Study Guide CH15 - Civil War
Lincoln’s Inaugural Address
Emancipation Proclamation
 Where did the Emancipation free slaves? Where did it not?
 Why doesn’t the Emancipation Proclamation simply declare immediate freedom for all people
held as slaves anywhere in the United States?
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Why does Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Why was the EP perceived as “stronger on proclamation than on emancipation”?
 The Emancipation Proclamation was issued over three months (September 22, 1862) from the
date it was to take effect (January 1, 1863). What was the significance of the proclamation not
taking effect immediately?
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How did the EP change the nature of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln:
North
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George McClellan- why was he so reluctant to fight?
General Ulysses S. Grant
General George Meade
General William Tecumseh Sherman “March to the Sea” (what was the objective)?
SOUTH
 Jefferson Davis
 Robert E. Lee
 “Stonewall Jackson”
Fort Sumter – what did the North & South learn from this battle?
Battle of Bull Run / Manassas:
Battle of Antietam – why was it considered a turning point?
Battle of Shiloh:
Gettysburg:
Woman’s Role in the Civil War
Clara Barton
Maria Isabella Boyd
African Americans / Slaves role in the Civil War (Contraband of War):
King Cotton Diplomacy (Why did it fail?)
Why did Lincoln feel he would not be re-elected in 1864?