16) • Significant leaders, strategies, battles, and turning points of the Civil War

Question 1

What years was the Civil War?

Answer 1

1861-1865

Question 2

What advantages did the North have in the Civil War?

Answer 2

1. Extensive railroad network
2. Strong industrial base
3. Superior navy
4. Larger population
5. Abundant supply of food

Question 3

What disadvantages did the North have in the Civil War?

Answer 3

1. Shortage of experienced and skilled military commanders

2. Divided population that did not fully support the war

Question 4

What advantages did the South have in the Civil War?

Answer 4

1. Defensive war fought on its home territory
2. Long coastline that would be difficult to blockade
3. Important cash crop in cotton
4. Group of experienced and skilled military commanders
5. Close economic relationship with GB

Question 5

What disadvantages did the South have in the Civil War?

Answer 5

1. Smaller population than the North

2. Smaller industrial base than the North

Question 6

Main strategies of the South in the Civil War

Answer 6

• Fight a defensive war, wearing down the North until it agreed to peace on Southern terms

Question 7

Main strategies of the North in the Civil War

Answer 7

1. Blockade the Confederate coastline in order to cripple the South
2. Seize control of the Mississippi River and interior railroad lines to split the Confederacy into tow
3. Seize Confederate capital of Richmond and drive south

Question 8

Robert E. Lee

Answer 8

Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia

Question 9

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 9

• Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Civil War

- Fought in Tennessee, Mississippi

Question 10

Philip H. Sheridan

Answer 10

• Union general during the Civil War
• Cavalry commander under Ulysses S. Grant
• ## Successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Question 11

George B. McClellan

Answer 11

• Organized the Army of the Potomac

Question 12

George G. Meade

Answer 12

• Comander of the Union Army of the Potomac
• Fought in the Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg
• Battle of Gettysburg

Question 13

Battle of Antietam (1862)

Answer 13

• Occurred in MD

- First battle of the Civil War fought on American soil

Question 14

Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Answer 14

• Lee marched his army into PA

- Union victory

Question 15

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Answer 15

• After the Union victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation declaring that all slaves in the rebellious states were free
• Did not free a single slave though
• But important turning point in the war, transforming the fight to preserve the nation into a human battle for freedom

Question 16

Border states

Answer 16

• Fought for Union

- Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Deleware

Question 17

Confederate States

Answer 17

• Virginia, NC, Tennessee, Arkansas, SC, Mississippi

Question 18

Battle of Bull Run (1861)

Answer 18

• First major battle
• Near Manassas VA
• Confederate victory

Question 19

Fort Sumner

Answer 19

• 1861

- Civil War begins when secessionist in Charlestown attack Federal troops at Ft. Sumner