FCHS HONOR CODE PLEDGE: _________________________________________ DATE: ______________
NOTETAKING CONTAINER FOR THE CIVIL WAR, 1861 – 1865
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2. Describe the results of the engagement at
Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
3. What was the catastrophic result when
President Lincoln chose to call up 75,000 Union
soldiers to subdue the Southern insurrection?
4. What states are the “Upper South?” Which
states are known as the “Border States?”
The Upper South:
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5. What is the difference between the two
types of states?
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The Border States:
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6. Describe the goals of both the Union and the
Confederacy at the start of the Civil War.
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Union Goals:
Confederacy Goal:
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7. List at least four (4) advantages of the Union
at the start of the Civil War:
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8. List at least four (4) advantages of the
Confederacy at the start of the Civil War:
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9. Describe the basic tenets of the Anaconda
Plan as conceived by General Winfield Scott:
10. What was the “Great Skedaddle” and what
were the major results of the Battle of
Manassas Junction?
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11. Who was appointed leader of the Army of
the Potomac after this disastrous battle?
12. Which general was victorious during the
Peninsula Campaign of 1862? Why was he
victorious?
13. What Confederate capital city was saved by
the Seven Days Battles? What Confederate
general was victorious once again?
14. What was the significance of the battle
between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
in 1862? Which side was victorious?
15. What was the result of the Battle of Shiloh
in April of 1862? Why was the battle so
significant at the time?
16. Where did the Battle of Antietam take
place? What goals did Robert E. Lee have when
directing the campaign? Was he successful?
17. What did General Benjamin Butler declare
“contraband of war” starting in 1861? What
Fort did he direct and control in 1861?
18. What was the military goal of the
Emancipation Proclamation? How did the
proclamation assist the Union army?
19. Where slaves in the Hampton Roads area
freed by the Emancipation Proclamation? Why
or why not?
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20. What nation came close to entering the
Civil War to support the Confederacy as a result
of the Trent Affair?
21. How many African-American soldiers served
during the Civil War on behalf of the Union?
Why were these soldiers so effective in
defeating the Confederacy?
22. What was the result of the Battle of
Fredericksburg for Union soldiers?
23. Why is Chancellorsville considered Robert E.
Lee’s most impressive victory over the Union
Army? What loss did the Confederacy suffer
during the battle, despite its positive outcome
overall?
24. What was Ulysses S. Grant’s nickname
during the Civil War? Why was he criticized by
many Northerners during the war despite his
clear record of success?
25. What city was conquered as Commander
David Farragut stormed the Gulf Coast,
claiming, “Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed
Ahead!”?
26. Why was the Battle of Vicksburg considered
a major turning point in the Civil War? How did
the victory hurt the Confederacy?
27. Define the terms “Copperheads” or “Peace
Democrats.” What was their goal?
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28. Where did Robert E. Lee invade – again
seeking a victory in the North – in the summer
of 1863?
29. Who was the Union general at the Battle of
Gettysburg? Who became famous for a last
ditched effort to control the higher ground at
Little Round Top on the Gettysburg battlefield?
30. What Confederate leader lost his entire
regiment in an ill-fated charge against the
center of the Union lines on the third day at
Gettysburg?
31. Why did Irish immigrants and other
inhabitants of New York City riot in the summer
of 1863?
32. What speech did Abraham Lincoln deliver
on November 19th, 1863? What was the
purpose of the address?
33. Why was the Battle at Cold Harbor such a
bloody affair? Why was General Ulysses S.
Grant willing to continue along this line of
battle despite the heavy costs in terms of
human life?
34. Why was the siege of Petersburg so
important to the Union strategy in the autumn
of 1864? What was the “Battle of the Crater”?
Why was it so unsuccessful?
35. Describe General William Tecumseh
Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” What city was
given to President Lincoln as a Christmas
present in December of 1864?
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36. Which two men met at Appomattox Court
House to work out terms of surrender in April of
1865? What were the terms of surrender given
to Lee by Ulysses S. Grant?
37. List four (4) major results or consequences
of the Civil War.
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38. When was Lincoln assassinated? Why was
he killed? Who killed him? What were the long
term consequences of Lincoln’s assassination?
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