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Early American History
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Unit 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Part 1: The Civil War: 1861 – 1862
(Note Taking Guide)
Directions: Complete the following as you take notes over the Power Point Presentation “The Civil War (18611865).” Chapter 3, Sections 2 and 3 (PP. 78-86) may also be used as a reference.
1. How many Confederate States were there before April 1861? __________ How many after April 1861?
___________ Name the four Border States._______________, _______________, _________________, and
_________________.
2. What was President Lincoln’s main goal in fighting the Civil War? _________________________________
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3. The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired upon and forced the surrender of Fort
_____________________, which guarded the important harbor of ____________________, South Carolina
on April 12, 1861.
4. As the war began, Confederate President _________________ _________________ planned a
__________________ war strategy.
5. In the space below, list a few of the Confederacy’s Advantages it had over the Union.
6. The Union’s war strategy was called the ____________________ Plan. This plan called for
(1) _____________________________________ (2) _________________________________
(3) _____________________________________
7. In the space below, list a few of the Union’s Advantages it had over the Confederacy.
8. The first major land engagement of the Civil War occurred on July 21, 1861 near Manassas, Virginia. It
was called the Battle of ____________________ and was won by the Union/ Confederacy (Circle the
Winner). Which Confederate General emerged a hero and would eventually prove to be an irreplaceable
commander for the South? ________________________
9. General ______________________ of Virginia rejected President Lincoln’s offer to command the Union
Army and instead chose to command the Confederate Army in May 1862.
10. The bloodiest single day of the war was September 17, 1862. The Battle of __________________ in
Maryland. How many Americans died on this day? ______________ In spite of important Union victories
in Tennessee, Kentucky, and New Orleans, what was the state of the war at the end of 1862?
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11. What was the goal of the Emancipation Proclamation? ___________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________ When did it go into
effect? _________________________ If it actually freed no slaves, why is it important?
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By war’s end, nearly ______________ African Americans would serve in the Union Army.
12. In the space below, briefly describe the war’s impact on the economy of the North.
13. Protests like the _________________________ of 1863 occurred in the North in opposition to compulsive
_________________ ________________ for healthy men aged ________ to _________. Why were many
free blacks and wealthy whites targeted? _______________________________________________________
14. During the war, President Lincoln suspended the Constitutional right of _________________________ that
protects persons from __________________ without specific charges being filed. As a result, many
people were arrested, many without just, cause for suspected __________________ to the Union.
15. During the war, the South’s economy was wrecked by inflation - ___________________________________
______________________________________, in addition to the physical damage caused by the war itself.
Part 2: The Civil War: 1863 – 1865
1. July 1-3, 1863, General Lee leads the Army of Northern Virginia to ____________________, Pennsylvania
with hopes of winning a victory on Northern soil. This battle, the greatest in American history proved to
be the _______________ _______________ of the Civil War as the _______________ won a great, but
costly victory. The Union suffered ______________ casualties while the Confederacy suffered
_______________ casualties during the three day battle.
2. Another turning point occurred on July 4, 1863 as General __________________________, the Union’s
most successful commander, captures the port of _____________________, MS on the
___________________ River. By early 1864, President Lincoln gives General Grant command of the
_____________________ Army.
3. On September 2, 1864, Union General ___________________ ____________________ captures the city of
__________________, GA and marches _________ miles to the seaport of Savannah, GA destroying the
economy of the South. This controversial strategy is known as “Scorched Earth” or
_____________________________ and it led to much human suffering.
4. In the 1864 Election, President Lincoln was opposed by __________________ and ex-General
_______________________ - a peace candidate who wanted ______________________________________.
Lincoln’s Vice President was _____________________, a Democratic Senator from Tennessee who with
Lincoln formed the ________________ Party. Lincoln won with ____________/ 233 electoral votes.
5. On ________________, 1865 General _______________ surrendered to General _______________ at
__________________, Virginia, ending the Civil War - America’s bloodiest war. Who won the war?
The North or The South? The Confederacy or the Union? The Blue or the Gray? Rebels or Yanks?