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Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Confederates Are Fighting To... | preserve slavery & obtain foreign aid |
| The Union Is Fighting To... | preserve Union & get CSA to join USA |
| Confederate States | VA, NC, SC, TN, GA, AL, MS, AR, TX, LA, FL |
| Union States | ME, CA, OR, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, IA, MN, WI, MI |
| Border States | KS, MO, KY, WV, DE, MD |
| Advantages Of The Confederates | great leadership, home-field advantage, & passion to fight |
| Advantages Of The Union | more: populated, military members, industry, railroad tracks, workers, factories, farmlands, bank deposits, pig iron, credit, allies, firearms, navy strength |
| Confederacy Is Confident They Will Win Because... | they have the same advantages as the U.S. in the Revolutionary War, they though a compromised peace could be reached in a short fighting period, & they were fighting a defensive war |
| Objections To The War In The North | ??? |
| Objections To War In The South | ??? |
| First Iron-Clad Ship Names | Monitor (USS) & Merrimac (CSS) |
| Monitor vs Merrimac (March 1862) | 1st iron-clad ship war // met off the coast of VA // way of future // clipper battleships // ends in a draw |
| Southern Strategy For War | obtain foreign aid, win the war, hold out until the North gives up |
| Anaconda Plan | union strategy, blockade Southern ports, control Mississippi to split CSA in two, capture Richmond, plan to end the war in 90 days |
| Name Of Union's Original Plan | Anaconda Plan |
| Battle That Inspired Emancipation Proclamation | Antietam |
| Emancipation Proclamation Actions | slaves in Southern states in rebellion are free, free men and slaves can join army, Union is now also fighting to end slavery |
| Discrimination Faced By Black Soldiers | faced racism, faced combat, payed less than white soldiers, inferior benefits, poorer food, poorer equipment |
| Contributions Of Black Soldiers | performed all noncombat support functions that strengthen an army |
| Ways Warfare and Technology Changed During The Civil War | inventors and military men devised new types of weapons, such as the repeating rifle and the submarine // there was also new technology not related to war such as railroads and telegraphs |
| Civil War Citizens Of The Union | take over jobs of men, raise money, women help as nurses, spies, Copperheads - Democrats who want peace, draft riots (ex. NYC) |
| Civil War Citizens Of The Confederacy | raise money & volunteer, women help as nurses, spies, draft (violates states rights), land is being devastated and destroyed |
| Another Name For 1st Bull Run | Manassas Junction |
| 1st Bull Run (July 1861) | 3 months after Fort Sumter, both sides realize will not be a quick war , both call up more troops, both train troops, both sides fought poorly, major loses and injuries of troops on both sides |
| Gettysburg Commanders | Meade (Union) & Lee (Confederate) |
| Gettysburg Events | Union victory, last Confederate attack in Northern Territory, turning point (beginning of end for Lee), Lee lost ⅓ of his remaining VA army |
| Vicksburg Commanders | Grant (Union) & Pemberton (Confederate) |
| Vicksburg Events | Union victory, Union gains control of central Mississippi River, Grant brought east as commander of all Union forces |
| Appomattox Courthouse Commanders | Grant (Union) & Lee (Confederate) |
| Appomattox Courthouse Events | Union victory, Lee fails to escape the Union pincers and get his Lynchburg supplies, Lee surrenders to Grant |
| When Lee Surrenders, Grant Offers... | Confederate officers to keep their pistols, soldiers to keep their horses, 25,000 rations for Confederate Soldiers, Confederates to go home (no arrests) |
| Antietam Commanders | McClellan (Union) & Lee (Confederate) |
| Antietam Events | Union victory, 1st Confederate attack on Union, Confederates denied foreign allies, Lincoln passes Emancipation Proc. |
| March To Sea | Sherman recruits 100,000 soldiers, Union victory, captures Atlanta GA in September of 1864, helps Lincoln get re-elected, leaves a 60 mile wide path of destruction |
| Fredericksburg Commanders | Burnside (Union) & Lee (Confederate) |
| Fredericksburg Events | Confederate Victory, Burnside replaced Hooken |
| Fredericksburg Nickname | The Great Slaughter Pen (more than 5,000 casualties) |
| Peninsular Campaign Commanders | McClellan (Union) & Johnston (Confederate) |
| Peninsular Campaign Events | Confederate victory, Union Gen. McClellan too cautious, Confederate Gen. Lee defeats the union with 7 days of attack, Lincoln removed McClellan from duty |
| Chancellorsville Commanders | Hooken (Union) & Lee (Confederate) |
| Chancellorsville Events | Confederate victory, Jackson dies as a result of a friendly fire, Hooken is replaced with Meade as Union commander, Confederates confident to strike in Union again |
| Shiloh Commanders | Grant (Union) & Lee (Confederate) |
| Shiloh Events | Union victory, more men fight in Shiloh then in all other previous battles, rumors about Grant drinking and unfit lead to his put on desk duty pending investigation |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union who fought for CSA to return and unite |
| What Two Major Documents Did Lincoln Write? | Emancipation Proclomation (free slaves) & Gettysburg Address (honor fallen soldiers) |
| Jefferson Davis | the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Union commander for multiple battles who would later be brought East and named commander for all Union forces |
| Grant's Nickname | Unconditional Surrenderer Grant |
| General Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who wanted to prevent unnecessary destruction to the South |
| General Stonewall Jackson | Confederate general who's soldiers came to admire his stubborn courage and started calling him "Stonewall" Jackson |
| Jackson Gets His Nickname "Stonewall" From... | Battle of Manassas Junction/ Bull Run |
| General William Tecumseh Sherman | Union general who lead "Sherman's March To Sea" and gaining a Union victory |
| General George McClellan | Union general removed after the Peninsular Campaign because of his cautious tactics |
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