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Civil War
Question | Answer |
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Who won the Election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
What did the South say they would do if Lincoln won the election? | Secede |
How did Abraham Lincoln feel about the South decision to Secede? | A state does not have the right to leave the United States |
Where was Fort Sumter located? | Federal property in South Carolina |
How many casualties occurred at Fort Sumter? | zero |
How did Abraham Lincoln respond to the attack at Fort Sumter? | He sent supplies to aid |
What was the significance of Fort Sumter? | 1st shot of the war, zero casualties |
What does interdependent mean? How were the North and South interdependent? | Means dependent upon one another. The North was dependent on the South to produce cotton in order to make cloth in textile mills. The south depended on North for manufacturing supplies not available in South. |
How did the Civil War affect cotton production? | Caused a drastic decrease in cotton production |
What was the significance of the Confederate win at the Battle of Bull Run? | North lost hope that the war would end quickly |
What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam? | Bloodiest day, stopped Lee’s advance to the North |
What was the strategic plan of the Anaconda Plan and who came up with the plan? | Winfield Scott. Blockade port cities, divide the South and conquer the Mississippi River. |
Who won the Battle of Vicksburg and how was it beneficial to them? | Union victory was a turning point, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River. Whoever had control of the Mississippi River controlled trade along it. |
What is the emancipation proclamation? | A military order to free slaves within confederate lines only |
Explain the legal process of the emancipation proclamation. | Lincoln was legally able to issue his emancipation proclamation because it was an order based on the President's constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces. |
What happened in the Battle of Gettysburg and how it was significant? | General Lee forced General Pickett to charge a second time after having lost nearly half their troops in the first charge. |
Who issued the “March to the Sea”? | General William Sherman |
What did the “March to the Sea” involve? | Destroying all civilian and economic resources in the South |
What happened that ended the war? | General Lee surrendered confederate troops to General Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. |