Chapter 15: The Civil War

Why is 1863 considered a turning point in the Civil war?

At the beginning of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in areas under rebellion. This changed the war from one in which the North fought to preserve the Union to one in which it fought to free enslaved African Americans. On the battlefield, Union forces led by Grant captured Vicksburg, Mississippi, splitting the Confederacy in two and depriving it of a major avenue of transportation. In the east, General Meade stopped a Confederate invasion of the North at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

what military successes and defeats did the Union experience in 1862?

In the eastern part of the confederacy, the Army of the Protomac met with mixed success. The Union Army failed to capture Richmond and won at Antietam only because the Confederates withdrew from the field first. In the western part of the Confederacy, the Army of the West won the Battle of Shiloh, and the Union navy captured New Orleans and Memphis.

why did the states of the Deep South secede from the Union sooner than the states of the Upper South and border states?

Slavery was more deeply entrenched in the Deep South than it was in the Upper South or the border states. The Deep South was home to large numbers of both slaveholders and slaves. Pro-Union sentiment remained strong in parts of the Upper South and border states, particularly those areas with smaller populations of slaveholders.

all of the following were strengths of the confederacy except _____.

a strong navy

which of the following did the north not do to mobilize for war?

form a military alliance with Great Britain

which of the following is not a reason why many people opposed Lincoln's re-election in 1864?

he had replaced General George B. McClellan

which was not a provision of the Crittenden Compromise?

that the Five Civilized Tribes would be admitted into the Confederacy

all of the following were strengths of the union except _____.

the ability to fight defensively, rather than offensively.

what was General Sherman's objective on his March to the Sea?

to destroy military and civilian resources whenever possible

Which of the following does not represent a goal of the Confederate States of America?

to ensure that the international slave trade would be allowed to continue