The fugitive slave law was a disaster for what group of people

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Civil War Test Review
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Which event caused the South to secede?
Lincoln (a republican) was elected.
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What did the seceding states call themselves?
Confederate States of America
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Who was their president?
Jefferson Davis
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Where did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Sumter, SC

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What were the goals of the North at the start of
the Civil War?

• The North wanted to preserve the Union.
• Keep the border states from seceding.

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What were the border states?

• The states between the North the South (slavery
  was legal). Did not secede.
• Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

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What were the goals of the South at the start of
the Civil War?

• The South wanted to be independent.

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What did the disaster at Bull Run show the Union
leaders?
Untrained troops could not be depended upon.
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Was the Anaconda Plan for the North or the South?
North
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What were the major goals of the Anaconda Plan?
Blockade Take control of the Mississippi Capture
Richmond Divide the eastern part of the
Confederacy
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The Union forces tried to divide the
Confederacy by gaining control of what river?
The Mississippi
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The fugitive slave law was a disaster for what
group of people?

• Slaves
• Why? Any slave that escaped to the North was to
  be returned to their owner.

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General McClellan (north) was criticized for
what reason?
For having the slows (overly cautious
non-aggressive)
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What was General Thomas J. Jacksons nickname?

• Stonewall

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Who won the battle of Antietam?
Neither side. The North claimed it as a victory.
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What did Lincoln do right after the battle of
Antietam?
Emancipation Proclamation
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What was the document Lincoln issued declaring
freedom for slaves in the Confederacy?
Emancipation Proclamation
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Who did Lincoln give command of the Union army
to in June of 1863?
General George G. Meade
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General Robert E. Lee was commander for which
army?
the South
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Why did Lee move his troops north in 1863?

• Supplies
• Give the South a rest
• Good battleground
• Washington DC and other major Northern cities

• A victory on Northern soil
• To force a peace treaty
• Get help from foreign countries

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Where was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
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Day 1, 2, or 3?

• Day 3
• How do you know this?
• Picketts Charge fighting in the center of the
  Union fish hook

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Day 1, 2, or 3?

• Day 1
• How do you know this?
• Fighting is taking place NW of town.

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Day 1, 2, or 3?

• Day 2
• How do you know this?
• Fighting at ends (flanks) of Union fish hook.
• Sickles brought his men forward.

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What was the failed attack on the 3rd day of
Gettysburg?
Pickett's Charge
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Union or Confederate?

• George B. McClellan

• Union

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Union or Confederate?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Union

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Union or Confederate?

• Thomas Stonewall Jackson

• Confederate

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Union or Confederate?

• Robert E. Lee

• Confederate

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Union or Confederate?

• Jefferson Davis

• Confederate

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Union or Confederate?

• U. S. Grant

• Union

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Union or Confederate?

• Pickett

• Confederate

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Union or Confederate?

• General Meade

• Union

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Who were Louisa May Alcott, Dorothea Dix Clara
Barton?
Nurses during the Civil War.
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What were the Monitor and the Virginia?
Ironclads Fought the first battle between the
ironclads.
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What was the Union army called?
Army of the Potomac
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What are other names for the Union during the
Civil War?

• North
• Yankees
• Army of the Potomac
• Federals
• United States of America

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What are other names for the Confederates during
the Civil War?

• South
• Confederate States of America
• Rebels
• Army of Northern Virginia

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What happened on April 9, 1865 and where?
Lee surrendered his army to Grant at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia