Chapter Fifteen

Question 1

list the 3 objectives of the confederates “defensive strategy”

Answer 1

1. stay home and repel invasion
2. Avoid battles that risk annihilation
3. outlast the north

Question 2

cite TWO examples of the problems about the issue of slavery for lincoln

Answer 2

1. whites were not going to risk lives
2. Doesnt want to lose the border states
3. doesn’t want to alienate the Democratic Party

Question 3

during sherman’s scorch earth campaign through the south in 1864, there were a number of pros and cons. list TWO of each

Answer 3

PROS- 1.broke the will of the southern people
2. make it impossible for the south to keep fighting
3. led to massive desertion from confederate army
CONS- 1. destroyed 1/2 of the southern livestock
2. wrecked half the southern farm machinery
3. heavily damaged dozens of the southern cities and towns

Question 4

cite the three major themes outlined by lincoln in the gettysburg adresss

Answer 4

1. involved the principles of human equality espoused by the declaration of independence
   2.redefined the civil war as a struggle not merely for the union but as “a new birth of freedom”that’s would bring true equality to all of its citizens
2. ensure that democracy would remain a viable form of government

Question 5

On April 12, 1861 The Confederate president Jefferson Davis ordered the bombardment of the fort

Answer 5

Attack on Fort Sumter

Question 6

Border States

Answer 6

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

Question 7

This was the north’s first victory of the war

Answer 7

Border states loyalty to the Union

Question 8

Eastern Theatre and their goal

Answer 8

Army of the Potomac vs. Army of Northern Virginia
Goal: Capture Richmond- Defend Richmond

Question 9

Was the bloodiest single day battle in American History

Answer 9

Battle of Antietam

Question 10

Created a national currency

Answer 10

Legal Tender Act

Question 11

Established a system of National banks

Answer 11

National Banking Act

Question 12

Established a more efficient manor of collecting taxes

Answer 12

Internal Revenue act

Question 13

Designed to bolster western loyalty by offering 160 acres of public land to settlers

Answer 13

Homestead Act

Question 14

Provided massive federal assistance for building the transcontinental railroad

Answer 14

Pacific Railroad Act

Question 15

14000 imprisoned mostly border states, many without charges being brought

Answer 15

Habeus Corpous

Question 16

Anti war Northern Democrats

Answer 16

Copperheads

Question 17

Draftee could hire A substitute for

Answer 17

300 dollars

Question 18

Fall of Vicksburg effectively

Answer 18

Cuts the south in half

Question 19

Democrats nominated

Answer 19

George B. McClellan

Question 20

On April 9, 1865 Robert e lee surrendered to Ulysses s grant at

Answer 20

Appomattox courthouse

Question 21

This person shoots Abe Lincoln at fords theatre

Answer 21

John Wilkes Booth