Homework 16 - Chapter 11: The Civil War or War Between the States
Read pg. 336 - 372and answer the questions.
Section 1: The Civil War Begins
1. How did Major Robert Anderson describe the surrender of Fort Sumter in South Carolina?
2. What made the situation at Fort Sumter so delicate for President Lincoln?
3. How did Lincoln turn the situation around and force Jefferson Davis to make the choice between peace and
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4. How many US soldiers were killed at Fort Sumter?
5. Why did Lincoln issue a call for 75,000 volunteers?
6. How did upper south states such as Virginia respond to the Lincoln’s call for volunteers?
7. How many total states were in the Confederacy?
8. According to the chart on page 339 who had the clear advantage in military strength and resources?
9. Why did slave states such as Maryland and Missouri remain loyal to the Union?
10. Why did both sides believe the war would last only a few months?
11. What were the notable advantages held by the Confederacy during the war?
12. What was the main strategy of the US during the war?
13. What nickname did the strategy get?
14. What was the Confederacy’s strategy to win?
15. Where was the first major battle fought?
16. Who helped the south win this battle and what was his nickname?
17. What did civilians decide to do during the Battle of Bull Run?
18. How many more soldiers did Lincoln enlist into the US army after Bull Run?
19. Who became Lincoln’s new top general?
20. Who captured Fort Donelson in Tennessee?
21. What nickname did he earn?
22. How many soldiers were killed or wounded at the Battle of Shiloh?
23. What city did Admiral David Farragut capture?
24. How was this a blow to the Confederacy?
25. What was unique about the naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac?
26. How did General George McClellan plan to end the war and bring victory to Lincoln?
27. What was his major flaw?
28. Who took over command of the defense of Richmond?
29. What is the name of the series of stunning rebel victories that saved Richmond?
30. What was the result of the Battle of Second Manassas?
31. How did General McClellan get very lucky in Maryland?
32. What is unique about the Battle of Antietam?
33. Why did Lincoln fire McClellan after winning a close battle?
Section 2: The Politics of War
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According to William Yancey, why did the British oppose siding with the Confederacy and remain neutral?
What was the Trent Affair?
How did Lincoln avoid upsetting Republicans and the British?
By 1862 what had changed about Lincoln views on slavery?
What was the name of Lincoln famous order on the issue of slavery?
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How did slaves and free blacks react to Lincoln’s new proclamation?”
Why were many northerners opposed to freeing slaves?
What was the reaction of Jefferson and the south to the new Lincoln Proclamation?
How did Lincoln react to dissent during the civil war?
What is habeaus corpus?
Can the government take away your free speech rights during a war?
Who were the Copperheads?
How did they pose a serious threat to Lincoln and US victory?
How did the new conscription laws change the war?
Why did most of the Cherokee Indians side with the Confederacy during the war?
What led to the draft riots in New York City in the summer of 1863?
Section 3: Life During Wartime
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What is important about Mary Chestnut’s diary?
What was wrong with Confederate money?
By the end of the war, how much of the US army was made up of African American soldiers?
Did the US government pay white and black soldiers the same?
What happened at Fort Pillow in Tennessee?
How did the 54th Massachusetts distinguish itself during the Battle of Fort Wagner?
What did many slaves in the south do as the US army occupied southern states?
What led to extreme shortages of food and supplies in the Confederacy?
How did President Jefferson Davis avoid a full blown riot in Richmond, VA?
How did the war stimulate the northern economy?
What is the income tax and how did it pay for the cost of the civil war?
What made army life for both sides a living hell?
How did Clara Barton contribute to ease suffering during the war?
Why did prisoners of war from both sides suffer terribly behind bars?
What made Andersonville, Georgia notorious?
Section 4: The North Takes Charge
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How did Frank Haskell describe the Confederate attack known as Pickett’s Charge?
After the charge what had happened to most of the Confederates?
What made the Battle of Chancellosrville Lee’s greatest victory?
What happened to Lee’s best general?
Why did Lee decide to invade the North? What was he hoping to achieve?
After three days of combat, how many men total had died or been wounded?
Why is Gettysburg the turning point of the civil war?
What happened in Vicksburg, Mississippi at the same time as Gettysburg?
What had Grant achieved in his victory at Vicksburg?
How did Lincoln choose to honor the dead at Gettysburg?
In what way did this address help the nation?
What happened to Confederate morale after Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
Who were the top two generals for Lincoln that would eventually win the war?
How did Grant plan to win the Civil War in the east?
Why did the newspapers call Grant a “butcher”?
After capturing Atlanta, how did William Sherman win victory in the west?
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What was his new strategy called?
Why did this work so well?
How did Lincoln win reelection in 1864?
What happened on April 9th, 1865?
How did Grant and Lee emerge as national heroes at Appomattox?
Section 5: The Legacy of the War
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How did Garland White describe the occupation of Richmond by US Colored Troops?
What political changes did the civil war bring to the nation?
In what way were the political changes intrusive into civilian lives?
How did the National Banking Act of 1863 help the nation progress?
What happened to most southern prosperity during the war?
About how many Americans (north and south) died in the war?
How did the 13th amendment change America forever?
What did Robert E. Lee do with his life after the war?
What happened to his house Arlington?
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
What did he do on April 14, 1865?
How did the nation react to Lincoln’s death?