Civil War Exam Review
Secession/secede - CORRECT ANSWER-The act of formally withdrawing from a
group.
Antebellum - CORRECT ANSWER-Time period before the civil war.
Nullification - CORRECT ANSWER-The right of a state to refuse to recognize or
enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress.
State's Rights - CORRECT ANSWER-Belief that state's rights should take
precedence (come before) the power of federal government.
Emancipation - CORRECT ANSWER-Freedom from something during Civil War
it referred to freedom from slavery.
Blockade runners - CORRECT ANSWER-private ships that ran around the union
blockade and provided supplies and materials to the CSA
Abolition / abolistionist - CORRECT ANSWER-Antislavery movement / person
involved in abolition movement
Sectionalism - CORRECT ANSWER-Loyalty to one's own region of the country,
rather than to the nation as a whole.
Popular Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER-The authority of the government is
created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected
representatives.
Fort Sumter - CORRECT ANSWER-First shots of the Civil War. Was a main port
for the South. South won.
Battle of Antietam - CORRECT ANSWER-Bloodiest single day battle in US
history. Battle took place in Maryland.
, Resulted in Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in effort to end war
quickly.
No clear winner, although North felt they won.
Battle of Gettysburg - CORRECT ANSWER-A three day battle fought in
Pennsylvania, in which the Union stopped the momentum of the Confederate
army. TURNING POINT OF THE WAR.
Lee never tried to invade the North again.
Battle of Atlanta - CORRECT ANSWER-Battle to control important southern city
Confederates burned all ammunition and weapons stored in Atlanta to keep the
Union from getting it
Union troops burned everything else to punish the citizens in effort to end the war
Atlanta - CORRECT ANSWER-The center of Confederate manufacturing and
railroad traffic.
**NOT the capital during the war, BUT became the capital during Reconstruction
b/c of discrimination in Milledgeville.
Union Blockade - CORRECT ANSWER-The goal was to cut off supplies to the
South.
Anaconda Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-A plan to "squeeze" the CSA and block
supplies from arriving. Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana would be cut off from the
rest of the south and were isolated from the plan (meaning not included in
anaconda perimeters).
It was a part of the union blockade strategy.
Battle of Chickamauga - CORRECT ANSWER-Located in the Appalachian
Plateau region in Georgia (TAG corner).
Secession/secede - CORRECT ANSWER-The act of formally withdrawing from a
group.
Antebellum - CORRECT ANSWER-Time period before the civil war.
Nullification - CORRECT ANSWER-The right of a state to refuse to recognize or
enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress.
State's Rights - CORRECT ANSWER-Belief that state's rights should take
precedence (come before) the power of federal government.
Emancipation - CORRECT ANSWER-Freedom from something during Civil War
it referred to freedom from slavery.
Blockade runners - CORRECT ANSWER-private ships that ran around the union
blockade and provided supplies and materials to the CSA
Abolition / abolistionist - CORRECT ANSWER-Antislavery movement / person
involved in abolition movement
Sectionalism - CORRECT ANSWER-Loyalty to one's own region of the country,
rather than to the nation as a whole.
Popular Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER-The authority of the government is
created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected
representatives.
Fort Sumter - CORRECT ANSWER-First shots of the Civil War. Was a main port
for the South. South won.
Battle of Antietam - CORRECT ANSWER-Bloodiest single day battle in US
history. Battle took place in Maryland.
, Resulted in Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in effort to end war
quickly.
No clear winner, although North felt they won.
Battle of Gettysburg - CORRECT ANSWER-A three day battle fought in
Pennsylvania, in which the Union stopped the momentum of the Confederate
army. TURNING POINT OF THE WAR.
Lee never tried to invade the North again.
Battle of Atlanta - CORRECT ANSWER-Battle to control important southern city
Confederates burned all ammunition and weapons stored in Atlanta to keep the
Union from getting it
Union troops burned everything else to punish the citizens in effort to end the war
Atlanta - CORRECT ANSWER-The center of Confederate manufacturing and
railroad traffic.
**NOT the capital during the war, BUT became the capital during Reconstruction
b/c of discrimination in Milledgeville.
Union Blockade - CORRECT ANSWER-The goal was to cut off supplies to the
South.
Anaconda Plan - CORRECT ANSWER-A plan to "squeeze" the CSA and block
supplies from arriving. Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana would be cut off from the
rest of the south and were isolated from the plan (meaning not included in
anaconda perimeters).
It was a part of the union blockade strategy.
Battle of Chickamauga - CORRECT ANSWER-Located in the Appalachian
Plateau region in Georgia (TAG corner).
