Download Civil War Study Guide 2014 What was the period before the Civil

Civil War Study Guide 2014
1.
What was the period before the Civil War called?
Antebellum
2. During the 19th Century, why did Louisiana become more interdependent?
Louisiana's waterways made the state important for trade
3. Why did Louisiana depend on goods imported from other states and countries?
Focused on agricultural production rather than industry
4.
Why did Louisiana depend on food imported from other states and countries?
LA focused on agriculture for cash crops
5.
What was impact of Triangle Trade on West Africans?
Europeans forced West Africans to serve as cheap labor to produce raw materials.
6. What invention allowed trade on the river in both directions?
Steamboat
7. Why was Louisiana a good supplier of cotton?
Soil and climate
8. What was a barge like boat that could go down river only?
Flatboat
9. What three things led to Louisiana's economic growth during the Antebellum period?
Cotton Gin, Port of New Orleans, Steamboats
10. Why did cotton become so profitable in the 19th Century?
Louisiana's climate and soil and the Cotton Gin
11. In a plantation economy, what are resources used for ?
Agricultural production
12.
What did Abraham Lincoln promise to do or not do if elected president? He promised to not end
slavery in the South but he promised it would not spread
13. What was the result of the vote for Louisiana to secede? 113 to 17 for secession
14. What slave sued for his freedom but lost?
Dred Scott
15.
What act required all runaway slaves to be returned?
Fugitive Slave Act
16. What act stated slavery could not go above the 36 degree mark?
Missouri Compromise
17. What act allowed states to vote on slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
18. Who won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
19. How did the Civil War begin? Beauregard and the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter
20. Why did most Louisianians want to secede?
States' Rights; control of property, society, and future
21.
Why was the steamboat so important?
Travel up and down a river in short period of time while carrying large amounts of cargo
22. What were the goals of the Anaconda Plan?
To blockade the coast and gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy
23. Why was Louisiana part of the Anaconda Plan? LA controlled the Mississippi River
24. Why did both the Union and Confederate troops wish to control Louisiana?
Access to the Port of New Orleans; control of the Miss. River in order to trade and ship
25. What was the Union's strategy for taking control of Louisiana? Taking control of the Miss. River and
the port of New Orleans for trade; split the South
26.
How did the city of New Orleans defend itself against a Union invasion?
Two forts, chains across the river, cypress rafts carrying pine knots and cotton
27. How did New Orleans react when the Union was coming up the Miss. River?
Set fire to the warehouses and supplies
28. How did the (Confederate) capitols of Louisiana change during the Civil War?
Baton Rouge, Opelousas, Shreveport
29.
The longest siege in Louisiana occurred in _Port Hudson_.
Why did they finally surrender?
They learned of the surrender of Vicksburg
30. Who was Benjamin Butler? What city did he control in Louisiana?
Union general was placed in charge of occupied New Orleans
How was he successful? Cleaned the city; fed the city
31.
Explain the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation.
To pressure the Confederates to end the war and free slaves; Result- All slaves held in rebel-controlled
territories were free; Weakened rebel forces because the army lost the use of slave labor; encourage
slaves to escape
32. List the goals of the Red River Campaign.
1. Take Shreveport; 2. Take Cotton; 3. Invade Texas; leader Banks
33. What was the strategy of Red River Campaign? Gen. Banks would move up the Red River while
another general will come down Arkansas
34. What was the purpose of Grant's Canal?
To connect Grant to the Mississippi River bypassing Vicksburg
35. Who was the Union general that led the Red River Campaign? Nathaniel P. Banks
36. Where did the battle take place that saved the city of Shreveport?
Mansfield
37. Describe Bailey's Dam.
Series of wind dams that rescued stranded ships on the Red River
38. What was the single greatest act of destruction in Louisiana?
Burning of Alexandria
39. Why did the Red River Campaign fail?
None of the goals were achieved
40. Where were most of the Civil War battles fought in Louisiana?
Along the rivers
41. How did the Civil War affect Louisiana?
Completely destroyed; large amount of casualties
42. How did the Civil War hurt the Cotton Industry?
reduced the traditional supply of labor for growing cotton