Goal Nine Goal Review
1. List the strengths of the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War.
2. List the strengths of the Union at the onset of the Civil War.
3. Fill in the following chart
Person
North or South
Robert E. Lee
Contribution to War
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Matthew Brady
William Sherman
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Clara Barton
George McClellan
4. Where did the first battle take place, and who won? Why was this victory significant?
5. How were each of the following a turning point in the Civil War? Which was the MAIN turning
point?
a. Battle of Antietam
b. Battle of Vicksburg
c. Battle of Gettysburg
6. What was significant about the Monitor and the Merrimac?
7. What was the North’s Anaconda Plan? List the 3 parts.
8. What is “total war?” Who used it? What battle is a great example?
9. Where did General Lee finally surrender? What were the terms?
10. What freed the slaves in the rebelling territories during the war? Did it work? Why or why not?
What was the impact?
11. What is habeas corpus? Why did Lincoln suspend it during the Civil War?
12. Which Civil War battle is the bloodiest battle in American history?
13. Which Civil War battle is the bloodiest single day in American history?
14. Who ran in the Election of 1864? What helped Lincoln win the election?
15. What was the conscription act? What happened in America because of it?
16. What were greenbacks?
17. Why is the Gettysburg Address important? What does the phrase “4 score and 7 years ago” refer to?
What does this give evidence to?
18. What Civil War battles are related to the Anaconda Plan? How?
19. What was the Andersonville camp? Why is it important?
20. Describe both the North and the South after the Civil War?