Civil War Review

What city was the capital of the Confederacy from 1861-1865? 

What was the greatest killer in the Civil War? 

The President of the Confederate States of America.

What percentage of the US population died in the war? 

Required the enrollment of every male citizen between the ages of 18 and 35 in Union. 

About how many soldiers died in the Civil War? 

A confederate general, accidentally shot by own men at Battle of Chancellorsville, "Stonewall"

Who founded the American Red Cross?

This was a result of the Draft of 1863 as many more poor men were sent to war than rich men.

This man was a Union general and led the famous March to the Sea in Georgia, burning Atlanta.

This man became a major general for the Confederates after his home state of Virginia seceded.

This election is seen as the spark that caused Southern states to leave the Union.

This Democrat faced off against Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election but did not win.

The place where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln? 

Which of the following was NOT a border state?

The Emancipation Proclamation outlawed slavery in the United States.

The year that South Carolina seceded from the United States. 

This was the first major land battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory. 

What city did Sherman not attack during his campaign? 

What event convinced the Upper South to secede with the Lower South? 

This abolished slavery in the entire United States, except as a form of punishment for a crime.

African-Americans in the Union Army were treated as equals.

What was the plan to return the Southern states to the Union called? 

What age range were most soldiers? 

This began when SC tried to seize all Federal property in Charleston harbor, causing a siege.

Which party had a group that was termed "radical" because of how they wanted to punish the CSA?

Disease killed twice as many soldiers than battle did. 

What role did women NOT hold in the Civil War? 

What was the Union victory that set the stage for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? 

Failed Confederate invasion of North resulted in most dead in the war and was a turning point.

How many slaves did you have to own to get out of serving in the war in the Confederacy?

Who did Lincoln run against in the election of 1864? 

What did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do?