History Final

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In what small Virginia town did Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant?

Apponmattox

The most American deaths in a single day occurred during a Civil war battle. Which battle was this?

Battle of Getty's burg

Just hours after her husband's death, Mary Todd Lincoln asked Elizabeth Keckley to be with her. Who was elizabeth Keckley?

Born a slave and became her friend

What was General McClellan's main reason for wanting to capture Richmond?

Capital of the confederacy , guns were made there

This person called "the angel of the battlefield," founded the american red cross. who was this person?

Clara barton

who ran against lincoln for senate?

Douglas

What Union naval officer captured New Orleans and took control of most of the Mississippi River?

Farragut

Who was John Swett Rock?

First black man to be on the floor of congress

General information about John wilkes Booth.

From south carolina, string believer in slaves.

Before the last minute change of plans, where were the Grants -along with Mary and abraham Lincoln- Scheduled to spend the evening of april 14, 1865?

Had a cabnet meeting but instead went to a play

The lady who wrote "uncle toms Cabin"

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Where did lincoln live?

Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois

aAt the end of the war, Confederate General George Pickett said,"The South has lost her best friend and protector...." to whom was pickett referring?

Lincoln

General information about Robert .E. Lee.

Lincoln wanted him but he denied him. he was then a confederate general.

When Lincoln visited Richmond after the fall, he held up the baby of confederate general George Pickett and said "Tell your father, the rascal, that I forgive him for the sake of your mother's smile and your bright eyes." We could say that this passage shows that?

Lincolns willingness to forgive

Who led the slave rebellion of 1831 that shocked Virginia and the south?

Nat turner

Who was Ely Parker?

Native American Indian

How did conditions in the south's army differ from the conditions in the north's army?

North was better feed and better equipment

At the time of Civil war, the North and the South differed in what ways?

North was more industrials, South was more farming land

What states seceded from the Union?

North/south carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisina,Virginia, Arkansa, Tennessee

General information about Jefferson Davis

President of the confederacy

Lincoln finally found the general he was looking for, one who was willing to fight who was he?

Robert E Lee

A common food in the southern army involved rolling a dough made of bacon grease and corn meal into a "snake" sticking it on a metal ramrod, and cooking it over an open fire. This delicacy was called...

Sloosh

In the famous jefferson birthday toast at brown's hotel, about what issue did President Jackson and Vice president calhoun most strongly disagree?

State rights

General Lee said of one of his wounded officers,"tell him to... get well, and come back to me as soon as he can. he has lost his left arm but i have lost my right arm." to whom is that referring?

Stone wall jackson

What made rifles used in the civil war more accurate than the old muskets used before?

The bullets were better, the gun could shoot 1/2 mile

The Civil War began in July 1861, with the shelling of fort sumter. whose fort was it and where was it located?

The unions fort and in Georgia

On the same day July 4, 1863, that the battle of Gettysburg ended Ulysses S grant won against another great union victory. what was that victory?

Won the battle of Vicksburg

What did lincoln mean when he said, "a House divided against itself can not stand."

a country can not fight against itself it will fall apart, we need to stay as one.

What was included in the terms for surrender presented to leE by U.S Grant?

allowed to keep his arms(guns)

The north had a basic three-part strategy to win the war. what was the strategy?

anaconda plan

On July 21, 1861, residents of Washington D.C., arrived by horseback and carriage and spread their picnic blankets on the grass. what had these people come to see?

battle of bull run

General information about the battle of Gettysburg.

bloody war, one of the most bloody war, both sides walked in thinking it was going to be easy

to secede is to...

break away

What devices were used during the Civil War?

earth works, rifles, accurate artillary

What did Lincoln's Family, the Clay Family, the J.B. Stuart family, and the Crittenden family have in common?

family members fought on both sides

The naval battle between the MONITOR and the MERRIMACK is the most famous one on one naval engagement in American history. why?

first steal battleships

At the start of the civil war, what did the south and the north both expect?

for it to be easy to win

What were the conditions in the south during the war?

had very bad conditions

One possible way out of slavery dilemma was supported by Ralph Waldo Emerson. what was that?

he lead the Transcendentalist movement

As the war's end approached, what worries did lincoln have about the northerners?

he was worried they wanted to punish the south, wanted them to be kind and forgive

What excused a southern male from fighting in the confederate army?

if they owned 20 slaves

General information about Uncle toms Cabin

it made a black man a hero and said all the horrible things about slavery

In the 1800s, what did southerners mean when they used the phrase "the peculiar institution"?

it meant slavery

General information about slavery

it was when the whites would sell or buy black people to work for them with no pay

Abraham Lincoln said that revolution was right only when it was "for a morally justified cause." In Lincoln's mind what was immoral about the South's revolution?

it went against the principle that all men are created equal

General information about combat in the Civil war.

lots of bannets, many people died

What happened after the rebellion of 1831?

many slaves were killed

What state was critical to keep in the union if Washington, D.C. was to avoid being surrounded by Confederate States?

maryland

What kind of leader was McClellan?

not brave and moved slowly

Abraham Lincoln emancipated the slaves on january 1, 1863. Exactly which slaves did the proclamation declare free?

only slaves in the confederate states were free

General information about slave ownership in the south of 1831.

slaves were not named but were numbered, they would be whipped, families would be taken and sold seperatly, considered property not people.

Before the civil war what action was taken by most americans who were against slavery?

some were willing to do anything about it

What was an important point made by the author of Uncle Toms Cabin?

that all people should be treated equal, and how Horrible slavery was

At manassas, what helps explain the number of soldiers who were killed by bullets shot by their own side?

the aim was horrible etc.

Abe Lincoln served as the postmaster of new Salem before there were postage stamps. who paid for the letters sent through the mail?

the person who got the letter would have to pay

An important issue in Lincoln's race for the senate in 1858 was popular sovereignty. what was the principle of popular sovereignty?

the right for people to govern themselves

In comparing the North and the South, WHich of the following was an advantage in its war against the North?

the south was fighting a defensive war

Who were the "Rebels"?

the southerners

How did many slaves escape?

the under ground railroad

why was the blockade of its ports so damaging to the south?

they could not transport food and equipment, and Texas was blocked off

What excused a northern male from fighting in the union army?

they could pay someone to fight for them

why did the south expect England to support the Confederacy?

they give/sell cotton to England

What was true of southern soldiers that was not true of Northern soldiers?

they had more experience

What happened as a result of the 13th Amendment to the constitution?

they had to make a 14th and 15th to support the 13th

what did Abolitionist believe?

they hated slavery

Why didn't England support the Confederacy?

they were slave free

what concerns did lincoln have about the south?

they wouldn't expect the reconstruction


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