Chapter 19

  1. Who was the author responsible, according to Abe Lincoln for the Civil War?
  2. What was the name of the book responsible for the start of the Civil War?
  3. What is wrong with the derogatory saying in the African-American community, “Your just an Uncle Tom”?
  4. What other trouble-brewing book appeared in 1857 that stated the non-slaveholding whites were the ones who suffered most from the millstone of slavery?
  5. Who was the author of the book in #4?
  6. Where did the “border ruffians” come from which poured into Kansas in 1855?
  7. What was the purpose of the “border ruffians”?
  8. Which man will be responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre on May 24, 1856?
  9. This document said people could vote against slavery, but one provision stated that slave owners were permitted to keep their slaves, which they already possessed.
  10. Was this document passed? How successful was it?
  11. Who will be known as the “Little Giant” and supporter of popular sovereignty?
  12. Why was Congressman Preston S. Brooks known as “Bully Brooks”?
  13. Which presidential candidate will be known as “Old Buck”?
  14. Which presidential candidate of 1856 was known as “The Pathfinder”?
  15. What was the Republican platform in the 1856 presidential election?
  16. What was the Democrat platform in the 1856 presidential election?
  17. With the influx of immigrants from Germany and Ireland during the 1840s, what political party will be formed?
  18. What will be the nickname for the political party described in #17? Why?
  19. Why did John C. Frémont lose the presidential election of 1856?
  20. What was the principle of the lawsuit brought by Dred Scott in 1857?
  21. Why did the Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
  22. What were the consequences of the Dred Scott decision?
  23. Who will be known as the Illinois Rail-Splitter?
  24. What famous question in the Lincoln/Douglas debates did Lincoln ask Douglas concerning popular sovereignty and the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott?
  25. What was Douglas’s answer to Lincoln? What did his answer come to be known as?
  26. Who eventually won the Senate seat in Illinois between Douglas and Lincoln?
  27. What eventually will happen to John Brown after he is captured by US Marines at Harper’s Ferry?
  28. Which Democrat will the Southern “fire eaters” regard as a traitor in the presidential election of 1860?
  29. What two other Democrat candidates ran in the 1860 presidential election?
  30. Which state will be the first to secede from the union following the election of 1860?
  31. Which six states will secede in early 1861?
  32. Who will be elected the president of the South?
  33. What will be the last failed compromise before the Civil War broke out?
  34. What did the compromise say?
  35. Was Lincoln in favor of this compromise?

Chapter 20

  1. Why did the new capital of the Southern Confederacy give cause for alarm in the North?
  2. Which four Border States will remain with the Union when the Civil War breaks out?
  3. What State will later secede from a Southern strong hold to become another border state?
  4. War?
  5. What advantages did the Confederacy have at the beginning of the Civil War?
  6. This legendary Confederate general lost his life as a result of accidental injuries he suffered in the Battle of Chancellorsville—GREAT loss for the South and possible reason for loss in the Civil War?
  7. What was the major disadvantage which the South faced?
  8. What advantages did the North have at the Outbreak of war in 1861?
  9. Why did the Union go to great lengths to keep Britain happy during the Civil War?
  10. What would be the first major crisis with Britain during the Civil War?
  11. Who were the “Green Shirts” who invaded Canada in 1866 and 1870?
  12. When the French installed Maximilian as emperor of Mexico what Doctrine did they violate?
  13. What eventually happened to Max?
  14. What did Congress pass for the first time on a nationwide scale to increase the size of the Army?
  15. Who were the “Three-hundred-dollar men”?
  16. How did the phrase “a rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight” get started?
  17. What would be the current value of $300 today?
  18. How did women contribute to the North’s victory?
  19. Who were the two most famous nurses during the Civil War?

Chapter 21

  1. By 1862 what was the paramount struggle in the Civil War according to Lincoln?
  2. Describe the six components of the Unions plan for Total War.
  3. Who had the idea for the sixth component of the Unions plan for Total War? Why was this necessary?
  4. What was the name of the pivotal battle of 1862, which will allow Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863? Why was it pivotal?
  5. How many Confederate and Union soldiers were lost in twelve-hours of fighting at Antietam Creek?
  6. Which slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free? Why not all?
  7. What did the Proclamation give to the Union?
  8. What regiment will consist mainly of Colored Men who fought in the Civil War?
  9. Who becomes the saving grace for the Union army? What was Lincoln’s reaction to hearing that this general had a drinking problem?
  10. Which battles are considered the turning point for the Union in 1863? Why?
  11. What famous speech by Lincoln finished, “that these dear shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.”?
  12. Which Union General will be place in charge of splitting the Confederacy into two?
  13. What will this Union General be best remembered for?
  14. Which member of Lincoln’s cabinet will express public criticism of his running of the Civil War?
  15. Who were the “Copperheads” in the North?
  16. Who did Abraham Lincoln choose as his Vice-Presidential candidate in the election of 1864 to help balance the ticket? Why?
  17. Who was Lincoln’s Democrat opponent in the election of 1864?
  18. It was after these two battles that Grant will get his nickname “Blood and Guts” and “Grant the Butcher”
  19. At what courthouse will Lee and Grant finally meet on April 9, 1865 to end the Civil War (not far from the first Bull Run Battle field)?
  20. What was unique about the day that the Civil War ended at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865?
  21. What generous terms did Grant give the Confederates?
  22. What tragic event will take place on April 14, 1865? What Christian holiday was April 14th, 1865?
  23. Who will assassinate Lincoln?
  24. Where will the assassination take place?
  25. What did the assassination do for the North in relation to the South?
  26. How many men lost their lives during the Civil War?
  27. What two issues will be laid to rest because of the Civil War?