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WKMS Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why was the capture of Port Royal an important part of the Union's strategy to win the war? | Port Royal became the base for the Union naval blockade |
| Why did the Union want to capture Richmond, Virgina? | Richmond was the Confederate capital and the Confederate government would be captured along with the city. |
| How did the South plan to use the Hunley? | The South wanted to use the submarine to help break the Union's blockade of Southern ports. |
| What term did the Union use when referring to the former slaves? | Contrabands |
| What was the Anaconda Plan? | The Anaconda Plan was to use the North's Navy to blockade the South's ports to interfere with their ability to get supplies and sell cotton to foreign countries. |
| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? | Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, SC |
| How was the South affected by Sherman's use of the military strategy of Total War? | Plantations and towns were burned, railroads were destroyed and the property of civilians was taken or destroyed. |
| Why was the South going to fight a defensive war as it's main strategy to win? | The South would only have to fight on land they knew until the North tired of fighting because of the rising number of casualties. |
| Why did the Union choose to use the strategy of total war? | They hoped it would destroy the South's spirit and end the war more quickly |
| How did the Civil War impact the lives of women? | They had to deal with shortages, find ways to make substitutions for items they couldn't get and had to keep farms and businesses running. |
| How were African-Americans affected by the Civil War? | Many slaves fled to freedom as Union troops came into the area and almost 200,000 fought for the Union during the second half of the war. |
| Why did the South believe cotton diplomacy would help them get money and supplies needed to fight the war? | Britain and France needed the South's cotton for their industries |
| What is the war strategy used by Sherman in which the Union took the war to Confederate civilians in order to get the South to surrender? | Total War |
| How did total war have a direct impact on South Carolina's citizens, especially in the city of Columbia in February of 1865? | Columbia was burned, the capitol building was hit by cannon shells and damaged , homes were ransacked and people's farms and crops were destroyed. |
| Who was the former slave who piloted a Confederate ship and escaped with valuable information about the fortifications around Charleston? | Robert Smalls |
| How did SC react to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? | As a Confederate state, they didn't recognize Lincoln's authority and didn't obey it. |
| How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war aim for the Union? | It turned the focus of the war to the Union fighting to end slavery in the states in rebellion. |
| What are border states? | States that allowed slavery but didn't leave the Union. |
| What states were border states? | Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware |