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How did the South try to gain foreign support as their political strategy against the Union?
cotton diplomacy
The Emancipation Proclamation did what?
called for all slaves in areas rebelling against the Union to be freed.
Which of the following individuals marched into South Carolina, after his capture of Atlanta, as part of his march-to-the-sea campaign?
Sherman
What was the name of the Confederate blockade runner that was the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship?
Hunley
Why was the capture of Port Royal near Beaufort, SC, a successful part of the Union’s military strategies in the Civil War?
South Carolina was completely controlled by the Union Army.
What was the first major setback for the Confederate Army allowing the Union to take control of South Carolina’s imports and exports?
Capture of Port Royal Sound
The Confederate and Union armies were not always evenly matched. Which of the following was an obvious advantage that the Union army had over the Confederate army?
The Union army had more soldiers and more supplies.
Describe how the 54th Massachusetts Infantry were treated during the Civil War?
The 54th Massachusetts were not treated as equals to white soldiers during the civil war.
Women were left behind to tend to the farms and run the plantations. What made life especially difficult for women?
shortages of supplies
Why did the South need to develop a working submarine like the H.L. Hunley?
They wanted to use the Hunley to break the Union blockade.
What is the name of the slave from Beaufort who was an experienced harbor pilot in Charleston and carried messages back and forth for the Confederacy, and later escaped to the side of the Union and sailed for them?
Robert Smalls
The Confederate and Union armies were not always evenly matched. Which of the following was an obvious advantage that the Confederate army had over the Union army?
The Confederate army had better, more experienced military leaders.
What was total war during the Civil War?
Destroying anything in the Union's path for the war effort
Which of the following terms made Confederate money worthless, further making life difficult for Southern women during the war?
inflation
Name a role most women played in the war?
Developing medicines, nursing soldiers, and managing farms....
Why did Union leaders want control of the Mississippi River?
to cut the Confederates off from supplies
Where was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Richmond Va
Abraham Lincoln‘s purpose for giving the Gettysburg Address was which of the following?
To demonstrate his renewed commitment to winning the war
Confederate soldiers often had trouble getting food, clothing, and ammunition. Which of the following reasons made it extremely difficult for the South to get needed supplies to its soldiers?
The Union blockade of Charleston
After the Civil War, a traveler through SC remarked “One notices the how few men there are, and how generally the young women are dressed in black.” What conclusion can you make from this sentence?
The state lost many men in the Civil War
The purpose of the war for the North changed with which of the following?
Emancipation Proclamation
What fort in Charleston Harbor was the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861?
Sumter
Which of the following statements best explains how men from the lower classes served and died in disproportionate numbers to their elite countrymen?
“rich man’s battle, poor man’s salute”
Why was it important that the southern states keep their ports open and operational during the Civil War?
All of the major cities of the Confederacy were port cities.
You will do well on this, correct?
yes