Confederate States of the U.S. Civil War

I tried Missouri and Kentucky, I was wrong. As it turns out, they are 2 of 5 Union States (along with West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware) that permitted slavery during the war.

Historians call them "Border States" and they were considered key areas by the North to win the war. Lincoln said something like, "I'd like to hope God is with me but I must have Kentucky on my side."

West Virginia was cut off from Virginia as a result of the Civil War. Maryland was essentially under military occupation by the Union as it completely encircled the Union capital- Washington DC.

No, some of the western counties of Virginia seceded from the rest of the state to side with the Union and became the state of West Virginia.

noelle: were they siding with the Union over something other than the Civil War?

At the start of the Civil War, Virginia voted to secede from the Union in 1861. This was not a popular move in the northwestern part of the state. Thus, West Virginia broke off from Virginia in response. Without the Civil War this would not have happened.

those states are border states those are states that are slave states but they do not secede from the union. there were four missouri, kentucky,delaware ,and maryland

west virginia actually did not allow slavery after they split from virginia and joined the union (1863)

Missouri was actually pretty undecided. In the siege of Vicksburg, Missouri sent 17 regiments to fight on the Confederate side and 22 to fight on the Union side.

It wasn't undecided, it was divided. In Arkansas my husband's paternal great-grandfather had two brothers, and one fought for the north and the other fought for the south. His maternal great-grandfather fought for the north while his twin brother fought for the south. Sometimes men switched armies, too. Bushwhackers would threaten their families if they didn't, or one side would take prisoners and offer them a choice of hanging or taking an oath to switch to the other side. Sometimes a family would send one son to each side in the hopes that after the war they would have one family member who fought on the winning side and hopefully be able to keep their farm. I read about a man in this area who tried to remain neutral and his home was ransacked and burned by Yankees, then the Rebs came along and shot him and then strung up his body as a warning to those who refused to join them.

kentucky was nuetral, the only state to do so

i'm from kentucky and i think it's so cool!

For a short time. Then they weren't neutral at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Kentucky_Union_Civil_War_regiments

virginia wrong otherwise i would had gotten 100% first time

how could you... i live in va

Same only one I forgot

I'm honestly surprised. The capital of the Confederacy was in Virginia. I'm pretty sure that's one of the many things non-Virginians would know about Virginia.

I'm 10 years old 100% with 5 seconds left. Pretty good.

im 10 and 100% 6 secs left

you're better than that other kid LOL

I got 102.563% correct, finished at the 54 BC mark, and I'm only a 3 week old damaged, fake Christmas Tree, sold from your local foster home on the eastern side of western Jupiter during a solar eclipse on Wednesday.

I'm not even born and i finished 346% with 3 years left

HOW?!

that's so cool! you're 14 years old now can you do it faster?! :)

That means you are over 150 years old

Yes.

180 years if the user name indicates he was born in 1838.

Totally understandable then. The mind starts to go at about 80 and there must be a decline in dexterity and eyesight by the time you are 180.

I fought the law and the law won.

Okay, I'm officially stupid – I typed Carolina instead of North Carolina.

What's with the image for this quiz lmao... am i the only one where it's some random woman??

Yes, it's Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlet O'Hara in GWTW, one of the most iconic and epic Civil War films in American movie history. The number one movie line of all time, (according to AFI,) was spoken by the long-suffering Rhett Butler in reply to his spoiled wife Scarlet's desperate plea, "Rhett, if you go where shall I go? What shall I do?" Rhett's reply, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a d***!"

I loved The Sting but was sort of "meh" about Butch and Sundance. I think it was that whole "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" song and the bicycle scene - it seemed out of place to me in a western. Of course, anything with Newman and/or Redford had to be good.

She is a local single in your area.

Thanks for the history lesson, guys. As a Brit, not something we generally learn about, and learning through Jetpunk, as ever, is fun

Agree, I guessed 10 of the 11, purely going for southern/eastern states.

There's a lot of interesting history that goes in to this conflict. Many historians call it the first modern war in history, starting with tactics very reminiscent of those used by Napoleon and ending in some places in the sort of trench warfare that would characterize WW1. It's a very important part of both US and world history.

My favorite documentary on the subject has a narrow focus: just the final month of the war, and is based on the book April 1865: The Month That Saved America. It was put out by the History Channel and unfortunately is very hard to find online or else I'd link to it.

R-Kansas

Done in 24 seconds

If you're a college football fan, just name the states that SEC schools are in and you'll get all but 2.

Are they going to put it all on stilts? That might work.

Damn I forgot NC and SC wow

The good guys.