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Key Events and Battles of the Civil War (Answer Key)
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Event
Date
Location
Lincoln elected
president
November
1860
U.S.
Crittenden
Compromise
December
1860
U.S.
South Carolina
secedes
December
1860
Confederacy formed February 1861
Lincoln inaugurated
March 1861
Significance
Though winning in the electoral college, Lincoln's lack of a popular
majority (1.9 million out of 4.7 million votes cast) is an indication of the
problems he would face with a divided nation
This unsuccessful, last-minute effort to avert the Civil War would have
extended the Missouri Compromise line to California, protected slavery, &
upheld the fugitive slave law. Its defeat made the Civil War inevitable.
On news of Lincoln's election, South Carolina (site of nullification fight in
South Carolina 1830s) became the first of 11 states to secede from the Union
Montgomery,
Alabama
Washington,
D.C.
Charleston,
South Carolina
Seven states form Confederacy, write their own constitution, and plan for an
independent nation
Lincoln enters Washington D.C. in disguise because of unrest. Southerners
begin seizing federal posts.
Lincoln decides to supply Ft. Sumter, but wants the South to fire the first
shot. When Fort Sumter is attacked, the Civil War began.
During the first battle of the Civil War, Gen. McDowell led 30,000 men
Northern
against 22,000 Southern troops in an attempt to go "On to Richmond."
Bull Run (Manassas) July 21, 1861
Virginia
South scored a victory & McDowell was replaced by Gen. McClellan
Monitor vs.
Off Hampton First ironclad battle in history ends in a draw as the Merrimac withdraws
March 1862
Merrimac
Roads, Virginia after daylong exchange of fire. Union blockade of South is maintained
Grant overcomes Southern forces with heavy losses for each side: 13,000
Shiloh
April 1862
Tennessee
Union casualties, 11,000 for South
nd
2 Battle of Bull
Northern
McClellan replaced by Gen. Pope. Lee and Gen. Stonewall Jackson defeat
August 1862
Union troops again at Manassas and Pope is replaced by McClellan
Run (Manassas)
Virginia
Ft. Sumter attacked
April 1861
Antietam
September
1862
Maryland
Emancipation
Proclamation
September 23,
1862
Washington,
D.C.
Chancellorsville
May 1863
Northern
Virginia
Vicksburg
July 1863
Mississippi
Gettysburg
July 1863
Pennsylvania
Chattanooga
November
1863
Tennessee
Grant given
command of all
Union troops
March 1864
Washington,
D.C.
“March to the Sea”
Atlanta to Savannah
SeptemberDecember
1864
Georgia
Lee surrenders
April 9, 1865
Over 23,000 casualties (more than all previous American wars combined).
Convinced England & France not to ally with the CSA; Gave Lincoln
confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
With victory at Antietam, Lincoln announces that on 1/1/1863, all slaves
in the rebelling states would be free. Does not affect border states. Forces
European nations to recognize that choosing to support the South in the
Civil War is support slavery. The Civil War becomes a moral war
Gen. Hooker defeated by Lee, but Stonewall Jackson is mistakenly shot by
his own men and killed.
After a long siege, General Ulysses Grant is able to take full Union control
of the Mississippi River.
The largest battle in the Western Hemisphere. “Turning Point of the Civil
War” because the Union defeated Lee’s army & the South never again
invaded Northern soil; Began Northern “winning streak”
Reinforced with troops from the East, Grant is able to push Southern troops
back and prepare for assault on Atlanta and the heart of the Confederacy
When Lincoln's Cabinet complains that Grant is a drunk and seeks to
interfere with his command, Lincoln gives him unconditional support and
asks not to be notified of his plans. Grant embraces “total war,” begins a
siege of Richmond, and orders Sherman to “march to the sea”
Gen. Sherman destroys Atlanta and then sends troops on 300 mile
destructive March to the Sea. Railroads torn up, buildings destroyed, crops
burned in an attempt to break the will of the South; Victory of Atlanta gave
Lincoln a boost in the Election of 1864
Appomattox Lee, refusing to see his troops suffer any further, surrenders to Grant.
Court House, Va Southern troops given generous terms of surrender
Key Events and Battles of the Civil War
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Event
Date
Location
Lincoln elected
president
November 1860
U.S.
December 1860
U.S.
This unsuccessful, last-minute effort to avert the Civil War would have
extended the Missouri Compromise line to California, protected slavery, &
upheld the fugitive slave law. Its defeat made the Civil War inevitable.
South Carolina
On news of Lincoln's election, South Carolina (site of nullification fight in
1830s) became the first of 11 states to secede from the Union
South Carolina
secedes
Confederacy formed
February 1861
Lincoln inaugurated
March 1861
Significance
Seven states form Confederacy, write their own constitution, and plan for an
independent nation
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln enters Washington D.C. in disguise because of unrest. Southerners
begin seizing federal posts.
Charleston, South
Carolina
Lincoln decides to supply Ft. Sumter, but wants the South to fire the first
shot. When Fort Sumter is attacked, the Civil War began.
July 21, 1861
Northern Virginia
During the first battle of the Civil War, Gen. McDowell led 30,000 men
against 22,000 Southern troops in an attempt to go "On to Richmond."
South scored a victory & McDowell was replaced by Gen. McClellan
Monitor vs. Merrimac
March 1862
Off Hampton
Roads, Virginia
Shiloh
April 1862
2nd Battle of Bull Run
(Manassas)
August 1862
Northern Virginia
Antietam
September 1862
Maryland
Ft. Sumter attacked
Grant overcomes Southern forces with heavy losses for each side: 13,000
Union casualties, 11,000 for South
McClellan replaced by Gen. Pope. Lee and Gen. Stonewall Jackson defeat
Union troops again at Manassas and Pope is replaced by McClellan
With victory at Antietam, Lincoln announced that all slaves in the rebelling
September 23,
Washington, D.C. states (but not the border states) would be free. Forces European nations to
1862
recognize that choosing to support the South is support slavery.
May 1863
Northern Virginia
Gen. Hooker defeated by Lee, but Stonewall Jackson is mistakenly shot by
his own men and killed.
July 1863
Mississippi
After a long siege, General Ulysses Grant is able to take full Union control
of the Mississippi River.
Gettysburg
July 1863
Pennsylvania
Chattanooga
November 1863
Tennessee
Chancellorsville
March 1864
“March to the Sea”
Atlanta to Savannah
APUSH
Reinforced with troops from the East, Grant is able to push Southern troops
back and prepare for assault on Atlanta and the heart of the Confederacy
Lincoln gives Grant unconditional support and asks not to be notified of his
Washington, D.C. plans. Grant embraces “total war,” begins a siege of Richmond, and orders
Sherman to “march to the sea”
SeptemberDecember 1864
Georgia
April 9, 1865
Appomattox Court
House, Va
Lee, refusing to see his troops suffer any further, surrenders to Grant.
Southern troops given generous terms of surrender
Name ____________________
Date ____________ Pd ______
Reconstruction Plans, Laws, Amendments, and Effects
Lincoln’s
Reconstruction Plan
Congress’
Wade-Davis Bill
Andrew Johnson’s
Plan (“Presidential
Reconstruction”)
“Radical
Reconstruction” Plan
Proposed: 1863
Rejected by Congress
Proposed: 1864
Vetoed by Lincoln
Enacted:1865-1867
Enacted:1867-1877
Conditions:
Conditions:
Conditions:
Conditions:
Programs passed by
Congress to assist
African-Americans
Reconstruction
Amendments
Political Impact of
Reconstruction
Economic Impact of
Reconstruction
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1. Which Reconstruction Plan was the most appropriate for the nation after the Civil War? Explain.
2. Did the positive effects of Reconstruction outweigh the negative effects? Explain.
3. What unanswered questions remain regarding “fixing” something that is “broken” in America?