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I FORM EXAM REVIEW
GIBBS
2008
QUESTION:
• What is “Martial Law” and how did we see
it used in the road to the Civil War?
ANSWER:
• A state of rule where the military is in
control, some individual rights are
suspended.
• We saw Abe use this in MD – so the Union
capital wouldn’t be surrounded by
Confederate states (Virginia had seceded
& Maryland was a slave state)
QUESTION:
• What were some of the South’s
Advantages going into the Civil War
ANSWER:
• Homefield Advantage
• Nation’s most experienced military officers
QUESTION:
• North Advantages?
ANSWER:
• More factories
• More people
• Railroads (infrastructure)
QUESTION:
• Lets talk Battle Strategy….
NORTH
SOUTH
???
???
ANSWER:
• NORTH – blockade southern ports, control
the Mississippi River, and invade VA –
capturing Richmond.
• South – defend until the North grew weary
(and public opinion of the war in the N
changed)
– Also – get resources from the British
QUESTION:
• What were three things we learned from
the Battle of Bull Run?
ANSWER:
• 1.) it was going to be a long war
• 2.) it was going to be a bloody war
• 3.) Neither side was prepared for the
reality of what we had gotten ourselves
into.
QUESTION:
• When did the Union, and more specifically,
Abraham Lincoln, add a new goal to the
war? And what was it?....
ANSWER:
• After the battle of Antietam (needed to find a
good time to bring this up – to prevent any of
the border states from freaking out) – he issued
the Emancipation Proclamation. Proclaiming
that the Union would free all of the slaves in the
CSA (not the border states)
• Goal #4 – Ending Slavery in the Confederacy
QUESTION:
• What two generals bought into the military
concept of “total war”?
ANSWER:
• Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh
Sherman
QUESTION:
•
President of the Confederate States of
America
ANSWER:
• Jefferson Davis
QUESTION:
•
Engaged in Total War through the South
on his “March to the Sea”, burning the
city of Atlanta almost entirely to the
ground.
ANSWER:
• Wm Tecumseh Sherman
QUESTION:
• Was known throughout the Union for being
patient and methodical….(or slow and
timid depending on who you talked to)
ANSWER:
• George McClellan
QUESTION:
• A tunicate at Shiloh would have saved his
life, unfortunately he died of the gunshot
wound to his femoral artery
ANSWER:
• Albert Sydney Johnston
QUESTION:
• Disagreed with Robert E Lee’s battle
tactics at Gettysburg, but there was
nothing he could do or say to change
Lee’s mind.
ANSWER:
• James Longstreet
QUESTION:
• Led his troop of Virginians up a mile long
field during the closing days of the Battle
of Gettysburg - this charge did not end
well
ANSWER:
• George Pickett
QUESTION:
• Had to tip-toe around the issue of slavery
so that he wouldn’t upset the loyal slave
states
ANSWER:
• Abe
QUESTION:
• Arrived along the shores of the Tennessee
River with backup troops just in the nick of
time.
ANSWER:
• Buell
QUESTION:
• His battle strategy was very different from
that of McClellan: FULL SPEED AHEAD
ANSWER:
• Ambrose Burnside
QUESTION:
• How did the crowd react to Abraham
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
ANSWER:
• No real reaction one way or another – they
were indifferent.
QUESTION:
•
Why did the Confederate Army not
pursue the enemy to Washington DC
following the battle of Bull Run?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Not enough reinforcements
Ran out of ammunition
Lost the battle plans
They were fighting a defensive war
None of the above
ANSWER:
• D – A DEFENSIVE WAR
QUESTION:
• What was the name of the town where the
official surrender of the Confederate Army
took place?
ANSWER:
• Appomattox Courthouse, VA
BATTLES
• Here is a Civil War Battle PowerPoint
• http://www.episcopalacademy.org/drum/M
S/WFG/CIVIL%20WAR%20REVIEW%20
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