Name ____________________________

The Impact of the Civil War on America4-6.4

1. What were the two promises Lincoln made to the south?
a.

b.


2. By the time Lincoln was sworn into office where were the only two federal properties in the South that remained
under Union control?


3. Where did the Civil War begin?

4. In 1861 what did Union President Lincoln inform Confederate President Davis he would be doing?

5. What were Union troops ordered to do?

6. **Why do you think they refused?



7. What caused the START of the Civil War?

8. Describe the Battle of Fort Sumter.



9. What were the 3 main strategies used by the North and South to win the Civil War?

10. *Who had more resources during the Civil War?
Why?
11. *Who had more money during the Civil War?
Why?

12. Why did the North initially fight?



13. What would it take for the North to win the Civil War?


14. Name the Four strategies the North had to win the War and how they worked.
a.



b.



(which two battles allowed this to happen:______________________ and _________________________)
c.



d.


15. What was the strategic name of the Norths plan to win the civil War?

16. Name the two strategies the South had to win the War and how they worked.
a.

b.

17. What did the South hope England would trade?

18. How did the Confederacy protect itself?

19. How often did the Confederacy launch attacks on the Union?

20. Where was most of the Civil War fought?

21. What important document was written after the Battle of Antietam?

a. Who wrote it?

b. What did it do?



c. What did it NOT do?

22. Why was the Emancipation Proclamation useless in the Confederacy?



23. How were most Southern Slaves freed?


24. What legally had to happen for slaves to be freed?



a. How was this accomplished?



25. How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the Civil War?




26. Why did England stop sending support to the Confederate States during the Civil War?

27. Who led a large portion of the Confederate Army?


28. At what Major Battle was the Confederacy soundly defeated and turned back?


29. Which battle became the turning point of the Civil War?

30. How did the Battle of Gettysburg affect the Confederacy?



31. How did the Confederate war strategy change after Gettysburg?


32. Why was the Gettysburg Address given?

33. What was unique about the Gettysburg address?


34. What was President Lincolns main objective?


35. What do the words, government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Mean?

36. Many ________________________ ______________________ Americans, like __________________________
_____________________, realized LONG before white Northerners realized that for ________________________
to end the _________________________ HAD to ___________________ the Civil ______________________. Any
possibility of eliminating ______________________________ was tied to the ______________________ of the
_____________________________.

37. What did many African Americans do at the start of the Civil War?


38. What prevented African Americans from serving the Union?


39. What did Southerners do to slaves who supported the union?

40. What happened to runaway slaves who arrived at Union Camps?

41. What did the Emancipation Proclamation asked slaves to do?

42. What happened in 1861?




43. Who led the African American army troops?

44. What did the 54
th
Massachusetts do?


45. How did other African Americans help the Union during the Civil War?



46. What did some slaves do by orders of their southern owners?


47. What did the Confederate army force slaves to do without weapons of defense?

48. How long was the civil war?

49. How did it end?

50. What happened after Lee surrendered to Grant?




51. How were the Confederate troops affected by the Civil War?





52. How was the country of the Confederate States of America affected after the Civil War?



53. What happened to Lincoln shortly after the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse?



54. What was Booths issue with Lincoln?



55. What was Booths goal?