Questions To Consider

Question 0

What was the overall war strategy for the union? For the confederacy?

Answer 0

Union: upholding the anaconda plan and total war
Confederacy: playing defense let union go to them

Question 1

What role did African American have in the civil war for the union and for the confederacy?

Answer 1

Union- first not allowed to fight, later given opportunity

Confederates- could not fight because they were slaves though they did stuff behind the scenes for army with master

Question 2

Why did the union choose to fight in the war? Why did the confederacy choose to fight in the war?

Answer 2

Union- keep the states together, Confederates- freedom from states

Question 3

Why is it that soldiers were more likely to die from infection than injury at battle?

Answer 3

maybe because of the limited health care and not sterile equipment

Question 4

What does “Lincoln Changed During the War” mean

Answer 4

Witnessing brutality of war, faces his own loss with his son dying, physically aging Lincoln, wants to stop fighting at the beginning- towards the end wants to finish what they started

Question 5

Name some causes of the civil war?

Answer 5

Slavery, cotton gin, “Uncle Toms Cabin”, attack on fort Sumter

Question 6

What states are union states?

Answer 6

California, Oregon, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Mes Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nevada

Question 7

Confederate States

Answer 7

W. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, N. Carolina, S. Carolina,

Question 8

Border states

Answer 8

Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia

Question 9

Was the border states supportive of the union or confederacy? What was unique about these states?

Answer 9

They supported union but had slavery