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18.1 The Two Sides
1. Define the following terms:
Border State
Enlist
Two Very Different Sides
2. Read about how the border states were valuable to the Union and fill in the chart below.
Controlled the Ohio
River.
Close to Richmond,
the Confederate
capital, and
Washington D.C.
Could control parts of
the Mississippi River
and routes to the
West.
Close to the key
Union city of
Philadelphia.
What would happen if Maryland seceded? ___________________________________________
Did the border states secede? ______________________________________________________
3. Read about the Union and the Confederacy and briefly compare them below.
North: Union
Strengths
and
Weaknesses
Larger __________________________
More ___________________________
South: Confederacy
Excellent ________________________
Strong __________________________
Knew __________________________
Wanted to _______________________
Goal: ___________________________
Forces had to ____________________
Did not have to ___________________
________________________________ ________________________________
Goals
________________________________ Just needed to ____________________
Original aim did not include:
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Scott’s__________________________
Conduct ________________________
1. ______________________________ Hold ___________________________
Strategies
2. ______________________________ Show ___________________________
3. ______________________________ Support from: ____________________
Americans Against Americans
4. Describe the soldiers of the North and South below.
Reasons for enlisting: ____________________________________________________________
Age: _________________________________________________________________________
Reasons for excluding African Americans: ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Why did each side expect a quick victory when the war began?
6. What name was given to the soldiers on each side?
18.2 Early Years of the War
1. Define the following terms:
Ironclad
Casualty
Emancipation
Proclamation
War on Land and at Sea
2. Read about the First Battle of Bull Run.
In the summer of ______
Hundreds of
the_____ major battle of
____________________
the Civil War happened
came from Washington
near river ____________
D.C. to watch the battle.
Lincoln signed two bills
The North lost and now
Confederate general held
requesting thousands to
_____________ the war
his _____________ “like
serve in the __________
could be _________ and
a stone wall.” His name:
___________________
____________________
____________________
It was clear that both
sides lacked __________
____________________.
3. Why did the Union want control of the Mississippi River?
4. How did Grant become a hero in the North? What did they call him?
5. What happened to the ironclads later in 1862?
Confederacy’s Virginia: __________________________________________________________
Union’s Monitor: _______________________________________________________________
6. How many casualties were there in the bloody Battle of Shiloh?
7. What did the capture of New Orleans mean for the North?
1. ____________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________
War in the Eastern States
8. Why was the Confederacy victorious in the East?
9. Label and fill in the chart below.
1. Confederate General Lee and his army invaded the state of ________________________.
2. His plan of confusing McClellan never a chance to work because: ______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. McClellan did not attack ____________________ in order to let Lee gather his troops.
4. The two sides met at a place called ____________________.
5. This was a key victory for the _____________.
6. It was the _________________ single day of fighting in the war. About ____________ died.
7. The great losses caused Lee to ____________, and for now, his northern invasion had failed.
The Emancipation Proclamation
10. As you read about Lincoln’s changing views, fill in the chart below.
Cause:
Effect: Lincoln was hesitant to make
the Civil War a battle to end the
institution of slavery.
Cause: Abolitionists like Frederick
Effect:
Douglass and Horace Greeley urged
Lincoln to make it a war to end slavery.
Cause:
Effect: This could crush Confederate
hopes of getting the support they need
for a victory.
Cause: Lincoln did not have the power
Effect:
to take end slavery, but he did have the
power to take enemy property in war.
11. Explain how the Emancipation Proclamation did not change the lives of enslaved people
overnight.
12. How did the Emancipation Proclamation have a strong impact?