Civil War

Question 1

Lincoln calls for militia

Answer 1

90 day term to subdue the south, made of 75,000

Virginia secedes

A.) will not allow federal troops To go through the state to attack the confederacy
Robert E Lee resigned from the US Army and join the confederacy

Question 2

Union strategy

Answer 2

Anaconda plan
A.) Created by General Winfield Scott
B.) Three parts
1.) Blockade the south from selling goods and transporting people
2.) gain control of the Mississippi River to split the confederacy in half
3.) Capture the Confederate capital, Richmond Virginia

Question 3

Confederate strategy

Answer 3

1.) defensive war - hold off the union until England and France outwardly support the confederacy
Battles

Question 4

part of the confederate strategy

Answer 4

c.) confederates win after being inspired by Gen

Question 5

Union victories 1861-1862

Answer 5

a. ) fort donelson and fort Henry
b. ) battle of Shiloh
c. ) New Orleans

Question 6

Confederate victories 1861-1862

Answer 6

a. ) First and second bull run
b. ) Seven days’ battle
c. ) Battle of Fredericksburg

Question 7

Union victories from 1863 to 1865

Answer 7

a. ) siege of Vicksburg
b. ) Battle of Gettysburg
c. ) battle of Petersburg
d. ) battle of Atlanta

Question 8

Confederate victory’s from 1863 to 1865

Answer 8

a.) Battle of Chancellorsville

Question 9

Inconclusive battles

Answer 9

a. ) Monitor vs Merrimack
b. ) battle of Antietam
c. ) Battle of wilderness
e. ) Battle of cold harbor . Confederate victory

Question 10

Details

Answer 10

North is winning more battles in the west than in the east before 1863. Grant is out west

England and France an opportunity to join the confederacy

Question 11

Battle of Antietam

Answer 11

“ victory” used by Lincoln to announce emancipation proclamation

Question 12

Emancipation proclamation

Answer 12

Used to change the focus of the war to slavery, Prevent foreign interference (England and France), And cause social and economic chaos in the south

Question 13

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 13

July 1 to July 3, 1863 turning point in the war

Question 14

Siege of Vicksburg

Answer 14

Grant takes control of the Mississippi river

Question 15

Sherman‘s march to the sea

Answer 15

Total war theory - Destroying crops

Burns the south to break the world of southern people

Question 16

Summer campaign of 1864(wilderness, Spotsylvania, Coldharbor, Petersburg
Petersburg is the last battle of Sumner campaign 1864

Answer 16

War of attrition - continue to fight until the enemy loses its army

Affective defeats Lee the union loses most of the battles

Question 17

Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 17

April 9, 1865

lee surrenders to grant

Question 18

Where did soldiers come from?

Answer 18

Union cities and small farms

After emancipation proclamation, many African-American soldiers fought ( 54th Massachusetts) 

Question 19

Hardships for soldiers

Answer 19

Lack of clothing
lack of food
poor hygiene - conditions and practices that promote good health
disease
poor medicine
a.) amputations - removal of all body parts
Prisons

Question 20

Stronger federal government

Answer 20

New draft system = conscription
Income tax formed
Standardized currency
a.) Green back - paper money made with green ink
Suspends the writ of habeas corpus
b.) suspend habeas corpus to arrest copperheads from protesting the war

Question 21

Women participated in the war

Answer 21

Creation of American red cross made by Clara Barton

Question 22

Total war

Answer 22

Total war is when you involve the civilians in the war and destroy everything in your path. William T. German used it to make” War Hell” by marching from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah and destroying everything on a path 60 miles wide. It was used to successfully break the will of Southerners to continue fighting

Question 23

Timeline

Answer 23

South Carolina succeeds December 20, 1860
Fort Sumter bombed on April 12, 1861
Battle of Gettysburg is from July 1 to July 3, 1863
Surrender at Appomattox is April 9, 1865