Question 1
What years did the Civil War begin
and end in?
Answer 1
1861-1865
Question 2
The Civil War began when Confederate
forces fired upon ___________________.
Answer 2
Fort Sumter
Question 3
Who said, “My paramount object
in this struggle is to save the
union, and is not either to save or
to destroy slavery”?
Answer 3
Abraham Lincoln in 1862
Question 4
What was the first major battle
of the war (July 1861)?
Answer 4
The First Battle of Bull Run
(Manassas). The Confederates
won the battle.
Question 5
What was the goal of
McClellan’s Peninsula
Campaign in 1862?
Answer 5
To capture Richmond, Virginia (the
Confederate Capitol)
Question 6
Why did the clash between the
Monitor and Merrimack make
history?
Answer 6
It was the first clash between
iron-sided ships.
Question 7
It was a significant battle because
it reduced Europe’s interest in
helping the Confederates and it
allowed Lincoln to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation.
Name the battle.
Answer 7
The Battle of Antietam (1862)
Question 8
What is Pickett’s Charge?
Answer 8
Lee’s attempt to break the union army on
the third day of Gettysburg—it failed.
Question 9
Who was Lincoln referring to
when he said, “I can’t spare this
man; he fights.”
Answer 9
Ulysses S. Grant. By the end of
1863, he was named the leader of
the Union army.
Question 10
Name Abraham Lincoln’s running
mate in the Election of 1864.
Answer 10
Andrew Johnson
would become
president upon
Lincoln’s
assassination in
1865.
Question 11
This civil liberty was suspended
during the Civil War. It requires
a hearing before a judge to
justify the detention of a
prisoner.
Answer 11
Writ of habeas corpus. Lincoln
suspended this right in order to
jail pro-secessionist agitators in
the border states.
Question 12
This legislation finally abolished
slavery in the US
Answer 12
13th amendment, 1865.
Remember—the emancipation
proclamation only abolished
slavery in the rebelling states.
Question 13
What is conscription?
Answer 13
Conscription is mandatory military
service. It is commonly carried
out as a “draft.”
Question 14
Who was the
President of the
C.S.A.?
Answer 14
Jefferson Davis was the President
of the Confederate States of
America.
Question 15
Name the General who led the
Confederate Army of Northern
Virginia
Answer 15
Robert E. Lee
Question 16
What was unique about Missouri,
Kentucky, Maryland, West
Virginia, and Delaware?
Answer 16
These BORDER STATES were
slave states that remained loyal to
the union.
Question 17
This Battle marked the last major
offensive of the Confederates.
Answer 17
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
Question 18
What Civil War strategy called for
the economic strangulation of the
South?
Answer 18
The strategy was known as the
Anaconda Plan. It called for an
blockade of the South and cutting
the Confederacy in half by
controlling the Mississippi River.
Question 19
General Grant used a siege to
force the surrender of this
strategically important river town.
Answer 19
Vicksburg, Mississippi (1863)
Question 20
General
Sherman began
his infamous
March to the Sea
in which city?
Answer 20
Atlanta, Georgia (1864).
Sherman ordered the evacuation
of Atlanta and then burned it. He
then led his 62,000 men on a
destructive 285 mile march to
Savannah on the coast.
Question 21
Of the following, name the categories the
South had MORE than the North in:
1. Farm acreage
2. Population
3. Factory Production
4. Slaves
5. Railroad Mileage
6. Cotton Production
Answer 21
The South had more slaves and
more cotton production. The
union had 71% of the nations
population, 91% of factory
production, 75% of farm acreage,
and 71% or railroad mileage.
Question 22
What happened at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia in 1865?
Answer 22
Robert E. Lee
surrendered to
Ulysses S. Grant
ending the Civil
War.
Question 23
Give two reasons why Civil War
Generals used outdated tactics.
Answer 23
First, The outdated tactics were
still being taught in military
schools like West Point. Second,
Generals were under political
pressure to go on the offensive
(even though a defensive war
may have been wiser for Lee).
Question 24
This was the first state to secede
from the union (1860) and the
site of Fort Sumter
Answer 24
South Carolina
seceded from
the union in 1860
and saw the
confederates fire
on Fort Sumter
in 1861
Question 25
The confederates were more
successful than the union in which of
the following areas:
A. Consistent military leadership
B. Financing the war
C. Feeding their troops
D. Eliminating Dissent
E. None of the above
Answer 25
A. The Confederates did have
more consistent military
leadership. While Lincoln went
through numerous generals, the
beloved and capable Robert E.
Lee led the Confederates.
Question 26
How many soldiers died during
the Civil War (combined total)?
A. 220,000
B. 420,000
C. 620,000
D. 820,000
Answer 26
C. 620,000 died. 360,000 union
soldiers and 260,000 confederate
soldiers were killed in battle or
died of disease. This was by far
America’s deadliest war. Two
thirds of deaths were caused by
disease.
Question 27
The battle was the bloodiest day
of the war with over 24,000
casualties.
Answer 27
The Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg) of 1862 resulted in
Lee’s retreat from the North and
Lincoln’s announcement of the
Emancipation Proclamation.
Question 28
A Union captain boarded this
British ship and captured
emissaries James Mason and
John Slidell in 1861, enraging the
British.
Answer 28
The ship was the Trent. Cooler
heads prevailed and Europe
never formally recognized the
Confederate States of America.
Question 29
The worst draft riots of the Civil
War occurred in this city in 1863.
Answer 29
The Draft Day Riots of 1863
occurred in New York City where
Irish mobs attacked Blacks, draft
offices, and wealthy Republicans.
Question 30
What kind of warfare targets
civilians and the economic
infrastructure of the enemy?
Answer 30
Total Warfare
Question 31
Lincoln fired this General and
eventually beat him in the
Election of 1864.
Answer 31
George B.
McClellan
Question 32
This government institution was
created during the Civil War to
help raise revenue through
taxation.
Answer 32
The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS)
Question 33
What term was used to describe
Northern Democrats who
obstructed Lincoln’s war efforts?
Answer 33
Copperheads
Question 34
Why was Lincoln’s assassination
a calamity (disaster) for the
South?
Answer 34
Lincoln favored leniency toward
the South at the end of the war
and probably would have
facilitated their return to the union.