
A important Confederate victory
Bloodiest one day battle and a important Union victory
26
Who is Winfield Scott?
Union general who led the siege of New Orleans
Confederate general who lost the war at Vicksburg
1st general appointed by Lincoln who designed Union strategy
political leader in the Confederacy
27
In the war in the west Confederate and union troops fought many battles for control of Mississippi River
False
True
28
The border states during the Civil War were Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Texas
False
True
29
The union victory in the second battle of Bull Run allowed the north game full control the Mississippi river
True
False
