Union Army
Who was the final commander that lead the Union Army to victory?
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the commander of the Confederate States Army?
General Robert E. Lee
What were some causes of the Civil War? (List 3)
States' Rights, Slavery, Sectionalism, Election of 1860, and the Confederate States of America.
(True or False) The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest one-day battle in US history.
True
What date did the Civil War begin?
July 21, 1861
Who was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What was Bleeding Kansas and why was it important?
Bleeding Kansas is when violence erupted between abolitionists and pro-slavery groups. It contributed to the start of the Civil War since it created much more tension between the North and South.
(True or False) The Union Army won the first battle of the Civil War.
False, the Confederate Army one the First Battle of Bull Run.
Where did the first battle of the Civil War occur?
The first battle, First Battle of Bull Run, occured in Prince William County, Virginia.
What were the three steps of the Anaconda Plan?
Establish naval blockades of southern ports
Get full control of the Mississippi River
Capture the capital of the South: Richmond, Virginia
How many stripes and stars did the Confederate States of America flag have?
13 stars and 3 stripes
Why did the South need slaves, but the North did not?
The North was mainly industrial therefore they did not need slaves to work in factories. However, the South needed slaves to work on plantation to do manual labor.
(True or False) The Gettysburg Address was written by Jefferson Davis
False, it was written by Abraham Lincoln.
What was the first southern state to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
What did the meals of the Union army mainly include? (List at least 3)
Bread, coffee, salt pork, hard tack, dried fruit, and vegetables.
What did the meals of the Confederate army mainly include? (List at least 3)
Coffee substitute, cornbread, peas, tobacco, bacon, and molasses.
What did the Dred Scott's case decide?
It decided that slaves were objects and not citizens of the United States.
(True or False) Disease killed most of the people in the Civil War.
True
What effect did the Union blocking Southern ports have on the Confederacy?
The Union established a blockade stopping the Confederacy from trading, and blocking any goods from entering, such as certain foods, weapons, and other essential supplies. The Union hoped that by doing this the Southern economy would crash.
In 1865, after the admission of Nevada to the U.S., how many stars were on the Union flag?
36 stars
What were the border states of the Confederate States of America?
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery? And what was the significance?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Over two million copies of the book were sold, it changed the public's opinion on slavery, and it was another main cause for the Civil War to start.
(True or False) Philip Bazaar was an African American who won the Congressional Medal of Honor.
False, Philip Bazaar was a Spanish American
How many soldiers were killed in the Confederate Army vs. how many soldiers were killed in the Union Army?
~360, 200 from the North and 258,000 from the South