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The Civil War: Powerpoint Notes
1. The capital of the Confederacy was ______________________________________________.
2. The capital of the Union was ___________________________________________________.
3. The four slave states loyal to the Union were called _________________________________.
4. In 1861, _________________________________ seceded from Virginia, created their own state, and
joined the Union.
5. What were the North’s advantages at the beginning of the war?
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________________
6. What were the North’s disadvantages at the beginning of the war?
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
7. What were the South’s advantages at the beginning of the war?
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
8. What were the South’s disadvantages at the beginning of the war?
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________________
9. What was the main goal of the North? _____________________________________________
10. Their plan was called the ___________________________________. With it they would:
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
11. The main goal of the South was to be ____________________________________________.
12. The South’s plan was:
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________
13. Confederate soldiers were called _________________________________________.
14. Union soldiers were called ______________________________________________.
15. The first major battle of the war was the _____________________________________________.
16. Lincoln ordered a __________________________ of Southern ports to keep the South from:
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
17. On March 9, 1862, the ____________________________ and the _____________________ met in the
first battle between two ________________________________________.
18. The Union plan in the West was to ______________________________________________ and
_____________________________________________________________________.
19. The Union general in the West was _____________________________________________.
20. Two of the bloodiest days of the war occurred during the ____________________________.
21. The North lost the _____________________________________________ in August 1862.
22. Davis hoped a victory in Northern territory would convince _____________________ and
__________________ to recognize and support the Confederacy.
23. The two sides met in the ________________________________________________ on
________________________________________________.
24. The Battle of Antietam was the ____________________________________________ of the war.
25. From the beginning, the North’s goal was to ______________________________________.
26. Lincoln signed the ______________________________________________________ on
_______________ declaring that slaves in Confederate states were from now on free.
27. It applied only to the ______________________ and therefore _______________________.
28. In ____________, the ________ amendment was ratified, ___________________________.
29. The most famous African American regiment was the ______________________________.
30. ________________________________ founded the American _______________________.
31. “____________________________________________” were Northern Congressmen that favored
negotiating with the Confederates to end the war and leave slavery in the South.
32. ________________________________________ died at the Battle of Chancellorsville after being shot
accidentally by his own men.
33. Union troops surprised Rebels in __________________________, raiding the town for shoes.
34. Lee’s defeat at Gettysburg ended his _______________________________________________.
35. The capture of Vicksburg allowed the North to accomplish the _______________________.
36. Union victories at _________________________ and _______________________________ were the
____________________________________________ of the Civil War.
37. In March 1864, Lincoln placed _______________________________________ in charge of all Union
armies.
38. Who won the presidential election of 1864? _______________________________________
39. In Lincoln’s __________________________________________________, he said “with malice toward
none… let us strive… to bind the nation’s wounds.”
40. ____________________________________________ burned Atlanta to the ground and marched to
___________________________________________ on his “march to the sea.”
41. On ____________________________, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at
__________________________________________________________________.
42. Grant’s terms of surrender were ______________________________________.
43. There were several consequences of the Civil War:
1. ________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________________
REVIEW OF MAJOR BATTLES/EVENTS
A. The first battle of the Civil War was when Confederate forces attacked ____________________ in
Charleston, South Carolina.
B. A major turning point occurred in the Battle of ___________________ in Pennsylvania where
Robert E. Lee’s attempt at winning in the _______________ was repelled.
C. The North’s victory at the Battle of ___________________ gave the Union control of the Mississippi
River.
D. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederates to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union at ________________
______________________________________ in 1865, finally ending the American Civil War.