Election of 1860 + Secession
Who was the Republican candidate in 1860?
Lincoln
Which state should come to mind when we think of Fort Sumter?
South Carolina
In 1861, the Union had roughly 22.5 million people and the CSA had _____ million.
A) 7
B) 9
C) 13
B) 9
The earliest Union blockade efforts proved difficult because ___% of vessels slipped through the blockade on their way to/from Confederate ports.
A) 50
B) 70
C) 90
C) 90%
Which city in Virginia became the capital of the Confederacy?
A) Williamsburg
B) Charlottesville
C) Richmond
C) Richmond
What was the colorful nickname, given to Republicans by Democrats, created out of fear of social progression and emancipation?
Black Republicans
Red Republicans
Green Republicans
Black Republicans
Which president received a delegation on January 9, 1861 to negotiate the withdrawal of troops from Fort Sumter. He did not agree to the withdrawal.
Buchanan
Union states possessed _____% of the country's industrial capacity.
A) 50
B) 65
C) 75
D) 90
The South kept their cotton crops at home, rather than export them through the 1861 blockade, because they thought the cotton shortage in ________ would force that country to join their side.
Britain
Thomas Jackson got the nickname of "______ Jackson" because of his efforts to withstand a Union assault at the First Battle of Bull Run. Jackson proved to be one of the most reliable Confederate Generals throughout the war effort.
Stonewall
Which option below accurately describes the split in the Democratic ticket in 1860?
A) Northern Dems-Douglas, Southern Dem-Breckinridge
B) Northern Dems-Breckinridge, Southern Dem-Douglas
A) Northern Dems-Douglas, Southern Dem-Breckinridge
Which nation, CSA or USA, officially fired the first shots of the Civil War on April 12, 1861?
True/False: At the outset of the war, the Union expected a long conflict and the South expected the Union to quickly give in if they could win the first few battles.
False: Both sides expected a short and victorious conflict
Which side of the war developed torpedoes and the world's first submarine?
CSA
Union General McClellan was famously...
A) Risk averse
B) Risk seeking
A) Risk averse
The doctrine of secession describes the relationship between the states and the federal government as a _______ that could be broken by the states in order to reassert their sovereignty.
Compact
Choose from this list the four slave states that remained loyal to the Union (known as Border States):
Tennessee, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, Maryland, Missouri
Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland
Perhaps the CSA's most decisive advantage at the outset of the war was...
A) Superior generals
B) Rebel spirit
C) Land holdings
D) European allies due to their cotton alliances
C) Land holdings (Union had to conquer and occupy 750,000 square miles of Confederate territory.
An interesting innovation to the U.S.S. Monitor was a ___________.
A) Battering ram
B) Revolving turret
C) Periscope
B) Revolving turret
Forts Henry and Donelson were two of the first Union victories in Southern territory and elevated ________ to national prominence.
A) William T. Sherman
B) P.G.T. Beauregard
C) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Grant
The CSA constitution limited its president to one ____ year term.
Six
Which current state was created *during* the war in 1863? It was a border state as well.
West Virginia
More than 4/5 of the soldiers on both sides were _______.
A) Volunteers
B) Drafted
What is the nickname for the smaller and faster ships that could break through the blockades?
Blockade Runners
Which eventual CSA hero had a rough start in the war but rose to prominence once he was promoted after Joseph E. Johnston's injury at the Battle of Seven Pines?
Robert E. Lee