Advanced Placement
Chapter 21 Questions The Furnace of Civil War 1861-1865 p. 435-461 1. When was the battle of Bull Run fought? 2. What Confederate stood like a stone wall at the Battle of Bull Run? 3. How was victory at Bull Run worse than defeat for the South?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
4. How was Defeat at Bull Run better than victory for the Union? 5. What was George McClellan’s nickname? 6. How did McClellan refer to his chief? 7. What was the irony of Lee’s brilliantly achieved victory in the Peninsula Campaign? Robert E. Lee
8. What were the six components to the Union’s Total War? 1. 2. 3.
USS Monitor iron-hulled steamship. Built during the American Civil War, it was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy.
4. 5. 6. 9. What was the disagreeable doctrine of “ultimate destination” or “continuous voyage”? 10. What were the names of the first two ironclads which fought to a standstill on March 9, 1862? 11. Who was commander of the Federal force at the Second Battle of Bull Run? (August 29-30, 1862)
Special Order 191 Copy of Lost Order displayed at Crampton's Gap, Maryland.
12. Emboldened by his success at Bull Run why did Lee daringly thrust into Maryland? 13. Who was restored to active command of the main Northern army at Antietam Creek, Maryland? 14. What fortunate occurrence helped the Union halt Lee at Antietam on September 17, 1862? 15. Why was the Battle of Antietam considered such a landmark battle of the Civil War? 16. What did Lincoln do after this long-awaited “victory”? 17. What does the statement the Emancipation Proclamation was stronger on proclamation than emancipation mean? 18. When was the 13th amendment ratified? 19. By the war’s end how many blacks served in the Union army?
Ambrose Burnside
20. Why were slaves sometimes referred to as the “Stomach of the Confederacy”? 21. How did slaves contribute powerfully to the collapse of slavery and the disintegration of the antebellum Southern way of life? 22. How many Northern soldiers were killed or wounded in “Burnside’s Slaughter Pen” known as the Battle of Fredericksburg? 23. Who replaced Burnside as commander of the Federal troops? 24. What happened to “Stonewall” Jackson at the battle of Chancellorsville? 25. Who replaced Hooker as Union Commander?
George G. Meade
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
26. How many soldiers did the Union have at Gettysburg? How many troops did the Confederacy have? 27. Why was Gettysburg and more specifically Pickett’s charge been called the “high tide of the Confederacy”? 28. How did Lincoln respond to Jefferson Davis’ peace mission as they approached the Union lines under a flag of truce? 29. Who finally replaced Mead as Commander for the Union? 30. What was Lincoln’s response to criticisms that Grant drank too much? 31. When did the beleaguered city of Vicksburg surrender? 32. What did Lincoln consider the spinal cord of the Confederacy? 33. Who was entrusted to conquer Georgia? 34. What were “Sherman’s Sentinels”?
William Tecumseh Sherman
35.
Who was Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury?
36.
Who were the Copperheads?
37. What notorious Copperhead ran for governor of Ohio while living in Canada? 38. Who was Lincoln’s running mate in the election of 1864? From what State? 39. Who was the Embattled Democrats nominated Presidential Candidates in 1864? 40. What three Northern victories helped the president pull through the elections? 1. 2. 3. 41. What was the electoral result of the election of 1864? 42. What was Grant’s personal motto?
43. What were the Unions Casualty numbers in the Battles in the Wilderness? 44. What happened at Cold Harbor? How long did it take for the Union to suffer seven thousand killed or wounded? 45. What was the reality of Grant’s brutal arithmetic? 46. Where and when did Grant accept Lee’s surrender? 47. Who shot Lincoln? What remark did Secretary Stanton make when Lincoln died? 48. As time wore on why did increasing numbers of Southerners perceive Lincoln’s death as a calamity for the South? 49. What was the final grisly toll of the Civil War?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
4. How was Defeat at Bull Run better than victory for the Union? 5. What was George McClellan’s nickname? 6. How did McClellan refer to his chief? 7. What was the irony of Lee’s brilliantly achieved victory in the Peninsula Campaign? Robert E. Lee
8. What were the six components to the Union’s Total War? 1. 2. 3.
USS Monitor iron-hulled steamship. Built during the American Civil War, it was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy.
4. 5. 6. 9. What was the disagreeable doctrine of “ultimate destination” or “continuous voyage”? 10. What were the names of the first two ironclads which fought to a standstill on March 9, 1862? 11. Who was commander of the Federal force at the Second Battle of Bull Run? (August 29-30, 1862)
Special Order 191 Copy of Lost Order displayed at Crampton's Gap, Maryland.
12. Emboldened by his success at Bull Run why did Lee daringly thrust into Maryland? 13. Who was restored to active command of the main Northern army at Antietam Creek, Maryland? 14. What fortunate occurrence helped the Union halt Lee at Antietam on September 17, 1862? 15. Why was the Battle of Antietam considered such a landmark battle of the Civil War? 16. What did Lincoln do after this long-awaited “victory”? 17. What does the statement the Emancipation Proclamation was stronger on proclamation than emancipation mean? 18. When was the 13th amendment ratified? 19. By the war’s end how many blacks served in the Union army?
Ambrose Burnside
20. Why were slaves sometimes referred to as the “Stomach of the Confederacy”? 21. How did slaves contribute powerfully to the collapse of slavery and the disintegration of the antebellum Southern way of life? 22. How many Northern soldiers were killed or wounded in “Burnside’s Slaughter Pen” known as the Battle of Fredericksburg? 23. Who replaced Burnside as commander of the Federal troops? 24. What happened to “Stonewall” Jackson at the battle of Chancellorsville? 25. Who replaced Hooker as Union Commander?
George G. Meade
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
26. How many soldiers did the Union have at Gettysburg? How many troops did the Confederacy have? 27. Why was Gettysburg and more specifically Pickett’s charge been called the “high tide of the Confederacy”? 28. How did Lincoln respond to Jefferson Davis’ peace mission as they approached the Union lines under a flag of truce? 29. Who finally replaced Mead as Commander for the Union? 30. What was Lincoln’s response to criticisms that Grant drank too much? 31. When did the beleaguered city of Vicksburg surrender? 32. What did Lincoln consider the spinal cord of the Confederacy? 33. Who was entrusted to conquer Georgia? 34. What were “Sherman’s Sentinels”?
William Tecumseh Sherman
35.
Who was Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury?
36.
Who were the Copperheads?
37. What notorious Copperhead ran for governor of Ohio while living in Canada? 38. Who was Lincoln’s running mate in the election of 1864? From what State? 39. Who was the Embattled Democrats nominated Presidential Candidates in 1864? 40. What three Northern victories helped the president pull through the elections? 1. 2. 3. 41. What was the electoral result of the election of 1864? 42. What was Grant’s personal motto?
43. What were the Unions Casualty numbers in the Battles in the Wilderness? 44. What happened at Cold Harbor? How long did it take for the Union to suffer seven thousand killed or wounded? 45. What was the reality of Grant’s brutal arithmetic? 46. Where and when did Grant accept Lee’s surrender? 47. Who shot Lincoln? What remark did Secretary Stanton make when Lincoln died? 48. As time wore on why did increasing numbers of Southerners perceive Lincoln’s death as a calamity for the South? 49. What was the final grisly toll of the Civil War?
