Section 1 & 2
How many southern states seceded from the Union after Lincoln's election, fearing a federal invasion?
Seven
What was the Union's currency called?
Greenbacks
What was the organization run by Henry Bellows that had volunteers send bandages, medicines, and food to Union army camps and hospitals?
U.S. Sanitary Commission
How long was it expected for soldiers to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times?
One Minute
What was the first major battle of the Civil War that was Confederates' victory?
First Battle of Bull Run
When McClellan's force was poised outside, who had command of the Confederate army in Virginia? He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, had served in the Mexican War, and had led federal troops at Harper's Ferry.
Robert E. Lee
What are ships heavily armored with iron?
Ironclads
What was the federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops which began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who was the Union general that developed a two-part strategy to take advantage of the Union's strengths? The strategy was to (1) destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade of southern ports;(2) gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South.
Winfield Scott
What was the U.S. Sanitary Commission called?
The Sanitary
Who was the Union General that was commanded by Lincoln to lead is 35,000 man army to the Confederate capitol, Richmond, Virginia? This general complained that the soldiers “stopped every moment to pick blackberries or get water; they would not keep in the ranks.”?
Irvin McDowell
Another name for the First Battle of Bull Run?
First Battle of Manassas
What was the series of clashes launched on June 26, 1862 by Robert E. Lee that forced the Union army to retreat from near Richmond?
Seven Days’ Battles
What was the Union steamship captured by Confederates, and turned into an ironclad and renamed the Virginia, originally called?
The Merrimack
Who was Fort Sumter's commander that refused to surrender the fort to Confederate forces?
Robert Anderson
Jefferson Davis
Henry Bellows
Who was the confederate general who, along with his 22,000 troops, was waiting for McDowell's troops along Bull Run Creek?
Pierre G. T. Beauregard
Who was the Union general that assembled a highly disciplined force of 100,000 soldiers called the Army of the Potomac? However, he overestimated the size of the Confederate army and hesitated to attack.
George B. McClellan
What was the three-day battle Jackson’s troops met Pope’s Union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862? On the third day, the Confederates crushed the Union army’s assault and forced it to retreat in defeat. The battle resulted in heavy casualties for both sides.
Second Battle of Bull Run
What was the Union ironclad designed by Swedish born engineer John Ericsson called? This new ironclad had unusual features, like a revolving gun tower?
The Monitor
Who was the democratic senator that declared, speaking in support of Lincoln's call for troops, “There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots-or traitors."?
Stephen Douglas
What was the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton to supply its booming textile industry?
Cotton Diplomacy
What was the color of Union standard uniforms?
Blue
When Beauregard requested assistance, who was the confederate general who headed toward Manassas with another 10,000 troops?
Joseph E. Johnston
What was the highly disciplined Union force of 100,000 soldiers assembled by General George B. McClellan?
Army of the Potomac
What is another name for the Second Battle of Bull Run?
Second Battle of Manassas
Who was the Swedish born engineer that designed one of the Union's ironclads, The Monitor?
John Ericsson
What was wedged between the North and the South and choose not to join the Confederacy? This consisted of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.
Border States
Who was the first woman to receive a license to practice medicine and organized a group that pressured President Lincoln to form the U.S. Sanitary Commission in June 1861?
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
What was the color of Confederate standard uniforms?
Gray
What was the famous nickname given to Confederate general Thomas Jackson after he and his unit held in place when being driven back by Union soldiers at Bull Run?
Stonewall
What was the effort launched in the spring of 1862 by George B. McClellan to capture Richmond, Virginia? Instead of marching south for a direct assault, McClellan slowly brought his force through the peninsula between the James and York rivers.
Peninsular Campaign
What was the battle, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, that was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War—and of U.S. history? The two armies met along Antietam Creek in Maryland on September 17, 1862.
Battle of Antietam
What was the battle where the Monitor was waiting for the return of the Virginia at Hampton Roads? After several hours of fighting, neither ship was seriously damaged, but the Monitor forced the Virginia to withdraw.
Clash of the Ironclads