16.1 Additional information

A. Read p. 511, “History Close-Up,” and answer the questions.

1. It was surrounded by Confederate forces and badly needed supplies.

2. It could move to avoid fire and find the fort’s weakest point.

B. Read p. 513, “Resources of the North and South,” and answer the questions.

1. The North had more railroad lines available to maintain better supply lines.

2. The North had more industrial establishments to manufacture weapons and a large population to support manufacturing.

Ch. 16.2: The War in the East

  1. Examine the map, “Battles in the East,” on p. 517. Answer the questions.
  2. Antietamb. Forces often moved along rivers.
  3. Examine the political cartoon on p. 520, “The Anaconda Plan.” Answer the question.

Read pp. 516-519, “War in Virginia.”

Anacondas are constricting, water-loving snakes. Like an anaconda, the strategy was water-based and constrictive. The blockade was meant to snake along the South’s coast, squeeze the South’s economy, and thereby strike at the South’s heart.

  1. What delayed McClellan’s Army of the Potomac from immediately entering the fight? Why was McClellan hesitant to attack Confederate troops?
  2. He had overestimated the size of the Confederate army, tried to capture Richmond with the “Peninsular Campaign”. He was hesitant.
  3. How is Robert E. Lee described on p. 518?
  4. A graduate of West Point Military Academy, served in the Mexican War, and led federal troops at Harper’s Ferry. He was willing to take risks and make unpredictable moves to throw Union forces off balance.
  5. What is the single bloodiest day of battle in US history?
  6. Antietam

Read pp. 520-521, “Breaking the Union Blockade”

  1. Why did the Union have more of a navy than the Confederacy?
  2. They had more industry to build ships.
  3. What was their strategy? Why?
  4. Blockade southern ports, preventing the South from selling or receiving goods (seriously damages the Southern economy)
  5. Why was the Union blockade difficult to maintain?
  6. There were thousands of miles of coastline to patrol (Virginia to Texas)
  7. Who/what were blockade runners?
  8. Southern and European ships that would run through the Union blockades.
  9. What was the Merrimackrenamed when it was captured by Confederates?
  10. The Virginia
  11. Which ironclads fought at Hampton Roads? Who won? Why was the battle significant?
  12. The Merrmimack (Virginia) & the Monitor. Signaled a new revolution in naval warfare.
  13. Examine the political cartoon on p. 520. Why do you think Winfield Scott’s plan was called the Anaconda Plan? Answer the question, “Analysis Skill.”
  14. See #2