Generals
General who could win battles with a much smaller army.
Who is Robert E. Lee
Name a character flaw of General Hooker and one tactical mistake he made in the battle.
CHARACTER: Talks too much, too arrogant to listen
TACTICS: repeated frontal assaults that failed
Explain how Vicksburg was almost impossible to capture and how long did Grant try to conqueor it by land.
Vicksburg was like a fortress; it had natural defenses: high on hill and craggy ground hard for soldiers to scale and much water around the territory.
Name a benefit that soldiers with money could buy if they wanted to avoid war.
What is a substitute.
What can we predict that will be consecrated after the Battle of Gettysburg?
What is Gettysburg Cemetery?
consecrate: to declare holy and honorable
Name the general who bragged about how formidable he would be in a fight. Name the battle he fought in.
Joseph Hooker
Name one character trait of General Lee and one brilliant tactic that he used in the battle.
CHARACTER: remained calm, humble and listened to his officers
TACTIC: Dividing his army two times and sending Stonewall Jackson to surprise attack Hooker's troops
Name a tactic that Grant used that showed his leadership, determination, and decisiveness.
Took his troops through the swamp for months, risking no supplies and the dangers of the swamp.
When Stonewall Jackson said to mystify the enemy, what did he mean?
to confuse or puzzle the enemy
Name the specialty of a surgeon?
The perform surgeries and operations.
Name the state and the battle that General Grant made a decisive decision to take his army into very dangerous territory
The Battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi
What did Hooker do when he was warned that a large army was riding through the "Wilderness" and headed in Union's direction.
He ignored his sentries' warning.
He had five previous victories in the West.
And displayed traits of a leader.
What new technology helped Lincoln win the war?
What is a telegraph
Name the vocabulary word that illustrates General McClellan's fatal flaw.
What is excessive caution?
What action did General Grant take that alarmed General Robert E. Lee
Grant had laid siege to Vicksburg. Explain siege.
Explain how General Jackson's philosophy contributed to his death.
What is He was so determined to pursue and destroy Hooker's army, that he ignored the dangers of the darkness and was shot by his own men.
Explain how Grant, hundreds of miles from the Eastern theater, shook up Robert E. Lee and moved him to dangerous action.
Two weeks after Chancellorsville, Lee became aware that Vicksburg was undersiege by Grant's army and a naval blockade.
Name the two ways a soldier could join the army during the Civil War.
1. Volunteer
2. Drafted and forced to serve
Name something from our study of the Civil War that could be labeled "rightous"
What is the Emancipation of the enslaved
or the Emancipation Proclamation
Explain why the death of Stonewall Jackson is devastating to the Confederacy's War effort.
What is "He is the right arm of RE Lee, an expert in tactics, and a fierce warrior respected by all of the CSA troops.
Chancellorsville is said to be General Lee's most brilliant victory. Name the two terrible, costly losses that this victory cost the confederacy.
What is: 13, 000 soldiers lost (casualties)
death of Stonewall Jackson
What can historians predict will happen if Grant's siege is successful and Vicksburg falls?
The Confederate army will have no presence in the Western theater, will not be able to share supplies and men, Grant and his Army of Tennessee will move over to the Eastern Theater to face RE Lee.
Name one female that was allowed on the terrible battlefront.
Who is Clara Barton?
Name the synonym for consecrate
What is hallow? to honor or respect