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CE Civil War Review Questions
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Which state was the first to secede?
Identify the other six states to follow #1.
How did Lincoln feel about secession, as told from his first inauguration speech?
Describe Lincoln’s dilemma.
What four states join the Confederacy after the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Identify the four border states that remain with the Union.
Which state was formed by breaking away from a state in the Confederacy?
Identify the difference in how the North and South name battles.
What did the First Battle of Bull Run show?
Identify four advantages the Union held over the Confederacy.
Identify three strengths of the South.
When federal power expanded, which level of government got more power to make decisions:
local (city and county), state, or national?
What constitutional right did Lincoln suspend during the war?
Describe cotton diplomacy.
What affected the military strategy of both the North and South?
What changed the initial policy of limited war?
What battle halted Robert E. Lee’s first advance into Maryland and Washington DC?
What was clear by the end of 1862?
Why did the Confederacy attempt to control Colorado?
Why is the Battle of Glorieta Pass important?
What did the US government do to Native American tribes that supported the South?
What was the most damaging blow to the South?
What was unique about the Union Army freeing slaves at Port Royal?
What were most Republicans in the South concerned with? Over what?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation allow African Americans to do?
Define casualty.
What did most generals refuse to adapt during the war?
How many more lives did disease take in comparison to actual fighting?
Due to poor conditions, how many Union soldiers deserted? Confederate?
How much money did the US government give out in contracts during the war?
How high did inflation reach in the North?
What went up half as much as prices during the war?
Define military draft.
How many soldiers drafted actually showed up to fight?
What was an effect of the lack of resources in small towns in the South?
The prices of certain goods went up what percentage in the South?
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
How did #38 change southern strategy?
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Which battle ensured neither Britain nor France would join the Confederacy?
Which future president did Lincoln give command of the Union Army to?
Define total war.
Which former general did Lincoln defeat in the 1864 election?
Where did the South formally surrender to the North, ending the Civil War?
Why is the Civil War considered the first modern war?
What was one of Lincoln’s key hidden weapons?
For the first time in history, what backed the war effort?
What reached home for the first time in history from the battlefield?
What became the trademark of modern warfare?
What two things were validated by the North’s victory?