US History
Fort Burrows
Review Chapter 17
1. What city was the capital of the Confederacy ?
2. Which Army had a defensive strategy ?
3. List each public official’s job/task during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee –
Abraham Lincoln –
Ulysses S. Grant –
Jefferson Davis –
4. Why did small southern farmers resent the Confederacy’s draft law ?
5. List the four original border slave states.
1. 2.
3. 4.
6. How did Ulysses S. Grant’s concept of “total war” differ from earlier strategies ?
7. List the 4 states that seceded from the Union after the original seven states ?
1. 2.
3. 4.
8. What work during the Civil War changed employment opportunities for women in American society ?
9. Based on Lincoln’s words below, how do you think Lincoln believed that the South should be treated after the Civil War ?
Lincoln made a speech and said, “With malice (hatred) toward none, with charity for all, …..let us thrive on to …..bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and …..to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves…”
10. How did the northern blockade affect the south ?
11. List 2 successful strategies the North had for winning the Civil War ?
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12. In the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln said that soldiers had sacrificed their lives to ensure that “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” What type of government was Lincoln referring to ?
13. What caused most Union soldiers to die ?
disease or wounds
14. What was President Lincoln’s goal for obtaining peace with the southern states ?
15. Which southern state was the first to secede from the Union ?
16. What was the main disadvantage for the North in the Civil War ?
17. List 4 disadvantages for the South in the Civil War…
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18. List 6 battles that were considered a ‘victory’ for the Union ?
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2. Fort ______and Fort ______
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19. List the 4 battles that were considered a ‘victory’ for the Confederacy ?
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2.
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4. Fort ______
20. What was the main goal of the North at the beginning of the Civil War ?
21. How was General Grant planning to end the Civil War ?
22. Why did the Civil War mark a major turning point in American history ?
23. List the main effect of the Emancipation Proclamation.
24. Why was the Battle of Vicksburg so important in guiding the direction of the Civil War ?
25. What effect did BOTH the South and the North experience during the Civil War ?
26. What lesson was learned by both sides in the early days of the Civil War ?
27. These statements describe which Civil War leader ?
• Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
• Fought in the Mexican War
• Served as leader of Confederate troops
• Surrendered at Appomattox Court House
28. What was the most significant result of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville ?
29. How did slaves in the South contribute to the Union war effort ?
30. Summarize army life for the soldiers during the Civil War…
31. How were the Union’s major goals achieved in the Civil War ?
32. What ‘knowledge’ was learned from the early Civil War battles ?
33. List an ‘economic’ change in the South towards the end of the war.
34. How did African Americans in the Union Army contribute to the war effort ?
35. How did these females serve the Armies during the Civil War ?
Sojourner Truth –
Clara Barton –
Dorothea Dix –
Sally Tompkins –
36. Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War ?
37. Which Union goal was NEVER achieved during the Civil War ?
38. List the specific dates of the Civil War…
39. Why did Lincoln handle the slavery issue so cautiously at the beginning of the War ?
40. Which group would have been MOST likely to disapprove of the Emancipation Proclamation ?
41. List a ‘civilian’ change in the North during the war.
42. List the MAJOR result of the Civil War.
43. In Lincoln’s 2nd term, what was his major goal for all citizens of the US ?
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