Objectives
1. To learn what the strengths and weaknesses of both sides were.
2. To learn what the Union strategy was to win and how it was carried out.
3. To learn about technological advances in the war
4. To learn how the North won the war.

Section 2-North Versus South
1. List at least five strengths or weaknesses for the North and five strengths or weaknesses for the South.
North
South
Strengths Weaknesses
2. How did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis each use the ideals of the American
Revolution and the Declaration of Independence to support their side’s cause?
Lincoln-
Davis-
Section 3- Bull Run: A Great Awakening
1.
Explain each of the three steps of the Anaconda Plan.

2. Would you describe the mood of most Northerners before the first battle as optimistic or pessimistic? Explain.
3. Who won the Battle of Bull Run? Describe the roles that Rose Greenhow and
“Stonewall” Jackson played in the victory.
4. Describe two ways women helped in the war effort.
Section 4- Antietam: A Bloody Affair
1. Explain what the Union navy and army did to put each of the three steps of the
Anaconda Plan into action from 1861 to 1862. Refer to your diagram from Section 3 to remind you of each step of the plan.
2. Many soldiers who fought in the Battle of Antietam saw it as a defeat for both armies.
Why? Support your answer with statistics.

3. Give three reasons why the death toll for soldiers in the Civil War was so high.
Circle the reason that was the most deadly.
Section 5- Gettysburg: A Turning Point
1. Fill in the diagram with two reasons why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and two important effects of his action.
2. Why did General Lee want to invade the North in Pennsylvania?
3. What was the result of his gamble to attack in Pennsylvania?

4.
Why did some Northerners oppose the war? How did President Lincoln respond when opposition turned violent?
5. What was the Gettysburg Address? Why do you think Lincoln was trying to make connections to the Declaration of Independence in this speech?
Section 6- Vicksburg: A Besieged City
1.
Complete the spoke diagram. One entry has been started for you.
2.
Why was having control of Vicksburg so important? How did having control of this city relate to the Anaconda plan?

3. Conditions in the South declined during the war. List two negative effects of the war on the southern people and their causes.
Cause Effect
Section 7- Fort Wagner: African-Americans and the War
1. True/False- There were African-American soldiers from the start of the war.
2. List three disadvantages that African-American soldiers had to face during the war.
Section 8- Appomattox
1. Read about Grant’s ideas about war and the battles he fought in Virginia. Choose an adjective to describe his style of fighting and explain why you chose it.
2. Read the sections on total war and Sherman’s march to Atlanta. How would you describe the effects of total war.
3. The last two Confederate cities to fall were ________________ and ______________
4. The Confederates surrendered at _________________________ on _____________.