Events of the war Q.2 Flashcards
The South believed that it could defeat the North because the South was fighting on its own home ground.
True
England did not support the South because England realized that it needed Northern wheat more than Southern cotton.
True
Best describes the reason the U.S. Dakota War started during the Civil War?
government fell behind on promised payments and supplies for the Dakota people
Which general was ordered to move into the Shenandoah valley to appear as if he were going to attack Richmond.
General Jackson
Hispanic immigrants in the North typically chose to ___________ during the war.
fight for the union
Lincoln’s election caused South Carolina to secede from the Union.
True
Frustrated by his performance as general, Lincoln dismissed General ________ after the Battle of Antietam.
McClellan
What was the North’s battle strategy?
- Capture Richmond
- Capture the Mississippi and divide the South in half
- Blockade Southern ports
What’s true about the South’s war effort:
- planned on fighting a defensive war
- hoped to receive help from France.
- hoped to receive help from England
Whats true of the Emancipation Proclamation?
- issued after the battle at Antietam
- Lincoln issued it to shorten the war
- It ensured that England wouldn’t support the South.
Northern generals
Sherman
McClellan
Burnside
Grant
Southern generals
Lee
Jackson
The North had the advantage over the South in all of the following except:
generals
The first state that Grant invaded in the West was:
Tennesse
Lee’s campaign to take over Maryland was stopped at the battle of:
Antietam
