QUIZ!!

How did the Civil War shape our lives today? - it has been called the cross roads of the American being. because the fight was over something that was so close to the foundation of the country that the outcome would change America as we know it.

Name three ways the Civil War changed the South.  - No more slaves, They were brought back into the country, their was dead, and their farms and houses were destroyed.

What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend?  - That you can get arrested for what ever reason and the government does not have to tell you what you are being arrested for. Habeus Corpus

List the four border states. - Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland

Why did West Virginia form? - because some did not want to sussed and some did, they were also politically divided. 

What disadvantages did the South face? - they had less people and were out produced

Why did the Confederate States believe they had a right to leave the Union? -  They thought that they had a right to their own property and it would be just like what they did with England. 

What were the three main strategies of the Union? - 1. capture the Mississippi river. 2.Blockade the southern ports. 3. Capture Richmond Virginia.

What was the average age of soldiers who fought in the Civil War? - 24

What was the outcome of Bull Run? - The confederates held their ground and the union retreated.

Discuss the Battle of Shiloh. - The Battle of Shiloh, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on Grant. The Confederates achieved considerable success on the first day, but were ultimately defeated on the second day. On the first day of the battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek. The Confederate battle lines became confused during the fierce fighting, and Grant's men instead fell back to the northeast, in the direction of Pittsburgh Landing. A position on a slightly sunken road, nicknamed the "Hornet's Nest". Reinforcements from Gen. Buell and from Grant's own army arrived in the evening and turned the tide the next morning, when the Union commanders launched a counterattack. The Confederates were forced to retreat.

What were Lincoln’s reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation? - he was trying to make the slaves want to run away and rebel

What did the 13th Amendment do? - it made slave free and officially ended slavery

How was the Civil War a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight? - because the people who had money could buy their way out of the war

Discuss the draft laws in the north. - Each state had a quota to fill and they usually did that by holding a lottery but you could get out of it if you payed $300 or you had a certain disability. 



Discuss the importance of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. - Chancellorsville the south defeats Joe Hooker but Stone wall Jackson get shot and killed, total southern victory. The battle of Gettysburg was the invasion of the north by Robert E. Lee 70,000 men were lost in a 3 day battle and it was a North victory, it is considered the turning point of the war. July 1^st through the 4^th.
How did Sherman use “Total War” against the South? - Because the south was not ready to risk everything and use all their resources to win the war. And he also destroyed everything he cam in contact with.

Who were the Presidents of the Confederacy and the United States during the Civil War? - Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

What, exactly, did the Emancipation Proclamation do? - Freed the slaves in the southern states at first and then freed all slaves in America.


Cost of the war?? - North 6 mill and south 3 mill. for people the north lost 360,000 and the south lost 260,000 so 620,000 out of about 3.3 mill

Battle of Aptomonics courthouse. - April 8 1865 the confederates surrender and lee now has the only army that can do anything. Lee lets their soldiers keep their horses and side arms and he also gives then supplies.

Questions for chapter 12

1.) it was the Americans right/destiny that the Americans had to expand the entire country from coast to coast

2.) Oregon Washington Idaho and parts of Wyoming, Montana and Canada - the British Americans Russians and Spanish all claimed parts of it

3.) They lived on the mountains as trappers and adopted many of the native ways but they put themselves out of business

4.) it was a trail that tens of thousands of people marched on to move to Oregon to start a new life

5.) it was a slogan that represented the line of latitude that they wanted to be claimed for America and if they didn't get their way their was going to be war.

6.) That the U.S. would take or fight for Oregon. They would acquire California from Mexico. That he would retire after 4 years. and he would lower the tariff to the federal government

7.) people living in Texas fought for it and became an independent country and then it was adopted by America but it took a few years because the U.S. didn't want to go to war with Mexico

8.) the battle of the Alamo was a surprising one, because the 180 American troops held off thousands of Spanish troops for 12 days until they were over run and killed. The battle San Jacinto - General Houston move his small army 100 miles east waiting for the Spanish and he surprised attacked them killing about half and capturing the rest, this capture is what made Texas become independent.

9.) It took from 1836 until 1844 because the U.S. didn't want to get into a war with Mexico

10.) the war started because the Americans built a fort on the Rio Grande and the Mexicans attacked but it was not a just war because the land they built the fort on was in Mexican territory

11.) Some were against it and some were not but i would say more were in the favor of Manifest destiny.

12.) Monterrey, Mexico city, buena vista

13.) 125,000,000

14.) It made thousands of people move to California including some of the first Chinese people to come to California


6.) the divided it on the 49th latitude line not the 44th


7.) The addition of another slave state would upset the balance of non-slave states to slave states.


8.) It would make the ocean the border between America and other nations instead of having a foreign power as the border. Making the ocean the border would make the country safer.


9.) Mexico refused to sell California and New Mexico so the United States annexed Texas, which the Mexicans thought was illegal.


10.) The gold miners had no other place to purchase their supplies, so the merchants could charge them what ever price they wanted.


13.) The States almost doubled the size by adding California, Texas and the New Mexico Territory. The new border was modified to be cut off at the Rio Grande and to be the ocean.


14.) They were........    >:(


15.) The British and Americans were unable to come to a compromise. Although, in the Mexican-American War case, the Americans were interested in taking all of the land rather than just expanding North. When a compromise was not reached, the war began.

Manifest Destiny

From first look the first thing you notice is the angel floating in the air from the light side to the dark side. This represents the americans (light) moving from their home to the west where the indians are (dark). When you take a closer look on the left side (dark side) you see the indians and native animals running away from the angel. On the left side (light side) you see three trains boats and telephone poles. The telephone line is what the angel is laying as she goes. This represents how much americans wanted to move west and start their new lives.