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civil war sect. 1-2
about the beggining of the civil war
question/answer | term/definition |
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what was the first battle that started the civil war? | the Bull Run in April 12th, 1861 |
what did Lincoln promise to not do? | end slavery in the south |
where did fort Sumter take place? | South Carolina |
why would the union army need to resupply Fort Sumter? | they need to resupply because they are surronded because there on a island. they would have to stay there for a while so they would need more food, water, and weapons to survive. |
what advantages would a floating battery have? | it gets little damage and it moves in the water so it's hard to aim at it. |
what are the border states? | wedged between the north and south. the states were DE, MD, KY, and MO. no slave states were border states. |
north's advantages: | population, railroad miles, factories, more developed economy, and exports. |
south's advantages: | strong military, good officers into battle, strategic, didn't need to travel huge distances, made it difficult for north to cross the wilderness, and more familiar with the area. |
why did the south's exports decrease? | because of the union blockade by the anaconda plan. |
who is Winfield Scott? | he developed a two part strategy for the union. |
what was the two part plan? | destroy the south's economy by a blockade and then gain control of the Mississippi river to divide the south. |
what's the Cotton Diplomacy? | this was the idea that Great Britain would support the confederacy because it needed the south's raw cotton to supply the booming textile industry. |
what did they do to prepare for war? | raise money for aids, emergency hospital, volunteers send medicine, bandages, and food. |
what did the union and confederates lack of? | they lacked clothing, food, rifles, and uniforms |
what was the problem with the volunteers? | had no idea how to fight. they were all school teachers, farmers and laborers. |
what did the volunteers learn in training? | use rifles, tents, weapons, and fighting |
list three things that the union and confederate soldiers uniform have in common. | they both had haversack, rifles, and had a knife attached to the rifle. |
list three things that the union and confederate soldiers uniform were different. | they are wearing different color uniforms, have different shaped belt buckle, and they had different symbols on their hat. |
what was McDowell complaining about? | he was complaining about his men because they were not trained. |
how did Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson get it's nickname? | he got it from one southern officer saying "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" |
first battle of bull run: | the first major battle in the civil war, and the confederates victory. |
why did Lincoln bring George B. McCellan? | to help train their soldiers for war because they are not trained. |
Robert E. Lee: | has served in the Mexican War and had led his troops to Harps Ferry. |
seven days battle: | Robert E. Lee attacked, launching a series of clashes that forced the union army to retreat near Virginia. |
General D. H. Hill: | was a confederate general. |
the second battle of bull run: | Jackson troops met pope's union forces on the battle field in 1862. it was a three day battle. |
what mistakes did the confederates make before the battle of Antietam? | confederates left behind the confederates battle plan and the union figured out how he split up his men. |
Battle Antietam: | the bloodiest single-day battle in the civil war and US history. |
how did Lee's choice reflect the division of the states? | he chose the confederate side because he is originally from Virginia which is in the south. |
Anaconda Plan: | it's there plan to create a blockade by the water so the south would get less exports. |
ironclads: | ships heavily armored with iron |
what did the confederates do when they captured the union's ship? | they turned it to a ironclad and called it Virginia. |
did the union have a ironclad? | yes called the Moniter. it was designed by a Swedish engineer named John Ericsson. it includes powerful guns and thick plating. |
what happened to the fight over the Moniter and Virginia? | none were seriously damaged, but the union made the confederates withdraw. |