A Conflict from Within
What was the main strategy of the North (Union)?
Isolate the South
Who was the most successful of the Union's western theatre generals?
Ulysses S. Grant
BONUS: What was General Grant's given birth name?
Hiram Ulysses Grant
What battle is often considered the bloodiest single day in US history?
Battle of Antietam
Why was the capture of these two forts so significant for the Union war effort?
Opened South up to invasion from two different water routes
Part of the Northern strategy was to accomplish which two specific goals:
Take control of the entire Mississippi River AND take Richmond, VA the Confederate capital
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
changed the legal status of enslaved African Americans in secessionist states
If the South could not sell _______ to Britain it would _____________ .
cotton, run out of money to fight
General Burnside ordered traditional charge and as a result of this type of maneuver thousands of men went running into Confederate gunfire. Which battle was this?
Battle of Fredericksburg
Why was Corinth, Mississippi so important?
Important railroad center
What was the main strategy of the South (Confederates)?
Defend Southern land until the North gives up
With the result of the Battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation, British and French governments were ________________________
discouraged from recognizing the Confederacy as an independent nation
What is one reason the Union lost the First Battle of Bull Run under McDowell?
poorly trained troops
Stonewall Jackson
What was the first state to sucedede, or break, from the Union?
South Carolina
How did the South hope to finance, or pay for, their war effort?
Trade with Great Britain
Why was the capture of these Forts Donelson and Henry so significant for the Union war effort?
Opened the South up to invasion from two different water routes
General McClellan knew his troops could easily have defeated 15,000 Confederate soldiers but he stopped to ask Lincoln to send more men. What was the result of this?
This delay allowed the Confederates to reinforce their small army
In February of 1862, Grant and his army captured what two forts?
Fort Henry & Fort Donelson
BONUS: Who was the US Secretary of War during the Lincoln administration?
Edwin Stanton
Name the four Union generals we discussed in class. Carousel of Generals
Irvin McDowell, George McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker
By the summer of 1862, the Union crucially controlled almost all of ____________
Mississippi River
Which Confederate General made the bold decided to invade the North?
Robert E. Lee
In ________ theater, Union generals were not so ___________
Western, cautious
BONUS: Who was the Secretary of State during the Lincoln administration?
William H. Seward