Chapter 15 Overview - Sheet1

Question 1

What were the years of the Civil War?

Answer 1

1861-1865

Question 2

What is the essential question of Chapter 5?

Answer 2

The essential question is: How did people, places and things affect the outcome of the Civil War?

Question 3

Expand: The Call to Arms

Answer 3

As the war began and states took sides, the North and the South drew up plans and hoped for an early victory.

Question 4

Expand: Early Years of the War

Answer 4

The early years of the war were indecisive, as neither side seemed able to defeat the other.

Question 5

Expand: The Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 5

President Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation opened the way for African Americans to join the Union Army.

Question 6

Expand: The Civil War and American Life

Answer 6

The war caused divisions in both North and South while changing the lives of civilians and soldiers alike.

Question 7

Expand: Decisive Battles

Answer 7

Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863 forced the South’s surrender in April 1865.

Question 8

emancipation proclamation

Answer 8

setting free

Question 9

From the time of the secession of 11 southern states to Lee’s surrender, how long did the war last?

Answer 9

4 years

Question 10

Why is the location where combat occurs important?

Answer 10

because it devastates a wide area

Question 11

What world event was happening at the same time as the 11 states seceding from the union?

Answer 11

Napoleon III sends French troops to invade Mexico.