Chapter 20 Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861–1865

Guided Notes Chapter 20—Girding for War: The North and the South

The Menace of Secession

  1. Explain Lincoln’s opinion of secession.

South Carolina Assails Fort Sumter

  1. What choices did Lincoln have regarding Fort Sumter? What was his solution?
  1. How did the South regard his solution? Who took the fort?
  1. How was Fort Sumter a victory for Lincoln?
  1. What Southern states joined South Carolina?
  1. What became the new CSA capital?

Brothers’ Blood and Border Blood

  1. List the border states. Why were they so important?
  1. What methods of “dubious legality” did Lincoln employ in the border states? Why?
  1. What role did American Indians play?

The Balance of Forces

  1. List advantages and disadvantages of both sides.

Advantages / Disadvantages
South
North

Dethroning King Cotton

  1. How did the “dead hands of Uncle Tom” help the Union?
  1. Why did King Cotton fail the South?
  1. What is meant by the phrase King Wheat?

The Decisiveness of Diplomacy

  1. Describe the Trent affair.
  1. Summarize the Alabama crisis.

Foreign Flare-Ups

  1. How did the construction of 2 Laird rams almost cause a crisis with Britain?
  1. What did Napoleon III do while the US was at war?

President Davis versus President Lincoln

  1. List weaknesses of the Confederate government.
  1. What problems did Lincoln have?

Limitations on Wartime Liberties

  1. Describe actions taken by Lincoln during the war that might not have been Constitutional.

Volunteers and Draftees: North and South

  1. Describe the conscription law passed by the North in 1863.
  1. What happened in NYC?
  1. How did the South supply its army?

The Economic Stresses of War

  1. How did the Union pay for the war?
  1. What were greenbacks?
  1. Describe the National Banking System.
  1. What financial woes did the South endure?

The North’s Economic Boom

  1. Describe the wartime prosperity experienced by the North.
  1. What were “shoddy millionaires”?
  1. How did the war affect women?

A Crushed Cotton Kingdom

  1. Describe the wealth of the South at the end of the war.
  1. Explain the collapse of transportation in the South.

Identifications to Know

Charles Francis Adams

Clara Barton

William H. Seward

Edwin M. Stanton

Jefferson Davis

Morrill Tariff Act

National Banking Act

Trent affair

Alabama

Laird rams

King Cotton

Draft Riots

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Chapter 20 Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861–1865

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