Terminology & Advantages
Strategies
Early Battles
Minie Balls & Medics
Mostly Epic Fails:
Attacking the Head & Tail
100

What was the official name of the nation that the Southern states called themselves after seceding?

The Confederate States of America
100

Why was the North's strategy called the "Anaconda Plan?"

They wanted to strangle the South, attack it on all sides

100

Where did fighting first take place (where the Civil War started)? (specific location and state, please)

Fort Sumter, SC

100

How did the minie ball imact the human body in new, devastating ways when it hit someone?

It shattered bones into many small pieces.

100

Who was the only Union General to have success (in TN/KY region) early in the war?

Ulysses Grant

200

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

The South was nicknamed the "Confederacy." What was the North nicknamed?

200

What was "tail" of the Anaconda plan, as seen here?

Capture Richmond

200

What did Lincoln do when the South demanded the North surrender Fort Sumter?

He sent supplies, but no arms/extra troops

200

What was the leading cause of death in the Civil War? 

Infections

200

What was the purpose of the Peninsula Campaign/Seven Days' Battles, AND who won them?

Capture Richmond, The South

300

Name two advantages the South had as the Civil War began.

- Better military leadership

- Fighting a defensive war

- Knew the terrain

300

What was the "body" of the Anaconda Plan, as seen here?

Blockade the South's coastline

300

Who got in the way of fleeing Northern troops at the First Battle of Bull Run?

Picnickers 

300

Shattered bones resulted in what common medical treatment?

Amputations

300

Why did the North loose the Peninsula Campaign?

McClellan was too cautious, lost even with more men and less casualties

400

What were the capitals of the North and South during the Civil War? (INCLUDE STATES IF APPLICABLE)

North: Washington D.C.

South: Richmond, VA


400

What was the "head" of the Anaconda Plan, as seen here?

Capture the Mississippi River

400

The results of the First Battle of Bull Run changed WHAT perceptions about the war which both the North and the South had?

That it would be a quick war, and that each side would win quickly.

400

What two women led the push for women to be more involved in nursing in the Civil War?

Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix

400

At what battle did the Union try to charge across a field to take a sunken road and Marye's Heights, losing thousands of men?

AND who was the Union General?

Fredericksburg, 

Ambrose Burnside

500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Name 4 advantages the North had at the beginning of the Civil War.

500

What was the South's strategy to win the Civil War?

Fight a defensive war; wait for the North to give up.

500

Why did Lincoln neither want to surrender Fort Sumter to the South, nor supply the fort with military reinforcements?

Didn't want to recognize the South as legitimate by negotiating them, didn't want to be accused of starting the war, either.

500

What evidence in the Civil War showed that women were very effective nurses?

The Union required that at least 1/3 of their nurses be women, by the latter part of the war.

500

At what battle did Lee have his greatest victory (overcoming huge odds), and WHAT important general did he lose there to friendly fire?

Chancellorsville, 

Stonewall Jackson

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