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Chapter 4: The Civil War
Pages 154-193
Objective(s):
I will review the Civil War, it’s major battles, it’s important people, and the outcomes.
Define the following key terms/important people:
a)Abraham Lincoln:
b)Jefferson Davis:
c)General Robert E. Lee:
d)Confederate:
e)Union:
f)Casualties:
g)Anaconda Plan:
h)Thirteenth Amendment:
i)Fourteenth Amendment:
j)Fifteenth Amendment:
k)Draft:
l)Copperheads:
m)Emancipation Proclamation:
n)Pickett’s Charge:
Checking for Understanding – Respond to all questions using complete sentences.
1)What are the two names for the First Battle of Bull Run?
2)What was the objective of General McDowell at Manassas? Why was Manassas important to the Union Cause?
3)What was the importance of the use of trains to the Civil War?
4)How did Thomas Jackson get the nickname of “Stonewall Jackson”?
5)What were the strengthsof the North (Union)?
6)What were the weaknesses of the North?
7)What were the strengths of the South (Confederates)?
8)What were the weaknesses of the South?
9)Describe the Union’s Military Strategy.
10)Describe the Confederates War Strategy.
11)What were the new tactics and technologies used during the Civil War?
12)Why were the battles in the West so important?
13)Why was control of the Mississippi River so important to the Civil War?
14)What are the Monitor and the Merrimack?
15)What battle was the “bloodiest day” of the Civil War?
16)What were the main reasons that the South succeeded from the Union?
17)Which Nations helped during the Civil War? And which side did they help?
18)What was Lincoln’s purpose for the war?
19)What were the emergency wartime actions that Lincoln set into place?
20)How did African Americans aid in the war?
21)What were the hardships of war?
22)What is the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
23)Find Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on page 185: Summarize the main points?
24)What were three effects of Grant’s siege of Vicksburg?
25)What was Sherman’s plan for Atlanta and Savannah during his March to the Sea?
26)What was the significances of Lincoln’s reelection in 1864?
27)Where did the Confederate Army finally surrender?
28)What were the terms of that surrender?
29)What happened to Lincoln prior to the “official end” of the Civil War? Where did it happen? By whom did it happen?
30)What did the North and South gain from the Civil War?