Unit 9 (Civil War, 1861-1865)

Question 1

What was some of the main causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

Slavery, sectionalism, different economies, Abraham Lincoln’s election

Question 2

What were some of the Union’s main strategies to win the war?

Answer 2

The Anaconda Plan, seizing the Mississippi River

Question 3

What were some of the Confederacy’s main strategies to win the war?

Answer 3

Take Washington D.C, demoralize the north from fighting, and a generally defensive stance.

Question 4

Who was the union and Confederate president?

Answer 4

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

Question 5

What were the north’s advantages and disadvantages in the war?

Answer 5

Pros: Increased transportation (canals, trains, steamboats), more industrial strength, larger population, moral high ground in the second half of the war, larger millitary
Cons: Fought an offensive war, fear of foreign powers joining on the southern side

Question 6

What were the south’s advantages and disadvantages in the war?

Answer 6

Pros: Fought a defensive war, chance of foreign powers joining on their side, moral high ground in the first half of the war
Cons: Blockaded ports, weaker economic output, lack of industrial strength

Question 7

When, where, and how was the end of the war?

Answer 7

1865, Appomattox Court House, Union victory