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Fighting-Civil War
Resources compared, strategies, turning points, vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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The northern strategy to win the war was called the | Anaconda Plan |
What huge advantage did the north have in implementing their war plan? | the Union side had a navy. |
The first part of the northern war plan was to ____________ the southern coast. | blockade |
The north planned to use their navy to attack along | southern rivers |
The south hoped to get access to war materials from Europe by using fast ships called | blockade runners |
The south attempted to break the northern blockade by building a(n) ________________ ship. | ironclad |
The Monitor vs. the Merrimack was the first | battle between ironclad ships. |
What effect did the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack have on other navies of the world? | They all became obsolete immediately. |
The (northern) Army of the Potomac fought under a series of commanders against the (southern) Army of Northern Virginia under R.E.Lee in the northern, _______________________ campaign. | "On to Richmond" |
Considering the goal of each side, which region, north or south, had an easier task to accomplish their war goals? | the south |
The year that the Civil War began was | 1861 |
The year that the Civil War ended was | 1865 |
The act of southern states leaving the Union to form their own country is called | secession |
The President of the United States during the Civil War | Abraham Lincoln |
The nickname Southerners gave to the Union soldiers | Yankees |
The nickname given to Southern soldiers | Rebels |
Located in Virginia, this was the capital of the Confederate States | Richmond |
The first state to secede from the Union in December 1860 | South Carolina |
Name 2 economic strengths of the North | more manufacturing, better railroad system, more money, |
Name 2 strengths of the South | better military leadership, fighting on the defensive, psychological factors |
What was the first African-American Regiment of troops? | the 54th Massachusetts |
The south hoped to break the northern blockade with help from what countries? | Britain and/or France |
The south hoped help would come from Europe because of their need for southern | cotton |
Robert E. Lee's strategy to win the war included this plan which led to the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. | offensive defensive |
The Battle of Antietam led Lincoln to | publish the Emancipation Proclamation |
What groups of slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation | none |
What important goal was added to the Union cause by the Emancipation Proclamation | fighting the war to end slavery |
Adding the end of slavery to the war goals of the Union kept Britain from assisting the South because | in Britain, slavery was illegal and was viewed as immoral |
The Emancipation Proclamation hurt the south because it encouraged southern slaves to | run away to northern armies for protection |
The Emancipation Proclamation hurt the south because it encouraged African-Americans in the north to | join the Union army |
The turning point of the war occurred in the month and year | July, 1863 |
Union control of the Mississippi would accomplish what important Union war goal? | cutting the Confederacy in half |
The Union gained control of all the Mississippi River when they took the city of | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
The name of the other Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi that Mr. Warren couldn't remember on Friday was called | Port Hudson |
What two engagements ended with Union victories that were the turning point of the war | Vicksburg and Gettysburg |
Lee's second invasion of the North ended in the battle of | Gettysburg |
Lee's invasions of the North were to accomplish what two goals | allow the South to recover from war damage and frighten the North into giving up the fight |
The Army of the Potomac was finally able to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia when this general was put into command | US Grant |
Probably the worst major southern general of the war was a North Carolinian by the name of | Braxton Bragg |
Grant was able to beat Lee's army by fighting battles of | attrition |
After Vicksburg, the Union goal in the West was to capture | Atlanta |
The Union campaign to capture Atlanta was led by General | William Tecumseh Sherman |
The Confederate defense of Atlanta was led by General | Joseph E. Johnston |
After taking Atlanta, Sherman's army began its | March to the Sea |
Sherman's march to the sea took his army from Atlanta to | Savannah, Georgia |
From Savannah, GA., Sherman's army marched into | South Carolina |
Sherman's army was very destructive in South Carolina because | South Carolina was responsible for the beginning of secession. |
After marching through Sough Carolina, Sherman's army marched into | North Carolina |
Sherman's army behaved better in North Carolina because that state | had a reputation for being reasonable and reluctant to secede. |
After taking Richmond, Grant chased Lee's army and caught it here where Lee surrendered. | Appomattox Courthouse |
The final surrender of the war took place at the Bennet House in _________ when Johnston surrendered all Confederate troops to General Sherman | Durham, NC |
On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was assassinated by this Confederate sympathizer. | John Wilkes Booth |