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1. During the 1850s, what was on the verge of tearing the US apart?
2. Name three previous circumstances that the issue of slavery had to be reconciled to avoid a
war.
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C:
3. What two groups came together in 1854?
A:
B:
4. What was the main issue they opposed?
5. What did they form when combined?
6. What did the new party not call for?
7. What did the new party want?
8. Election of 1860:
A: Northern Democrats nominated who?
B: What did they support?
C: Define the answer the “B” above:
D: Southern Democrats nominated who?
E: What did they support?
F: Republicans chose who to run for president in 1860?
G: What did Southerners fear about the Republican nominee?
9. Who won the election of 1860?
10. What was the response from South Carolina?
11. Define the answer to #10 above.
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12. By February of 1861, who had joined them? (6)
13. What else occurred in February 1861?
14. What did they draft?
15. Whom did they elect as president of the CSA?
106 Fort Sumter:
1. What were Lincoln’s intentions at first with Fort Sumter?
2. Describe what occurred on April 12, 1861.
3. What was the result the next day?
4. How did the president respond to this situation?
5. Border states had to decide which side to support at this point.
Border states that went to the Union:
Border states that went to the Confederacy:
6. In what city was the Confederate capital?
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Key Figures:
A: Create a “Who Am I” for each figure listed below.
1. Abraham Lincoln:
2. Ulysses S. Grant:
3. William T. Sherman:
4. Jefferson Davis:
5. Robert E. Lee:
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108 Advantages (and Disadvantages)
North:
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Advantages (and Disadvantages)
South:
Disadvantages:
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First Battle of Bull Run (7/21/1861)
1. This battle is also known as what because of its location?
2. What was significant about this battle?
3. Which side won this battle?
4. How far was the fighting from Washington DC?
5. What could have happened following this battle, but didn’t?
6. Identify two effects of the First Battle of Bull Run.
A:
B:
7. Describe how the Anaconda Plan was supposed to work.
8. What was the Anaconda Plan to restrict?[3]
A:
B:
C:
9. Which river was key to the Anaconda Plan’s success?
10. Define the word “blockade”.
11. What effect do smugglers have on this plan to encircle the South?
109 Naval Battles:
1. Define what an “ironclad” is.
2. What was the name of the South’s ironclad? [original and new]
3. How did the Union’s ships do when facing the South’s ironclad?
4. How did the Union finally respond to the South’s ironclad?
5. What occurred on March 9, 1862 and where?
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6. What occurred during this event?
7. Describe the ending to both of these ships.
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B:
8. [Your opinion] How does this battle change the future of naval warfare?
9. What other first in naval warfare occurs during the Civil War?
10. Which side was the first to build a submarine?
11. Why did the South build the CSS Hunley?
12. How successful was it?
13. What was the fate of the Hunley?
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The Eastern Theater:
Second Battle of Bull Run (8/29/1862)
1. On land, where is the war primarily fought? [2]
2. Define in your own words what a front is.
3. Who assumes command after Gen. Joseph Johnson suffers an injury?
4. What is his command?
5. Describe the significance of the Second Battle of Bull Run [2]
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B:
Antietam (9/17/1862)
1. Who is the commanding general for the Union at this point?
2. Explain how the Union forces found out about Lee’s orders.
3. Where does McClellan decide to face Lee and the South?
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4. What was significant about the Battle of Antietam?
5. Describe the significance of the Battle of Antietam [2]
A:
B:
Chancellorsville (5/1-5/1863
1. What is the “nickname” of this battle?
2. Why is it known as this?
3. Describe the odds that Lee overcame at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
4. Who was described as Lee’s “most gifted general”?
5. What happened to this general during the battle however?
6. What is the impact of Lee losing this general?
Gettysburg (7/1-3/1863)
1. In what state is Gettysburg fought in?
2. What was the impact of Lee not having Jackson to fight alongside of him?
3. Who was the Union general during this battle?
4. What did Lee’s defeat end?
5. Describe two significant effects of the Battle of Gettysburg.
A:
B:
6. What occurred four months after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Vicksburg (5/15-7/4/1863)
1. Where is Vicksburg and on what river?
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2. What was the strategic importance of Vicksburg?
3. Who is the Union general in charge at Vicksburg?
4. Describe Grant’s plan and what does he do at Vicksburg?
5. Define a siege.
6. Describe the result of Grant’s strategy at Vicksburg.
Sherman’s March (May to December 1864)
1. What is Sherman able to do in September of 1864?
2. Describe the result of this action.
3. What does Sherman do to Atlanta?
4. Describe Sherman’s “march to the sea” following Atlanta.
5. How far was the “march to the sea”?
6. Where does the march conclude?
7. Finally, what is Sherman’s tactic to trap Lee?
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Political Issues of the War:
1. What four slave states remained with the Union?
2. What would have happened if Maryland had joined the Confederacy?
3. With this concern, what did Lincoln do?
A:
B:
C:
4. Define ‘martial law’
5. What is the ‘writ of habeas corpus’?
6. How did this affect the Maryland legislature?
7. What other unpopular decision did Lincoln make in the North?
8. Define a ‘draft’.
9. With what two groups was his draft very unpopular?
10. Why did they resent it?
11. Describe what this resentment led to in July of 1863.
12. What was the outcome of these events?
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B:
13. What group was Lincoln’s main political opponenets in the North?
14. Who made up this group and why did they criticize Lincoln?
A:
B:
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15. Describe three ways in which this group attempted to go against Lincoln and the war.
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B:
C:
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Emancipation Proclamation and African American Soldiers
1. Which event provided Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
2. Describe what the Proclamation did.
A:
B:
3. Explain why didn’t Lincoln want to lose the border states?
4. Provide the reasons for which Lincoln issued the Proclamation.
A:
B:
5. What effect does the Proclamation have on the enlistment of free African Americans?
6. Contrast the experiences of African American soldiers and sailors during the war in the
army and navy.
7. Identify one of the most famous of the African American units.
A:
8. Besides being portrayed in the movie Glory, what actions led to this unit being historic?
B:
9. How did many African Americans see the Civil War?
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Union Victory:
1. Identify the general Lincoln put in command of the Union army in March of 1864.
2. Describe Grant’s tactic after assuming command of the Union army.
3. What type of war was Grant and Lee fighting at this point?
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4. Describe the sitaution Lee’s army found itself in during April of 1865.
5. Why did Lee decide to surrender at this point?
6. Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
7. Where was the last major surrender, and who did General Johnston surrender to?
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Answer the following with a partner:
1. What political and economic changes were caused by the war?
2. How was the Civil War the first modern war? (think technologies)
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