1.
Causes of the Civil War
a. Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, Compromise of 1850, Dred
Scott Decision, Kansas Nebraska Act, “Bloody
Kansas”, John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry,
Popular Sovereignty, The Brooks/Sumner Attack,
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, The Election of 1860
9.
2.
Advantages / Disadvantages of the Union
a. North = Population, Heavy Industry, Navy, Had
to conquer the South, Fought on Southern
Territory, Poor Early Leadership, The Role of
Lincoln, Anaconda Plan
3.
Advantages / Disadvantages of the Confederacy
a. South = Military Tradition, Survival Techniques,
Fighting a Defensive War on their own soil,
Military Leadership, Cotton, Lack of Industry,
Failed Military Alliances with Foreign Countries
10. Battle of Gettysburg
a. Date(s)
b. Opposing Commanders
c. Casualties
d. “The Fish Hook”
e. “Little Round Top”
f. “Pickett’s Charge”
g. “Railroad Cut”
h. “Devils Den”
i. Outcome / Significance
4.
Confederate Leadership (Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee,
“Stonewall” Jackson, James Longstreet, George Pickett)
a. Davis = Cabinet, “Spoils System” Military
Strategy, Relationship with Confederate Citizens
b. Lee = Battle of Antietam, Battle of
Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle
of Gettysburg, Defense of Petersburg
c. Jackson = 1st & 2nd Bull Run, Battle of Antietam,
Battle of Chancellorsville,
d. Longstreet & Pickett = Battle of Fredericksburg,
Battle of Gettysburg
5.
Union Leadership (Abraham Lincoln, George MaCcallean,
Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, George
Meade)
a. Lincoln = Suspending Habeas Corpus,
Emancipation Proclamation, Conscription,
Election of 1864, Gettysburg Address, Battle of
Fort Stevens
b. McClellan = Training of the Army of the Potomac,
Battle of Antietam, Election of 1864
c. Grant = Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg,
Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg,
d. Sherman = March to the Sea, Total War
6.
Technological Advances ot the Civil War
a. Railroads, Telegraph, Medicine, Spencer Revolver,
Sharpe’s Rifle, Gatling Gun, Submarines, “IronClads”, Monitor vs. Merrimac, Hot Air Balloons,
Photography
7.
Early Battles 1861-1862
a. Fort Sumter, Anaconda Plan, 1st Battle of Bull
Run, Battle of Seven Pines, Peninsula Campaign,
Seven Days Battle, Reasons for Early Confederate
Success
8.
Battle of Antietam
a. Date(s)
b. Opposing Commanders
c. Casualties
d. “Bloody Lane”
e. “The Cornfield”
f. “Burnside Bridge”
g. “Dunker Church”
h. Outcome / Significance
The Emancipation Proclamation
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Battle of Antietam
c. The “Military Strategy”
d. Changing the aim of the war
e. Effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
f. African-Americans in the Union Army
g. 54th Massachusetts (Union)
11. Siege of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Vicksburg
Date(s)
Opposing Commanders
Casualties
“The Canal”
“Porter’s Gun Boat Fleet”
Outcome / Significance
12. The Gettysburg Address & The NYC Draft Riots
a. Battle of Gettysburg
b. Edward E. Horton
c. Text of Lincoln’s Speech
d. Significance of the Address
e. Conscription / “The Draft”
f. Details of the 3 Day Riot
g. How was the riot put down?
13. Siege of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Petersburg
Date(s)
Opposing Commanders
Casualties
“The Crater”
Trench Warfare
Outcome / Significance
14. Major effects of the Civil War / Aftermath
a. Appomattox Courthouse
b. Economic Impact
c. Casualties
d. Lincoln’s Assassination / John Wilkes Booth
e. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction
15. Daily Life of a Civil War Soldier
a. Union Side
b. Confederate Side
c. Food, Supplies, Sleeping
d. Hardships / Prisoner of War Camps
e. Demographics
f. Rate of Desertion