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