GET EXCITED (OR AT LEAST PRETEND)!!
Meet your teams!
Rules
• South Side goes first. Then North Side. Then
Burnside, etc.
• Each team put its desks in a circle.
• Everybody must have their Binder and Study
Guide out.
• Work as a team to find the answers to the
questions.
• All the answers are in your binder.
• Fill out your study guide as we go.
Team Spokesperson
• Each person on your team must take a turn being
the spokesperson for the team.
• The teacher selects first spokesperson for each
group. Then, each time it is your team’s turn it
moves one to the right.
• If you get it right, spokesperson should take the
shot.
• If the spokespersons decides not to shoot, the
replacement shooter may only shoot for a
maximum of two points.
How to Score Points
• If your team gets an answer right, you get a
chance to shoot for points.
• NO BACKBOARD ALLOWED!!
• The trash should be at the front of the room.
• 1 point: closest line of black tape.
• 2 points: halfway back
• 3 points: furthest line of black tape
• 4 points: your back touching the back wall.
How to Lose Points
• -1 Points: Hit the Promethean Board
• -4 Points: Block or disrupt a shot
Warm-up Question 1
• Who was the Union Commanding General at
the beginning of the Civil War?
Warm-up Answer 1
• Gen. George McClellan
Warm-up Question 2
• Who was the Union Commanding General at
the end of the Civil War?
Warm-up Answer 2
• Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Warm-up Question 3
• Who was the President of the USA during the
Civil War?
• Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Warm-up Answer 3
• United States of America: Abraham Lincoln
• Confederate States of America: Jefferson Davis
Warm-up Question 4
• Name the capital of the USA.
• Name the capital of the Confederacy.
Warm-up Answer 4
• USA: Washington, DC
• Confederacy: Richmond, VA
Question 1
• What was the Union’s Plan for victory called?
Describe it!
Answer 1
• Anaconda Plan: North planned to slowly
strangle the South militarily and economically
by:
– Blockading Southern Ports
– Capturing the Mississippi
– Seizing Border States
– Capturing Confederate Capital at Richmond, VA
Question 2
• Describe the Confederate’s long-term plan for
victory
Answer 2
• Lee planned to play an aggressive defense.
– Hold on to Confederate states
– Use the home field advantage
– Take Border States back if possible
– Outlast the North
Question 3
• Describe the two fronts where the Civil War
was fought
Answer 3
• Eastern Front: Battle of the Capitals (between
Washington, DC and Richmond, VA)
• Western Front: Battle for control of the
Mississippi River valley
Question 4
• Describe what Lincoln wanted out of his
Generals.
Answer 4
• Lincoln wanted his generals to attack the
Confederate forces aggressively and destroy
them as fast as possible.
Question 5
• Describe why Lincoln fired most of his
generals.
Answer 5
• Lincoln fired most of his generals because:
– They were more cautious than what he wanted
– He wanted them to be more aggressive
– They did not deliver him many victories
Question 6
• Identify at least two similarities between
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Answer 6
• Lincoln and Davis both…
– Were commanders in the Black Hawk War
– Tried for the Senate
– Were politicians
– Were presidents
– Were born in Kentucky
– Were born in the same year
Question 7
• Identify at least differences between
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Answer 7
• Abraham Lincoln…
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Humble birth
Self-educated
Grew up in North
Wanted to end slavery
President of the USA
State-level political
experience
– Less military experience
– Didn’t win election to
Senate
• Jefferson Davis…
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Family connections
Military Academy
Grew up in South
Wanted to keep slavery
President of CSA
National-level political
experience
– More military experience
– Did win election to Senate
Question 8
• Identify at least two similarities between
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
Answer 8
• Both were…
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West Point Graduates
Both had religious upbringing
Fought in Mexican-American War
Fought under same generals
Lived to be the same age
Both were Civil War generals
Fought each other at the end of the Civil War
Both became a president of some kind after the war
Question 9
• Identify at least two differences between
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
Answer 9
• Ulysses S. Grant…
– Average student
– Not very religious
– Quartermaster in
Mexican-American War
– Northern General
– Fought mainly in West
– Beat Lee
– President of the USA
• Robert E. Lee…
– Excellent Student
– Religious
– Engineer during
Mexican-American War
– Southern General
– Fought mainly in East
– Lost to Grant
– President of a college
Question 10
• Describe what happened to the Northern
Economy as the Civil War progressed.
Answer 10
• The Northern economy began to boom as the
war progressed because the army gave lots of
industries and factories in the North big
business and big bucks.
Question 11
• Describe what happened to the Southern
economy as the Civil War progressed.
Answer 11
• The Southern economy collapsed as the
“Anaconda” tightened it’s grip.
– Prices soared (inflation)
– Money became worthless
– Everyday items became luxury items
– There were shortages of many desperately
needed supplies
Question 12
• Explain why Britain did not intervene on
behalf of the South.
Answer 12
• Britain decided to use its navy to close down
the international slave trade in the 1850s.
They didn’t want to be a hypocrite and help
the South.
• They also found that they could buy cotton
from India for their cloth factories. So they
didn’t need the South’s cotton.
Question 13
• Describe why France didn’t intervene on
behalf of the South during the Civil War.
Answer 13
• France was busy invading Mexico while the
USA’s military was distracted with the Civil
War.
Question 14
• Why was Lincoln able to suspend the right of
Habeas Corpus in Maryland during the Civil
War?
Answer 14
• The U.S. Constitution gives the president the
power to suspend the right of Habeas Corpus
if there is a rebellion.
Question 15
• Explain some of the reasons that people in
New York City rioted in response to the
Conscription Act of 1863.
Answer 15
• The poor thought they were being unfairly
targeted for the draft, because they could not
afford the $300 to get out of it.
• Recent immigrants felt they were being forced
to fight in a war they had little interest in.
• Many young men thought that they were
being forced to fight for the African-Americans
who would steal their jobs when they went off
to war.
Question 16
• What was the Conscription Act of 1863?
Answer 16
• It was the first military draft in US history.
Every young man was entered into a lottery. If
your name was drawn, you were forced to join
the military.
Question 17
• What is the right of Habeas Corpus?
Answer 17
• You cannot be held without being charged
with a crime or being put on trial. You can
demand that the authorities press charges
and bring you to trial. If they can’t, you are
free to go.
Question 18
• Why was the Battle of Ft. Sumter significant?
Answer 18
• It was the first battle of the Civil War.
• It was a Southern victory.
Question 19
• Why was the 1st Battle of Bull Run significant?
Answer 19
• It was the first major clash between the Union
and Confederate forces.
• It proved that the war would not be a quick,
bloodless victory that both sides expected.
• It was a Southern victory.
Question 20
• Why is the Battle of Shiloh significant.
Answer 20
• It was one of the bloodiest battles in US
history.
• It proved that the Civil War was going to be a
very costly war to win.
• It made many in both the North and South
turn against the war and demand that peace
be negotiated.
• It was also the one of the first Union victories.
Question 21
• Why was the Battle Antietam significant?
Answer 21
• The Battle of Antietam was one of the bloodiest
battles in US history.
• It was also a turning point in the war. The Union
won the battle, but also began to win the war.
• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation,
freeing slaves in the Confederate States
• The Emancipation Proclamation changed the
focus of the war from keeping the country
together to destroying slavery