Unit II - The Civil War

Question 1

What advantages did the North have in the Civil War?

Answer 1

A large population, more natural resources, a industrial economy and a well developed railroad system

Question 2

What disadvantages did the North have in the Civil War?

Answer 2

A lack of well trained generals and having to fight on unfamiliar and hostile territory

Question 3

What advantages did the South have in the Civil War?

Answer 3

More motivation to protect their home, being able to fight on familiar and friendly territory, lots of good and well trained generals

Question 4

What disadvantages did the South have in the Civil War?

Answer 4

A lack of industrial manufacturers, a agricultural economy, the need for trade between a foreign country in order to keep the economy running, and a lack of manpower

Question 5

What was the North’s strategy to win the Civil War?

Answer 5

The Anaconda Plan - a complete blockade of Southern ports followed by the capture of the Mississippi River and ending with the capture of New Orleans

Question 6

What was the South’s strategy to win the Civil War?

Answer 6

Wait for the North to tire and win one battle in the North to prove that any efforts are futile

Question 7

Who was Robert E. Lee?

Answer 7

The commander of the Confederate army

Question 8

Who was George McClellan?

Answer 8

A commander for the Union Army who “won” the Battle of Antietem and was let go right after

Question 9

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 9

A Union commander and politician who won the Civil War for the Union

Question 10

William T Sherman

Answer 10

A Union general who used the strategy of “Total War” to wreck havoc across the South and decrease morale

Question 11

What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?

Answer 11

That all persons held as slaves in rebelling states were free

Question 11

What influenced the Election of 1864?

Answer 11

The victory at Atlanta, which restored people’s faith in Lincoln

Question 11

What did Lincoln do to Habeus Corpus
(the tool preventing the government from imprisoning people without a trial)?

Answer 11

Overruled it, stating that since the nation was in a state of emergency that any slander against the Union should be punished immediately

Question 12

Where was Bull Run and what was the outcome?

Answer 12

Virginia, Confederate Victory

Question 12

What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?

Answer 12

To prepare the Union for more violence and death

Question 13

Where was Antietam and what was the outcome?

Answer 13

Maryland, technically a stalemate but Lincoln called it a win and used the victory to release the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 14

Where was Gettysburg and what was the outcome?

Answer 14

Pennsylvania, Union victory. Because of the scale of the slaughter, the area was turned into a mass graveyard

Question 15

What was the outcome of the capture of Atlanta?

Answer 15

Regained the Union’s faith in Lincoln and allowed him to win the Election of 1865

Question 16

Where was the Battle of Petersburg and what was the outcome?

Answer 16

Virginia, Union victory. This battle cost the South the war

Question 17

What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?

Answer 17

The end of the Civil War, on April 9, 1865

Question 18

What was The March to the Sea?

Answer 18

The path of destruction William T. Sherman took to Atlanta, destroying any farms and resources that could support the Confederacy.