Vocabulary to know
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Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run
Casualty
War of Attrition
Battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
Siege
Gettysburg Address
Thirteenth Amendment
1. What are the main causes of the Civil War – Use the study flip book that we had created in class.
a. What we learned for the quiz will be on the test!
2. What was the leading cause of the civil war?
3. When Lincoln was elected, why was the South surprised?
4. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
5. Who was their new president in the Union?
6. What happened at Fort Sumter?
7. How many states were there at the beginning of the war for both the North and the South?
8. List the advantages for the North and the South.
9. What were the comparison of resources between the North and the South – ei railroad,
industry, railroad, and population?
10. What was the Battle of Bull Run? What did the north realize?
11. What type of new weaponry existed in this war? How did it change the way the battlefield
looked? What did it mean for the battlegrounds and the soldiers fighting the war?
12. What was the role of the medical teams on the Battlefield?
13. Who was Clara Barton?
14. What happened at the Battle of Antietam? What was this significance?
15. What does, “A fast doctor is a good doctor,” mean?
16. Explain the Emancipation Proclamation. What did it state and how did the South react?
17. What was explained in the Gettysburg address? What occurred at Gettysburg? Who won?
18. What does Lincoln’s reconstruction plan look like?
19. Who kills Lincoln and why does he do it?
20. Who is his vice president? Why is he not good for the nation?
21. What did his new vision of reconstruction look like?
22. Why is the reconstruction period sometimes referred to as a “Second Civil War”?
IMPORTANT NOTES
Sherman’s March
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He is considered to be one of the greatest war generals.
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Tries to further swing the power to overwhelm the South – the North has the advantage
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Many cities have been burned down
He decides to move North towards Grant, another Union general, who was positioned in
Petersburg.
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He is going to ruin the remains of the Southerners resources on the journey
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Every few homes along the path were torched and burned to the ground
Lincoln is Re-elected
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In 1864 Lincoln is reelected
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He leads the nation to victory
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Puts out a plan of “Reconstruction” to rebuild the broken nation
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Includes ideas of bringing African Americans into power
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A Southern sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth, is outraged
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He finds out Pres. Lincoln’s plan to visit Ford Theatre and hides behind the Presidential
suite, waiting for the play to begin and he shoots Lincoln in the head.
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Many thought that it was just part of the play.