History and Geography 800 - Unit 6: The Civil War
General Lee
-Felt a victory in the North would turn public opinion against the war. -Was offered command of Union Army after Fort Sumter
Grant thought he would eventually defeat Lee for what reasons?
-He had superior resources -He could receive reinforcements for his army -He could replace equipment losses
Which of the following were true of the Emancipation Proclamation?
-It freed very few slaves immediately. -It did not free slaves in already occupied Southern territory. -It ended the threat of English recognition of the Confederacy. -It laid the foundation for the 13th Amendment. -It changed the significance of the war.
Why did Grant want to capture Vicksburg?
-It would cut the South off from supplies from Louisiana and Texas. -It would give the North control of the Mississippi.
Which railroad lines did the North need to capture to cut Southern communications?
-Memphis to Chattanooga to Richmond -Vicksburg to Savannah
General Halleck
-Retreated to Washington, leaving the Confederates free to attack the North
What were the results of the Civil War?
-Slavery was finally ended. -Hatred and bitterness developed between the two sides. -About 600,000 men died. -It was determined that a state could not leave the Union.
Why did Southerners discount the advantages of the North?
-They thought Northern industries needed Southern markets. -They doubted that public opinion in the North would support a war against the South. -They thought England and France would give them military aid.
What problems did Northerners face in the war?
-They would have to occupy each seceding state. -They had to defeat the Southern armies on the South's home soil.
General McClellan
-removed from command twice for being overly cautious -stopped the Confederate Army at Antietam
siege
A military blockade of a city or fortified place; a persistent attack.
4 candidates of the 1860 election
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Bell, and John Breckinridge.
Vice-President of the Confederacy
Alexander Stephens
Lee's campaign to invade Maryland was stopped after his defeat at the Battle of:
Antietam
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at _______, Virginia.
Appomattox
In September of 1864, Sherman captured ____________.
Atlanta
What was the North's battle strategy?
Blockade the South. Capture the Mississippi River. Divide the South into small sections. Capture Richmond.
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg such a great victory for the North?
Confederates lost half their men. Beginning of the end of the Civil war.
extend the 36° 30' line to the Pacific Ocean
Crittenden compromise
Dred Scott desiscion
Dred Scott, a black slave, went to court with master. He entered a free state and was not freed. Said would sue. Blacks could not be in court.
First shots of the civil war
Fort Sumter
Grant captured Vicksburg when ________ surrendered after the city was faced with starvation.
General Pemberton
In September of 1863, ________ succeeded in beating back a Confederate counterattack to capture the city of Chattanooga.
General Rosecrans
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Kansas-Nebraska act
Kansas and Nebraska would be open to slavery. When each was ready for admission to the Union, its settlers would decide for themselves whether to join as a free state or as a slave
General _________ made the mistake of not pressing his advantage after Gettysburg and allowing _____ to escape.
Meade-Lee
The North gained control of the northern part of the Mississippi River once Grant captured the city of:
Memphis
General Butler's and Admiral Farragut's capture of New Orleans and Natchez gave the North control of the southern part of the:
Mississippi river
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the-
Missouri Compromise
What was included in Lincoln's inaugural address?
No state had a right to leave the Union. Federal posts in the South would be defended. Slavery could continue where it already existed.
Why did the South fear admitting California as a free state?
Other territories might follow their example. Non-slave states would control the Senate.
Grant went to____________ to cut off communications between Richmond and the rest of the South.
Petersburg
What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
Popular sovereignty was established for New Mexico and Utah. California was admitted as a free state.
Lee crossed the ___________ during this war in hopes of capturing ____________.
Potomac-Philadelphia and Washington
Bleeding Kansas
Pro-slave and No-slave conflicts. Developed into a mini civil war.
Frederick Douglass
Published the Northstar- antislavery paper
The principal purpose of the _______ party as to stop the spread of slavery.
Republican
What were the conditions of peace offered by Lincoln at Hampton Roads?
Reunion of the states and end of slavery
Grant's troops captured _____________ on April 3, 1865, and Lee tried to move to Lynchburg, Virginia.
Richmond
Commander at Fort Sumter
Robert Anderson
Which general's famous march to the Atlantic had the purpose of dividing the upper and lower South?
Sherman
What was Grant's new battle strategy?
Sherman would push from Chattanooga to Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean. Grant would attack Richmond.
The battle in which more Americans fell than in all the previous wars the United States had fought was at:
Shiloh
First state to succeed from union
South Caroline
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed by-
Stephen Douglas
The Union forces in the West, led by General Grant, first invaded the state of:
Tennessee
What was the ship sent by the North to attack the Virginia?
The Monitor
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
To shorten the war. To gain support of non-slave nations. To strengthen the Union cause.
General Lee took command of the northern Virginia army after General Johnston was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. True or False?
True
Lee ordered "Stonewall" Jackson to move into the Shenandoah Valley to appear as if he were going to attack Washington, D.C., in order to take the pressure off Richmond. True or False
True
formed from five western counties
West Virginia
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote Uncle Tom's cabin.
Southern states that did not secede
border states
The South attempted to break the North's blockade by ______________________
building the iron ship- Virginia
William L. Garrison
called slave holders criminals. Published the liberator.
impregnable
cannot be over thrown.
What was included in the 1860 Republican platform?
denounced John Brown's raid slavery could continue where it already existed no slavery in new territories
What did the West want?
easy bank credits, low prices for public land, and internal improvements at national expense.
President Polk
extended Missouri compromise.
Robert E. Lee left the Union because he believed that the South had a right to secede from the Union. True or false?
false
Harriet Tubman
helped slaves escape by underground railroad
What did the North want?
high tariffs and high prices for public land
Emancipation societies wanted to do away with slavery because of their interest in slaves as:
human beings
Nat Turner
led a slave rebellion in VA.
Advantages of the South in the Civil war?
location European allies generals
Wilmot Proviso
no slavery in new territories.
What did the South want?
opposed tariffs, roads and canals NOT built by national government, and low prices for public land.
Lewis Cass
people in territories could decide themselves if they wanted slavery.
Advantages of the North in the Civil war?
population factories farms capital
No one but the __________ objected morally to slavery until the early 1800s.
quakers
David Walker
recommended the use of violence to gain freedom.
After which war did slavery decline because ideas toward individual freedom were changing, and people were starting to respect human rights?
revolutionary ar
What was the action of the state of Tennessee?
seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter
What was the action of the state of VA.
seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter
Lincoln Douglas debates
senatorial debate between two parties. Between Douglas and Lincoln. Expressed views.
John C. Calhoun
slaves could be taken into any territory
The North was unsuccessful in its attempt to capture Richmond under the command of the overly aggressive General Burnside. True or false?
true
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, the _________________ was defeated and ___________________________ was killed.
union-stonewall Jackson
England declared its neutrality because it realized that it needed Northern __________ more than it needed Southern __________.
wheat-cotton
