Question 1

Border States:

Accepted Answer

States on the border between north and south.  Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware.  Slavery was still allowed.

Answer

States on the border between north and south.  Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware.  Slavery was not allowed.

Answer

States on the border between north and south.  Missouri, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia. Slavery is still allowed.

Question 2

Yankee:

Accepted Answer

Northern soldier

Answer

Southerner

Answer

Southern Soldier

Answer

Northerner

Question 3

Bounty:

Accepted Answer

Reward or payment to encourage volunteers to join the military.

Answer

Reward or payment for Southerners that secretly work for the north.

Answer

Reward or payment for Northerners who secretly work for the South.

Question 4

Total War:

Accepted Answer

Strategy by General Sherman. Brings the horrors of war to the citizens. Confiscating food, burning fields, releasing and protecting slaves, and destroying towns/cities.

Answer

Killing everyone who gets in the way.

Answer

War fought on the line - each side shooting until the other retreats.

Question 5

Strategy:

Accepted Answer

A careful plan or method.
	Southern- A defensive strategy.
	Northern- Cut off supplies, invade, total victory through total control.

Answer

None of the above

Answer

A careful plan or method.
	Southern-  Cut off supplies, invade, total victory through total control.
	Northern- A defensive strategy.

Question 6

Gettysburg Address:

Accepted Answer

A 272 word speech given by President Lincoln at the dedication to the cemetery at the Gettysburg battle site.  In it, Lincoln gave forth his new vision for America.

Answer

Lee’s second invasion of the North ends with a three day battle in Pennsylvania.  Over 48,000 casualties on both sides.  July 2-4 1863.  Turning point in the war.

Answer

system of selecting people for required military service.

Question 7

Formally join the military.  White men, mainly teenagers and young men. What is this called?

Accepted Answer

Enlist

Answer

Flank

Answer

Draft

Question 8

Entrenched:

Accepted Answer

To place in a strong defensive position.

Answer

decree by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in the southern rebellious states, parts of the confederacy in rebellion.  Effective Jan. 1 1863.

Answer

The best known African American company to fight for the Union Army.  Served with distinction at Fort Wagner and other battles.

Question 9

Ironclad:

Accepted Answer

Warship, clad in iron for protection.
	Monitor and Merrimack(Virginia) waged the first ever naval battle between iron ships.

Answer

Both sides wearing iron protection - all clad in iron - North vs South

Answer

Northern strategy to block all southern ports, using the navy.

Question 10

Rebel:

Accepted Answer

Southern soldier

Answer

Any Northerner

Answer

Northern Soldier

Answer

Any Southerner

Question 11

Blockade:

Accepted Answer

Northern strategy to block all southern ports, using the navy.

Answer

Southern strategy to block all northern ports, using the navy.

Answer

A strategy by General Sherman fighting not only the enemy army, but bringing the horrors of war to the local people.  Confiscating food, burning fields, releasing and protecting slaves, and destroying towns/cities.

Question 12

Emancipation Proclamation:

Accepted Answer

A decree by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in the southern rebellious states, parts of the confederacy in rebellion.  Effective Jan. 1 1863.

Answer

A careful plan or method.
	Southern- A defensive strategy
	Northern- Cut off supplies, invade, total victory through total control.

Answer

A legal concept that promises the right to a trial, or a prisoner of war, the right to be heard in court. Lincoln suspends this right during the war.

Question 13

Casualty:

Accepted Answer

A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured or missing in battle.

Answer

none of the above

Answer

A citizen who is killed, wounded, captured or missing in battle.

Question 14

Draft:

Accepted Answer

A system of selecting people for required military service.

Answer

Reward or payment to encourage volunteers to join the military.

Answer

A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured or missing in battle.

Question 15

Habeas Corpus:

Accepted Answer

A legal concept that promises the right to a trial, or a prisoner of war, the right to be heard in court. Lincoln suspends this right during the war.

Answer

decree by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in the southern rebellious states, parts of the confederacy in rebellion.  Effective Jan. 1 1863.

Answer

A 272 word speech given by President Lincoln at the dedication to the cemetery at the Gettysburg battle site.  In it, Lincoln gave forth his new vision for America.

Question 16

Greenbacks:

Accepted Answer

Paper money issued by the north.

Answer

Paper money issued by the  south

Question 17

54th Massachusetts

Accepted Answer

The best known African American company to fight for the Union Army.  Served with distinction at Fort Wagner and other battles.

Answer

A system of selecting people for required military service.

Answer

A decree by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in the southern rebellious states, parts of the confederacy in rebellion.  Effective Jan. 1 1863.

Question 18

Flank:

Accepted Answer

Side or edge of a military battle plan.

Answer

A rebel

Answer

A soldier

Answer

Reward or payment to encourage volunteers to join the military.

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