Civil War Study Guide
1. What are three advantages of the North going into the war?
2. What are three advantages of the South going into the war?
3. What are three disadvantages of the North going into the war?
4. What are three disadvantages of the South going into the war?
5. What city was the Confederate capital?
6. What was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?
7. For the first time in war, thousands of women served as what?
8. Who had the nickname Unconditional Surrender and why?
9. What were two goals the North had going into the war?
10. What were two goals the South had going into the war?
11. After what battle did Lincoln take action against slavery?
12. What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?
13. Hopes on both sides for a quick victory ended with what battle?
14. What was the Emancipation Proclamation and how did the African Americans in the North greet this?
15. What was Lincoln’s “Anaconda Plan?”
16. Which battle was the turning point in the war?
17. What did the Battle of Vicksburg gain for the Union army?
18. What event during the Civil War showed “total war?”
19. The South’s main economic growth centered around what?
20. Where were the first shots to the Civil War fired?
21. What battle was the costliest battle as far as causalities that took place in Tennessee and had more
causalities than the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Mexican War?
22. What were the two generals that fought against each other at Gettysburg?
23. What was the name of the battle of ironclad ships?
24. Where was President Lincoln assassinated at?
25. What was the name of the play President Lincoln was attending?
26. Who assassinated President Lincoln?
27. Who replaced President Lincoln as President after he was assassinated?
28. Who was General Lee referring to when he said, “He may have lost his left arm, but I lost my right arm?”
29. What happened at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
30. Who has the power of impeachment?
31. The Trail of Tears happened under whose presidency?
32. What treaty ended the War of 1812?
33. What battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War?
34. What were four things that caused the Civil War?
35. Terms of Surrender for the Civil War?