Download Chapter 21 Focus Questions: Essay question: What was the relative

Chapter 21 Focus Questions:
Essay question: What was the relative importance of the following as factors in the Northern victory over the South
during the Civil War? Emancipation Proclamation
Western Battle Campaigns
Eastern Battle Campaigns
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At the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln favored what kind of military action?
What did Lincoln hope the Union would capture after a victory at Bull Run?
How was the South’s victory at the First Bull Run harmful to its cause and helpful to the northern cause?
Describe George B. McClellan – what was his major fault?
After assuming command of the Army of Potomac, General McClellan made the mistake of consistently believing what
about the enemy?
How did the outcome of the Peninsula Campaign influence Lincoln’s decision on making slavery an issue in the war – what
did he begin to draft?
What was the Anaconda plan and when did they come up with it? (4)
What is total war?
Why didn’t Britain offer greater protest against the Union naval blockade of the Confederate coastline?
What was the most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade and what happened to it?
After defeating McClellan at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Robert E. Lee decided to do what?
What was on of Lee’s key objectives in doing the answer to #11?
Why would a Confederate victory at Antietam probably won them their independence?
How was McClellan able to stop Lee’s advance on Maryland in the Battle of Antietam and how was McClellan rewarded by
Lincoln for the victory?
What did the North’s victory at Antietam allow President Lincoln to issue?
What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Union?
Who did the Emancipation proclamation actually free?
What legally abolished slavery in the US?
Southern slaves ran away to Union Camps at a rate of _______ in _________.
How did runaway slaves impact Northern soldiers?
Assess the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on each of the following:
a. European intervention;
b. public opinion in the border slave states;
c. free black and abolitionist opinion in the North;
d. congressional reelections
e. public opinion in the South.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact African-American participation in the Civil War?
Describe the contributions made by African-Americans in fighting for freedom and preserving the Union.
Aside from ending slavery, why did blacks enlist in the Union army?
When did the Confederacy enlist slaves into their army?
Slaves hindered the Confederacy’s war efforts in what ways? (4)
Why did Lee invade Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863?
How was the Battle of Gettysburg significant in the war’s outcome?
What were the two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil?
Why was the Union victory at Vicksburg significant? (4)
Define total warfare.
Who came up with total warfare and what was the consequence of total warfare?
What group in the North was most dangerous to the Union cause?
Who was Clement Vallandigham?
In the election of 1864, the Union party was founded which was a combination of what two groups?
36) Who were the candidates of the Union (Republican) party and the Democratic party in the 1864 election campaign, why did
Lincoln choose Andrew Johnson as his running mate, and why did Lincoln’s re-election appear unlikely?
37) The capture of what two cities was probably critical to Lincoln’s reelection in 1864?
38) What was General Grant’s basic strategy in the Civil War?
39) During the Civil War, Grant lost one man for every ______, and Lee lost one man for every _______.
40) Describe the Wilderness campaign.
41) Describe Sherman’s March to the Sea.
42) Where did Lee surrender to Grant and what were Grant’s terms?
43) How was Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth a catastrophe for the South?
44) Explain how the Civil War was the supreme test of American Democracy in the 19 th century.
45) Know the results of the Civil war on taxation, nullification/secession, social welfare, and slavery.