Download Unit 3 A Nation Divided Chapter 10 Section 3 The Civil War 1861

Unit 3 A Nation Divided Chapter 10 Section 3 The Civil War 1861-65 Section 1
Preparing for War pp. 176
Three days after the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter, President Lincoln asked for
75,000 volunteers to fight the _________________________________.
Lincoln’s call for volunteers led the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Arkansas to ____________________________ from the Union.
Name the four slave states that did not secede: ________________________________
_____________________________________________________. They became known
as ____________________________________ states, because4 they were located on the
border between he North and South.
It was important for Maryland to remain in the Union, it bordered on Washington, DC,
the nation’s capital Lincoln had Maryland put under ____________________________
What does that mean? _____________________________________________________
Looking at the chart on the top of pp. 177, for each of strengths listed, fill in the boxes
below with a “why” (why it’s a strength, or why it’s good) for each strength for each
side:
North
South
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What did President Lincoln feel would happen if the Union forces could capture the
Confederate capital of Richmond, Va. ____________________________________
The first big battle of the war took place in July 1861, near a creek named
_________________________________________________, in Virgina.
How close was Bull Run to Washington? __________________________________
Why did the Southerners do better than the Northerners? ______________________
President Lincoln and other Union leaders developed the Anaconda Plan. Where did they
get this name?____________________________________________________________
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List the 3 main goals of the Anaconda Plan:
1.________________________________________________________ _____________
_______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
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3. _____________________________________________________________________
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