The Secession Crisis
Resources & Strategy
Preparing for War
Vocabulary A
Vocabulary B
100
What federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, was attacked by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861, officially beginning the Civil War?
-Fort Moultrie
-Fort Sumter
-Fort Johnson
-Castle Pinckney
What is Fort Sumter?
100
What was the name of the official paper currency issued by the Union to help fund its war effort?
Redbacks
Greenbacks
Continental Dollars
Federal Notes
What were Greenbacks?
100
As the war progressed and standard uniforms were adopted, what color uniforms did Union and Confederate soldiers primarily wear?
-Union: Red / Confederate: Blue
-Union: Blue / Confederate: Gray
-Union: Green / Confederate: Brown
-Union: Gray / Confederate: Blue
What was Union: Blue / Confederate: Gray?
100
Furious over Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, seven Southern states declared their formal ________ from the United States to form the Confederacy.
Secession
Alliance
Compromise
Neutrality
What is secession?
100
Before the outbreak of fighting, many non-military people, or ________, gathered on rooftops in Charleston to watch the distant bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Veterans
Officers
Militiamen
Civilians
What are Civilians?
200
Which Democratic Senator supported President Lincoln’s call for troops by declaring, "There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots—or traitors"?
-Stephen Douglas
-Winfield Scott
-William Seward
-Robert Anderson
Who was Stephen Douglas?
200
Which border state was critical to the Union because it directly separated the Union capital of Washington, D.C., from the Confederacy?
Kentucky
Missouri
Maryland
Delaware
What was Maryland?
200
Who was the first woman to practice medicine in the United States who helped form the organization that became the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Mary Todd Lincoln
Elizabeth Blackwell
Clara Barton
Who was Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell?
200
Prompt: Slaveholding states like Maryland and Kentucky that chose not to join the Confederacy were known as ________ states during the Civil War.
Territory
Border
Sovereign
Free
What were Border States?
200
At the beginning of the war, both the North and the South relied heavily on local ________ groups made up of untrained citizen-soldiers who volunteered for service.
Mercenaries
Cavalry
Regiments
Militia
What are militia?
300
How many hours of cannon bombardment did Fort Sumter endure before surrendering to Confederate forces?
What was 34 hours?
300
According to textbook population estimates at the start of the Civil War, how many people lived in the North compared to the South?
What was 22 million in the North vs. 5.5 million in the South?
300
At the start of the war, the U.S. regular army had only 16,000 soldiers. To what number did the Union forces swell within just a few months?
What was 500,000 (half a million) soldiers?
300
General Winfield Scott proposed a two-part Union strategy that included setting up a ________ to shut down Southern ports and choke off the Confederate economy.
Tariff wall
Trade embargo
Naval blockade
Land siege
What is a Naval blockade?
300
In battle, a soldier’s unit was typically organized into a large tactical group called a ________, which was made up of several smaller companies.
Regiment
Squad
Platoon
Garrison
What is Regiment?
400
Following the fall of Fort Sumter, how many militiamen did President Lincoln ask state governors to provide to put down the rebellion?
What is 75,000 militiamen?
400
How many total miles of railroad track did the North possess to transport troops and supplies, compared to the South's 9,000 miles?
What was 22,000 miles of railroad?
400
During training, how many times per minute were Civil War soldiers expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles?
What is 3 times per minute?
400
Because Union forces had to travel long distances through hostile territory, maintaining a secure ________ was essential to keep food and ammunition reaching frontline troops.
Supply line
Border guard
Telegraph line
Highways
What is supply line?
400
Civil War infantry rifles were equipped with a sharp ________ fitted onto the end of the barrel for hand-to-hand combat.
Bayonet
Saber
Navy
Scabbard
What is Bayonet?
500
Who commanded Fort Sumter when the attack began, and what was wrong with the direction of his cannons?
-Major Robert Anderson.
-The fort’s heavy guns faced outward toward the Atlantic Ocean rather than toward the shore, from where the Confederates were positioned.
500
What was one of the two parts General Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the Confederacy?
1. General Winfield Scott planned to set up a naval blockade of Southern ports.
2. General Winfield Scott planned to capture the Mississippi River to divide the South in half.
500
What was the main purpose of the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
-The U.S. Sanitary Commission sent medical supplies, food, and bandages to Union army camps
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It helped 3,000 women serve as nurses.
500
To finance the massive cost of the war, the U.S. government issued paper currency officially called ________, which was backed by government credit rather than gold or silver.
Continental dollars
Greenbacks
Silver certificates
Treasury bonds
What are Greenbacks?
500
Soldiers spent long hours every day engaged in repetitive military ________, practicing how to quickly load, aim, and fire their weapons three times per minute.
Inspection
Drill
Supply Line
Arsenal
What is Drill?
600
What promise did President Lincoln make about slavery in his inaugural speech, and what was his reason why the Union must stay together?
-President Lincoln promised not to interfere with slavery where it already existed.
-He argued that breaking up the Union would prove to the world that people could not rule themselves in a democracy.
600
What was the Southern strategy of "cotton diplomacy," and why did it fail to bring Great Britain into the war?
Britain changed thier supply of cotton from the Confederacy to India and Egypt. (Plus, slavery was gross)
600
Based on soldier David R.P. Shoemaker's letter, what were three specific practice drills Union soldiers had to complete during their daily training schedule?
-Squad drill from 6:00 to 7:00 AM
-Company drill from 9:00 to 11:00 AM
-Battalion drill from 2:00 to 4:30 PM.
600
Confederate officials attempted to win European allies through a strategy called ________, believing Great Britain's dependency on Southern agriculture would force them into an alliance.
Agricultural alliance
Trade diplomacy
Cotton diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy
What is Cotton diplomacy?
600
Shortly after war broke out, Confederate forces began seizing federal property in the South, including military outposts and any government ________ where weapons and ammunition were stored.
Foundry
Depot
Arsenal
Fortress
What is Arsenal?