Chapter 11 Assignment Packet

People of the Civil War

Person / North
South
Other /
Important Features of Their Involvement in the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
George B. McClellan
Ulysses S Grant
54th Mass. Regiment
Robert Gould Shaw
Jefferson Davis
Clara Barton
Gen. George Meade
Gen. James Longstreet
Gen. George Pickett
Gen. William Sherman
John Wilkes Booth
Mathew Brady

Answer the following questions from the material in Chapter 11

1.  What advantages did the Union have at the beginning of the Civil War?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

2.  What advantages did the Confederacy have at the beginning of the Civil War?

A.

B.

C.

3.  What was the Confederate Strategy at the beginning of the Civil War?

A. Militarily:

B. Politically:

4. What was the Union Strategy at the beginning of the Civil War?

A.  Who developed the Plan:

B.  What was the name of the Plan:

C.  Part 1 of Plan:

D.  Part 2 of Plan:

5.How did Abraham Lincoln try to keep the border states from seceding?

6. Why were Lincoln and McClellan at odds with one another?

7. Explain in detail the Emancipation Proclamation.

8. What were the reactions to the Emancipation Proclamation by

A.  Northerners

B.  Southerners

C.  African Americans

9. How did the Civil War affect the Northern economy?

10. Explain Union Conscription.

11. How did the Civil War affect the Southern economy?

12. Explain the dangers facing soldiers- other than fighting.

13. Explain the Gettysburg Address- its components and implications.

14. Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea.

15. Detail the events that took place at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

16. Explain the events leading to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

17. What factors led the North to win the Civil War?

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

18. Describe the effects of the Civil War on

A.  Economy:

B.  Society:

C.  Government and Politics: