Chapter 11-4 First Turning Point-Fall 1862

Question 1

1. What did Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, decide to do in the fall of 1862 after the Union failed to capture Richmond?

Answer 1

Lee planned an attack in Maryland

Question 2

2. What union state did the new Confederate general plan to invade in the fall of 1862?

Answer 2

Maryland

Question 3

3. List four of Lee’s objectives for invading this state in the fall of 1862.

Answer 3

1. Surrounding the capital
   2. Get France and Britain to Form an Alliance with Confederacy by winning a significant victory
   3. Give Virginia farmers a chance to harvest their crops safety if the war shifts into northern territory
   4. A huge political loss for the North

Question 4

4. What was the name of the battle that resulted when Lee’s army clashed against the Army of the Potomac in Maryland on September 17, 1862?

Answer 4

Battle of Antietam

Question 5

5. Which side was victorious at this battle?

Answer 5

Union, North

Question 6

6. How did this battle compare to any other battle fought in American history?

Answer 6

Antietam was the deadliest single - day battle in American history

Question 7

7. How many combined casualties did both sides suffer at this battle?

Answer 7

23,000 casualties

Question 8

8. What major American tragedies did the Antietam death rate exceed?

Answer 8

911
D - day
Pearl harbor

Question 9

9. Why did Lincoln fire McClellan after winning such an important battle for the Union?

Answer 9

Disobeyed orders and would no go after Lee

Question 10

10. What major announcement did President Lincoln make five days after the Battle of Antietam on September 22, 1862?

Answer 10

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 11

11. When was Lincoln’s executive decision to go into effect?

Answer 11

January 1, 1863

Question 12

12. To what parts of the Confederacy did this announcement apply?

Answer 12

This applied to all the slave holding states in the south

Question 13

13. To what parts of the Confederacy did Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation not apply?

Answer 13

1. Border States

Question 14

14. To what four Union slave states did Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation not apply?

Answer 14

1. Maryland
   
   2. Kentucky
   3. Delaware
      Missouri

Question 15

15. Why did Lincoln not emancipate the slaves living in these parts of the Confederacy and four slaves states that stayed in the Union?

Answer 15

He didn’t want them to secede and or rebel

Question 16

16. What were abolitionists willing to do now that the war was about abolishing slavery?

Answer 16

willing to fight, inlist, and go to war