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Civil War Questions
A. Map A. Using art supplies, shade Map A the following traits:
1. Free states
2. States that seceded
3. Border States that stayed loyal to the Union.
4. Anaconda Plan
B. Map B. Place the following battles on Map B.
Bull Run New Orleans Appomattox Courthouse Shiloh Antietam Gettysburg
Atlanta Memphis Chancellorsville Fredericksburg Columbia Washington DC
Durham Station “March to the Sea” Savannah Monitor V. Merrimac Richmond
C. Define the following vocabulary terms.
1. Emancipation
2. Emancipation Proclamation
3. Ironclads
4. Habeas Corpus
5. Martial Law
6. Contraband
7. Draft
8. War of Attrition
9. Civil War
10. Income Tax
11. Trent Affair
12. CSS Alabama
13. Copperheads
14. Johnny Reb
15. Billy Yank
16. Andersonville
17. Monitor v. Merrimac
18. Hardtack
19. Greenbacks
20. 54th Massachusetts Infantry
D. People! What is the most important contribution each person contributed to the Civil War
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Jefferson Davis
3. Clara Barton
4. William Seward
5. John Wilkes Booth
6. Andrew Johnson
7. General Robert E. Lee
8. General George McClellan
9. General Jackson
10. David Farragut
11. General U.S. Grant
12. General William T. Sherman
13. General John Bell Hood
14. General Philip Sheridan
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Which southern state seceded first?
What country did the seceding states form? What became the permanent capital?
Who was the first (and only) president of the CSA?
When he took office on March 4, 1861, who did Lincoln say would “bear the blame” for a civil war?
When did the war actually begin? What was the name of the first battle?
What did the western counties of Virginia do to show their opposition to Virginia’s secession from the Union?
Eventually, how many states made up the Confederacy?
Who rejected Lincoln’s offer to command the Union armies?
What is conscription? Who used it and why?
What role did the following play in the war?
a. Women
b. African Americans
What opening major battle dimmed Union hopes for a quick victory and an end to the war?
Who was brilliant in rebuilding the Union army but became overcautious in using it in battle much to the annoyance of
Lincoln?
What two major battles, although a draw, were considered by the Union as victories despite the fact they were the
bloodiest one day battles of the war?
In his second and last try (Antietam was the first) to take the war into the North, what was Lee hoping to do? Where was
he stopped? How long did the battle last? What suicidal Confederate maneuver was made as a last desperate attempt
to win the battle? How much of his army did Lee lose? Why was this battle the turning point of the war for both the
North and the South?
What happened at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863? Who spoke and what famous “appropriate remarks” did he
make?
At the same time as the battle of Gettysburg, what major battle in the west did Grant win? What was the major result of
this battle?
What document did Lincoln sign relating to slavery? When did Lincoln sign it to make it “official?” Only who did it apply
to?
What were the draft riots?
What general did Lincoln finally settle upon to lead the war effort and to command all Union armies? Why was his
nickname “Unconditional Surrender?”
As a result of winning the major battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee and securing the Mississippi Valley for the Union, what
was General Sherman able to do next? What was his purpose? What major southern cities were his targets?
A presidential election was held in the middle of the war. What battle victory ensured Lincoln’s easy re-election?
With Grant moving from the west and north, and Sherman moving up from the south, and with Sheridan cutting all
supply lines, where did the Union army finally stop, trap and surround Lee’s army? As a result, Lee was forced to
surrender. On what conditions did Grant accept his surrender? On what date did the Civil War end?
23. Who can be said to be the “last casualty” of the war? What happened on the night of April 14, 1865?
Map A
Map B