Jacqueline Moreschi - Chapter 11-3 Preparing for War (1).doc

Question 1

What was The Union blockade?

Answer 1

The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval tactic by the North to prevent the Confederacy from trading.

Question 2

Who proclaimed the Union blockade and when did it take place?

Answer 2

President Abraham Lincoln in April 1861

Question 3

What was required for the Union blockade and what did it include?

Answer 3

required the closure of 3,500 miles of Atlantic and Gulf coastline including major ports

Question 4

Where attempts to run the blockade successful?

Answer 4

Many attempts to run the blockade were successful

Question 5

What Confederate ports did the Union’s naval blockade aim to seal off?

Answer 5

VA- Norfolk Virginia
NC- Wilmington North Carolina
SC- Charleston South Carolina
GA- Savannah Georgia
AL- Mobile Alabama
LA- New Orleans Louisiana

Question 6

15. What three Confederate states did the Union hope to cut off from the rest of the Confederacy if the Union secured control of New Orleans and the Mississippi River?

Answer 6

1. Louisiana
   
   2. Arkansas
   3. Texas

Question 7

16. What five types of infrastructure in the South did the Confederacy need to protect against Union attacks?

Answer 7

1. Roads
   
   2. Railroads
   3. Bridges
   4. Weapons Factories (Armouries/Weapons Depots)
   5. Government Buildings

Question 8

17. For what two reasons was it a goal of the Confederacy to fight a long drawn out war?

Answer 8

make people in the north hate the war and elect people who support giving the South its independence.

Weaken Union Troop Morale and desire to continue fighting.

Question 9

18. What do you call a war that is planned to be fought over a long period of time to wear down the enemy?

Answer 9

War of Attrition

Question 10

19. What was the name of the theater in which most battles were fought?

Answer 10

The Eastern Theater

Question 11

20. In which state were most Civil War battles fought?

Answer 11

Virginia

Question 12

21. Between what two cities did most battles occur in this theater?

Answer 12

Washington D.C.
Richmond, VA

Question 13

22. What was the name of the theater of war in which the Union attempted to cut the Confederacy in two by gaining control of New Orleans and the Mississippi River?

Answer 13

Western Theater

Question 14

23. What other river valley in this theater did the Union aim to gain control of?

Answer 14

Tennessee

Question 15

24. What was the name of the Union army that fought in the Eastern Theater?

Answer 15

Army of the Potomac

Question 16

25. What was the name of the Confederate army that fought in the Eastern Theater?

Answer 16

army of Northern Virginia

Question 17

26. When did the two great armies first engage in battle?

Answer 17

July 21, 1861 3 months after fort sumter the first major battle occurred

Question 18

27. What was the name of the first major land battle to take place in the Civil War that resulted when the Army of the Potomac launched its first attack on Richmond?

Answer 18

The Battle of Bull Run

Question 19

28. Who won the first major land battle of the Civil War?

Answer 19

confederate victory

Question 20

30. How many generals in command of the Army of the Potomac did Lincoln fire during the course of the war before appointing Ulysses S. Grant in 1864?

Answer 20

five