1
What number is bigger having 2 million soldiers or having 900K soldiers?
What side had the 2 million soldiers?
DD number 2
2 Mill
USA
6
How many states left the Union?
12
The confederacy was the north or south
south
Confederates are noted as what color?
I will take two colors
Grey or Red
Why were border states important to both sides?
Yes
Why is the Civil War still important to study today?
YES
What was the purpose of a blockade during the Civil War?
End the souths economies
What does the term “contraband” mean during the Civil War?
DD
Something captured by the other army.
DX4
Name the 4 boarder states
What Color did the Union have for pants most of the time?
Blue
How did the Civil War permanently change the United States Vocab?
The
USA
DX3
Name 3 things that the Union made more of than the confederacy.
Textiles
Railroads
Canons
The cross or X on the confederate flag represents what
The cross of Saint Andrew
Most people that joined both sides were what religion?
Christan
Why did Lincoln believe the Union had to be preserved?
Gods Will
How did the Border War continue even after the Civil War ended?
JJ or more
What does the term “Confederacy” refer to?
The south that was ruled by a confederacy similar to the AOC
What does the term “Union” refer to?
USA
Why is the Civil War considered the deadliest war in American history?
800,000 died likely
Why did Britain and France avoid helping the Confederacy after 1863?
EP
Why was the 1860 election controversial in the South?
A.L was not on some of their ballots
9. Many individual soldiers fought in the Civil War because:
A. They all wanted to end slavery
B. They had personal, economic, or honor-based reasons
B. They had personal, economic, or honor-based reasons
Why did some Southern soldiers fight even if they did not own slaves?
Sure
Who was Jesse James?
Yes Him!
What happened at Harpers Ferry?
Were John Brown Attacked
8. Which state seceded first?
A. Texas
B. South Carolina
C. Virginia
D. Missouri
B. South Carolina
5. The Anaconda Plan was designed to:
A. Surround and economically strangle the South
B. Attack California
C. Free enslaved people immediately
D. Protect Missouri
A. Surround and economically strangle the South
10. After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War became more clearly about:
A. Taxes
B. Western expansion
C. Ending slavery
D. Trade with Europe
C. Ending slavery
Why did some Northerners (people in the Union Army) desert after the Emancipation Proclamation?
They did not want to fight for slavery
What was “Bleeding Kansas”?
War over voting about Kansas
7. Why was Missouri considered strategically important during the Civil War?
A. It had no rivers or trade routes
B. It was geographically located between North and South and deeply divided
C. It immediately joined the Confederacy
D. It had the largest population in the Union
B. It was geographically located between North and South and deeply divided
4. Why did Lincoln delay issuing the Emancipation Proclamation at the beginning of the war?
A. He did not believe slavery was wrong
B. He wanted to prevent border states from joining the Confederacy
C. Congress would not allow it
D. The Supreme Court banned it
B. He wanted to prevent border states from joining the Confederacy
Who was William Quantrill?
Leader wanted by both sides
Why was Missouri divided during the Civil War?
They were a slave state that stayed in the Union
Who was John Brown?
Yes that guy!
13. Who was president when the first states left the Union? (note Lincoln had not taken office)
James Buchanan
3. The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed states to:
A. Ban slavery immediately
B. Vote on slavery through popular sovereignty
C. Leave the Union
D. Elect a king
B. Vote on slavery through popular sovereignty
15. Explain what guerrilla warfare was in Missouri and Kansas.
Hiding and fighting when your side is ready to fight!
2. According to Lincoln early in the war, his primary goal was to:
A. Immediately end slavery everywhere
B. Preserve the Union
C. Punish the South
D. Expand westward
B. Preserve the Union
What is “popular sovereignty”?
Voting
who was the main reason why violence broke out in Kansas before the Civil War.
John Brown
What happened at Fort Sumter in April 1861?
1st battle of the civil war
two people died
19. After the Confederacy was formed, how many states were left in the United States?
23
1. What event officially began the Civil War?
A. The Kansas Nebraska Act
B. The Emancipation Proclamation
C. The attack on Fort Sumter after the election of 1860
D. The Battle of Gettysburg
C. The attack on Fort Sumter after the election of 1860
6. What was “Bleeding Kansas”?
A. A peaceful protest movement
B. Violent conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory
C. A Union military strategy
D. A tax protest
B. Violent conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory
Why did Lincoln call for 75,000 volunteers
Invade the South to preserve the Union.
What was the main goal of the Anaconda Plan?
Hurt the Souths economics
Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?
A.L
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jeff Davis
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
Slavery and the Election of 1860
17. What is the bonnie blue flag song about?
States leaving the Union
What does the word secession mean?
To leave
20. What side had generals that were considered to be better at the start of the war?
Confederacy
Explain TWO causes of the Civil War discussed in class.
Slavery
The Dress
Others???
14. Describe the importance of Fort Sumter.
It was the first real battle of the Civil War
12. The Union having more railroads and factories help with what ultimately.?
Moving troops and stuff faster!
Having more stuff!
How did the two people who died at Fort Sumter during the war die?
After the battle!
16. Who was John Brown and why is he controversial?
He killed people but also tried to end slavery!
18. Lots of old confederates fled to what country and that country now has the bonnie blue flag as their country's flag?
Somalia