Eder Campuzano,
Jeffery Gottlieb,
Michael Gray,
Jesse Kennedy,
Amelia Matier,
Gary Norton,
Heather Peckham
Group 6 Final Wiki:

Chapter 8:

1) In a final message to Congress, on December 3, 1860, who surprised some of his allies with a firm denial of the right of secession?
James Buchanan. (McPherson., 246)

2) The constitution contained a precedent what type of amendment: Article V, which prohibits any change in the equal representation of each state in the Senate?
Unamendable. (McPherson., 253)

3) At Fort Sumter, on April 14, 1861, the American Flag came down. Which flag then rose over Fort Sumter
The Confederate Flag, Stars and Bars. (McPherson., 274)

Chapter 9:

1) Which ironclad’s hull survived the intact and was ready for it’s subsequent conversion into the famous C.S.S Virginia?
The Merrimack. (McPherson., 280)

2) On May 20, 1862, delegates unanimously enacted an ordinance of secession. Meanwhile the Tennessee legislature short-circuited the convention process by adopting what?
The Declaration of Independence. (McPherson., 283)

3) Who was appointed as commander of the pro-southern militia?
Sterling Price. (McPherson., 291)

Chapter 10:

1) What man was appointed the Confederate Chief of Ordinance in April 1861, and faced with the impossible task of arming the Confederate military?
Josiah Gorgas. (McPherson., 319)

2) Just after the defeat at Bull Run, what did Union Congress authorize to form in hopes of revamping the leadership of their military?
Military Boards, to examine the officers. (McPherson., 327)

3) In his letter to Congress on July 4, 1861, what did Lincoln claim his stand on slavery at that point was?
He had no intension on interfering where slavery already existed. (McPherson., 312)


Chapter 11:


1) Which battle prompted the term “Black Monday”?
Bull Run. (McPherson., 347)

2) Which Union commander overstepped his authority issuing an emancipation edict in 1861?
Fremont. (McPherson., 352)

3) Which southern commissioners were arrested by the U.S. government from aboard the British steamer the Trent, nearly causing a U.S. war with Great Britain?
James Mason and John Slidell. (McPherson., 367)

Chapter 12:

1) What was the primary task for the Union’s Navy in 1861?
To be a Blockade. (McPherson., 369)

2) What was the name of the Union Warship that defeated the Confederate warship, C.S.S. Virginia?
The U.S.S. Monitor. (McPherson., 373)

3) Who decided to redeem the Union Navy's reputation after its failure to intercept the Confederate warships before they reached Havan, to drop off the diplomats?
Captain Charles Wilkes. (McPherson., 389)

Chapter 13:

1) Who was the highest ranking field officer of the Confederacy?
Albert Sidney Johnston. (McPherson., 393)

2) Who forced his own army resignation in 1854 due to alcohol drinking problems?
Grant. (McPherson., 395)

3) What slang term was used for the contemporary expression for experiencing combat?
"seeing the elephant" (McPherson., 409)


Chapter 14:

1) What was the price to higher a substitute for your position in the war in 1863?
$6,000 (McPherson., 432)

2) Who was the provost Marshall of the Richmond district that created an efficient but ruthless corps of military police?
General John H. Winder (McPherson., 434)

3) How many men in the Confederate Army were lost from death or wounds in 1862?
75,000 (McPherson., 432)

Chapter 15:

1) Which ethnic group was blamed for the rampant Confederate inflation than any other group?
The Jewish community (McPherson., 441)

2)For each Union or Confederate soldier that died in combat, how many died of disease?
Two (McPherson., 441)

3) Who was the first American woman to earn a M.D.?
Elizabeth Blackwell (McPherson., 441)

Chapter 16:

1) Which party first coined the term "copperhead"?
The Republican party (McPherson., 494)

2) What was Halleck's first order to General Grant as general in chief? (502)
To seize Confederate property (McPherson., 502)

3) What percentage of Republicans voted for the confiscation act in 1862?
99% (McPherson., 506)


Chapter 17:

1) Who established the U.S. Military Rail Roads in response to mounting logistic problems?
Secretary of War Stanton (McPherson., 514)

2) Which former quartermaster was, "worth his weight in gold" and eventually was promoted from to division commander?
Phillip Sheridan (McPherson., 519)

3)Which military corps speed and efficiency prompted the motto, "The difficult we can do immediately; the impossible will take a little longer"?
The Union construction corps (McPherson., 527)


Chapter 18:

1)What was the date of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation?
January 1st, 1863 (McPherson., 563)

2) In May 1862 what South Carolina slave commandeered a dispatch boat in Charleston Harbor and ran it out to the blockading fleet?
Robert Smalls, (McPherson., 564)

3) What warship was captured in the harbor of Bahia, Brazil in October 1864 after destroying 38 American merchant vessels?
The Florida. (McPherson., 547)