Section 1

Question 1

What are the advantages for the north?

Answer 1

1 more factories
2 more people
3 more railroad tracks
4 more land

Question 2

What are the DISadvantages of the north?

Answer 2

1 they had to attack the south

2 lacked experienced military leaders

Question 3

What are the advantages of the south?

Answer 3

1 experienced military leaders

2 they had “home field advantage”

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of the south

Answer 4

1 less people
2 less industrialized
3 less railroad tracks

Question 5

Union strategy

Answer 5

1 blockade southern ports
2 take control of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy
3 take control of Richmond, Virginia the confederate capital

Question 6

Confederate Strategy

Answer 6

1 defend their land from attack

2 ask the British and other Europeans for help

Question 7

Who was the Union’s battle of bull run general

Answer 7

General Irvin McDowell

Question 8

What was the union’s plan in the battle of bull run

Answer 8

To capture Richmond

Question 9

Who led the confederacy and what happened at the battle of bull run

Answer 9

General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson led the confederacy to force back the union and force them to flee

Question 10

How many states did the confederacy have?

Answer 10

11

Question 11

What was proved in the Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 11

This showed that the union was poorly trained and the war would be difficult

Question 12

What are the ages of most of the soldiers

Answer 12

14–18

Question 13

What did the civil war do to families

Answer 13

It split the ones who had members on each side