Download Civil War Website Treasure Hunt (updated 7/2003 by Susan C

Civil War Website Treasure Hunt (updated 7/2003 by Susan C. Bisset)
Name: Benny Phillips________________________________
Go to http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm and read through the site to answer the following
questions.
1. ____A civil war is a war between different groups of people who belong to the same
country_______________________________________________
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2. Why did the American Civil War start? _The American Civil War was fought
between____________________________________
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Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
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What are the Border States? _Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of more
than 620,000 of its citizens and injure more than
375,00______________________________________________
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4. What were the cultural differences in the North and the South? South to give up their farms, build
factories, and abolish slavery. Congress treated the slaves as personal property and would not
take away rights of ownership. _________________
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5. What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? A civil war is a war between different
groups of people who belong to the same country. The American Civil War was fought between
the North (Union states) and the South (Confederate states). It lasted from 1861-1865, triggered
by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Lincoln wanted to end slavery and keep the Union
together. ___________________
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6. Aside from the compromises, list four secession events leading to the war?
1.
Republican Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President on March 4, 1861
__In the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln said the Civil
War was to preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
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2. _Most Civil War soldiers did not travel before they joined the army.
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3John Paul "Jay" Monahan, III, my second cousin. ______Thus, America began the conflict that would
take the lives of more than 620,000 of
its______________________________________________________________
4. At home, families and friends were on opposite sides of the war
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7. List the causes of the Civil War? __________________________________________
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8. Name three influential people of the Civil War. Then, link to further information on these
people by clicking on their names. List four new pieces of information your learned about each person.
1. ____________________________________________________________________
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2. ____________________________________________________________________
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3. ____________________________________________________________________
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9. Name the battle
Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
First Battle at Bull Run (Manassas) July 21,
1861
Shiloh
April 6, 1862
Antietam
Sept. 16, 1862
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
July 1, 1863
July 4, 1863
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This was the beginning of the Civil War_yes______________________________________
Volunteer soldiers lined-up in clean uniforms __________________________________
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War __________(Virginia Senate Resolution 221, 1998 in honor of John Paul
Monahan, III___________________________________
Led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation ___________________________
Turning point of the war The Stonewall Jackson Brigade, in Woodstock,
Virginia._____________________________________________
This victory split the Confederacy in two _Thus, America began the conflict that would take the
lives_______________________________
10. In which state were most of the battles fought? Lincoln wanted to end slavery and keep the
Union together. _______________________
11. What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address? It lasted from 1861-1865, triggered by the
election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860____________________
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12. How, when, and where did the Civil War end? The conflict between the North (the Yankees)
and the South (the Rebels) started because of their different ways of
living________________________
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13. Describe four things about the home front during the war.
1. _Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of more than 620,000 of its
citizens and injure more than
375,00___________________________________________________________________
2. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Commission.
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3Early, and cook. ____________________________________________________________________
4. ,000 troops of the Army of the Shenandoah). Jay was an avid collector of war relics and Civil War
document____________________________________________________________________
14. Who was Clara Barton? On April 12, 1861 at 4:30 A.M. the first shot hurtled over Fort
Sumter________________________________________________
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What were two of her accomplishments? The First Battle at Bull Run (1861) was the first major
battle. It was suppose to be the shortest and the end to the brand new war. Volunteer soldiers
lined-up in colorful, clean uniforms waiting for the event to begin. People with picnic baskets sat
on the hillsides as the troops battled. After ten hours of fighting, 900 soldiers
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15. During the war, how many letters passed through Washington, DC, daily? A civil war ________
16. What were two disadvantages of the African Americans that fought in the war?
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17. List three amendments that passes after the Civil War ended. What are they about? The conflict
between the North (the Yankees) and the South (the Rebels) started because of their different
ways of living. The North wanted the South to give up their farms, build factories, and abolish
slavery. Congress treated the slaves as personal property
and______________________________________________________________________
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18. What was Reconstruction? Thus, America began the conflict that would take the lives of
more than 620,000______________________________________
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19. What was sharecropping? Congress treated the slaves as personal property and would not
take away rights of ownership. _______________________________________
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20. If you were in the Civil War, what side would you choose? Why? _Known as the bloodiest
battle of the Civil War________
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