Beginnings of the Civil War Review

Question 1

-Small population. -Little industry. -Newly created Government. -Disconnected transportation systems.

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Confederate Disadvantages

Question 2

The technology of the Civil War included many weapons like the hand grenade, submarine, and airplane.

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False

Question 3

A specific military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies.

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Siege

Question 4

The capital of the confederate states.

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Richmond

Question 5

Southern states began to secede from the Union when Abraham Lincoln was elected President. Why did they begin to secede?

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They thought he would end slavery

Question 6

Federal post in Charleston, South Carolina, that surrendered to the Confederacy; Started the Civil War.

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Battle of Fort Sumter

Question 7

The Civil War killed the highest number of Americans out of any war in U.S. history.

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True

Question 8

-Fighting on home soil. -Experienced intelligent generals. -Cotton and other cash crops to sell

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Confederate Advantages

Question 9

Four slave states-Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not join the Confederacy. They were called the ______.

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Border States

Question 10

A strategy in which both civilian and military resources are destroyed so the enemy can&#x27;t use them. Like burning farms.

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Total War

Question 11

Union general known as "The Butcher" whose troops won several important battles even though he was an alcoholic.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 12

Confederate General during many important battles of the civil war. Wanted to defend his home state of Virginia.

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Robert E. Lee

Question 13

President of the Union during the Civil War. He opposed the expansion of slavery. He thought slavery was immoral.

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Abraham Lincoln

Question 14

-Not everyone supported the war. -Inferior generals. -Fighting on foreign soil.

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Union Disadvantages

Question 15

The North and South were called specific names in the Civil War. The North was the ___ while the South was the ______.

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Union, Confederacy

Question 16

To remove yourself from a nation. This is what the Confederate states did at the start of the Civil War.

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Secede

Question 17

This weapon of the Civil War was known as the Gatling Gun. It was also known as the...

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Machine Gun

Question 18

President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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Jefferson Davis

Question 19

Union General who cut a wide path of destruction across the South. Believed in the tactic of total war.

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William T. Sherman

Question 20

-Large amount of industry. -Large population. -Established government. -Extensive transportation systems.

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Union Advantages

Question 21

What was the capital of the Union?

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Washington D.C.

Question 22

A _____ arms weapon is any weapon that can be carried by a single soldier during combat.

Accepted Answer

Small

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