What was the first action of the Civil War? Why did it start here?

1
What was the first action of the Civil War? Why
did it start here?

• Fort Sumter (Charleston Harbor, SC)
• The seven states had succeeded and the North had
  federal troops in Forts in the new country.

2
Who was John Brown? Where did he have a
historical uprising? What was his purpose?

• Fanatic Abolitionist
• Harpers Ferry VA
• To free the slaves in VA to give them guns from
  the Arsenal

3
What are the Kansas Nebraska Acts? What nickname
did it gain from outbreaks of violence in this
area?

• Repealed the Compromise of 1820 (Missouri
  compromise) and opened it for the people to vote
  on the issue of slavery.
• Bleeding Kansas

4
What case brought the issue of slaves going into
free state not being free due to their lack of
citizenship?

• Dred Scott Decision

5
What are the three parts to the Anaconda Plan?
Who's plan was it (N or S)?

• Blockade the South
• Split it at the Mississippi River
• Capture the Capitol at Richmond

6
Who was the 1st Commanding officer of the
military for the North? Who was the Second? Who
was the final?

• McDowell
• McClellan
• U.S. Grant

7
What is the Writ of Habeas Corpus? Why did
Lincoln suspend it?

• The right to see a judge and be able to inquire
  the cause of their arrest.
• Reluctant states and others in the North going
  against the Union cause (it was a time of war)

8
Who was the President for the entire war from the
North? Who was the President for the entire war
for the South?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

9
What battle was the turning point of the Civil
War? How long did it last? What was the final
attack in that war? In what state was this
battle?

• Gettysburg
• 3 days
• Picketts Charge
• Pennsylvania (PA)

10
What freed slaves in the South? What year was it
issued? Where were these slaves freed (in what
areas?) What effect did this have on other
countries support for the Southern cause?

• Emancipation Proclamation
• In the rebelling States
• It became a Moral war. B didnt support the
  south after this.

11
What were the advantages of the North?

• Population (males)
• Factories
• Wealth
• Farms (Food/Livestock)
• Guns
• Resources (coal/Iron)
• Transportation
• Navy/Army

12
What were the Advantages of the South?

• Defensive War
• Positive Goal Independence
• Short communication lines and friendly population
  
• United public in contrast to the North
• Experienced Officer corps
• Cotton

13
Where was the holdout Confederate city that was
under siege for 2 months? What was the
significance of the date of it's surrender? How
did it complete the North's plan

• Vicksburg, Miss.
• Same day as the loss in Gettysburg
• Completed the cut of the South in the Anaconda
  Plan

14
Who was the Commander of the southern military?

• Robert E. Lee

15
What battle (actually series of nine battles)
were fought to hold the advancement of Northern
troops into the state of Georgia? What did this
allow the General in charge to complete?

• Battle for Atlanta
• Shermans March to the Sea

16
What was the name of the battle that happened off
Hampton Roads Virginia? Why was it significant to
military history?

• Monitor vs. Merrimack battle of the Ironclads
• Changed Naval warfare forever

17
Where was the signing of the end of the war?

• Appomattox Court House (VA)

18
What is another word for a Draft? Where did they
have "Draft Riots"? What did the North do (for
the first time, now it is permanent) to try to
raise more money for military efforts?

• Conscription
• New York
• Income Tax

19
What was the bloodiest single day battle in U.S.
History? How did Lee's troop movement get exposed
to the North?

• Antietam
• Lees officers dropped the plans (wrapped around
  cigars) Gave the North an advantage.

20
How did "Stonewall" Jackson die? What battle was
this?

• Shot in the arm. Later died of his wounds.
• Chancellorsville

21
Where was the site of the surrender of the South?

• Appomattox Court House

22
What are the years of the Civil War?

• 1861-1865

23
What was the commemorative speech that was made
in dedication to the war dead and the cause they
fought for? What did it say would help the
government sustain this war?

• Gettysburg Address
• By the people, for the people.etc PEOPLE
  (democracy)

24
Who was known as the "angel of the battlefield".
They helped start the Red Cross in the U.S.

• Clara Barton

25
What was the name of the Southern Prison for
P.O.W.'s? What was the name of the Northern
Prison for P.O.W.'s? (discussed in class)

• Andersonville, GA
• Elmira, NY

26
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

27
What are Cash Payments for volunteers (only done
in the North) ?

• Bounties

28
What was the name given to Northerners that
wanted to have peace with the South?

• Copperheads

29
Who was the Union Admiral (Navy) that captured
New Orleans after a five day battle?

• David Farragut

30
What is the term for people vote (on slavery in
this case)?

• Popular Sovereignty

31
Where did Sherman's March to the Sea start and
finish (in GA)?

• Atlanta
• Savannah

32
What was the speech that sought to avoid harsh
treatment of the defeated South by reminding his
listeners of how wrong both sides had been in
imagining what lay before them when the war began
four years earlier?

• Second Inaugural Address (Lincolns)

33
After the battle of __________ Lincoln announced
the __________________.

• Antietam
• Emancipation Proclamation

34
Where is Fort Sumter located?

• Charleston Harbor
• South Carolina

35
What caused the first ___ () of states to
succeed from the Union?

• Seven
• Lincoln was Elected President (Republican- did
  not want slavery to spread into the territories)

36
What caused the second group of states to succeed
from the Union?

• Lincoln called for more troops after Fort Sumter
  (75,000 for 3 mo.)

37
What was the total amount of states that
Succeeded ? What state proved to be invaluable to
the South (gave them some advantages....)?

• Eleven (11)
• Virginia
• Robert E. Lee
• Population/Industrialized
• Ironworks/Naval yards
• Richmond

38
What are the four "Reluctant" states? What are
they also known as? What is significant to these
states when the emancipation proclamation comes
out?

• Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, Kentucky
• They were slave states, but their slaves were not
  freed (they werent in rebellion)

39
What type of war strategy did Grant have? What
does this mean? What was his nickname?

• Total War
• Win at all cost (no real strategy)
• Unconditional Surrender Grant

40
What was the situation that had the U.S. stopping
a British boat and taking two CSA representative
at high seas? What was the situation that had
North giving a bill to the British for payment on
64 sunken U.S. boats?

• Trent Affair
• Alabama Claims