North vs South
How long did each side think that the war would last?
Only a couple of months. 4 months max.
What was the first battle of the war?
Battle of Fort Sumter.
What was the North's military plan called? What was the idea behind it?
Anaconda Plan
Block southern ports, split the Confederacy in two via the Mississippi River, and capture the Confederate capital in Virginia. Restrict the Confederacy so that they can't receive any resources.
What side fired first?
Confederacy
Describe the soldiers who fought in the war.
Unskilled, never shot a gun before, lot of volunteers, wore what they had on, families turned on each other, didn't have time to train.
What was two things that gave the South an advantage?
Military traditions, defensive battle, better generals, military traditions.
Describe the First Battle at Bull Run.
Very disorderly. People in Washington put on their best clothes to come watch. South won.
Who was the commander for each side?
Union: Ulysses Grant
Confederacy: Robert E. Lee
What were the two ways in which you could get out of conscription?
You could hire someone to take your place or you owned 20+ slaves.
What year was the Gettysburg Speech given? What are the first 6 words of it?
November 1863
"Four score and seven years ago"
What was three different names for the Union?
Yankees, Union, Federals, United States of America
More men were killed in one day than any other day in all of US history. 26,000 deaths which is 5 million deaths in today's population. Union victory. McClellan is fired after this battle.
What general surrendered to the other to end the war? When did the surrender take place (year)? Where did it take place?
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865
When were African Americans allowed to join the war effort?
1862
What was the point of having speeches at Gettysburg? What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
They were dedicating a cemetery to those who had died there. The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the goal of war from just reunifying the Union to eliminating slavery. Every man is created equal.
Who was the president for each side?
Union: Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy: Jefferson Davis
Describe the battle of Vicksburg. Give three different facts/details of this battle.
It was the turning point of the war. Union won. People were so hungry they were eating dogs and mules. Confederacy was cut in two, and the South is running out of men.
What was the South's stance on states' rights and slavery?
They believed that states could leave the Union if they wanted to. It wasn't a binding effect.
They knew that if slavery didn't move west, their economy would go downhill and it would end.
What were four ways in which African Americans were discriminated against during the war.
Separate Regiments, earned less money than white soldiers, higher mortality rate (were forced to work the worst jobs), executed on the spot when captured.
What were the four reasons that Britain remained neutral?
They already had a huge cotton inventory, they found new sources in Egypt and India, wheat and corn had replaced cotton as an essential import, they outlawed slavery in the 1830s.
What years did the Civil War take place?
April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865
Give three different details about the battle of Gettysburg.
3-day battle, not planned, many of the Confederate soldiers went there looking for shoes, it was a turning point of the Civil War, North won and it crippled the South further.
What was the North's stance on states' rights and slavery?
They didn't think that states could leave the Union once they joined.
They didn't want slavery moving West because it would take jobs from them.
What were the results of Lee surrendering to Grant? Why were they this lenient?
Grant pardoned Lee's soldiers and sent them home with their personal possessions, horses, and three days' rations, and officers were permitted to keep their sidearms. Each side just wanted to move past the war.
When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated? Who assassinated him? Where was he assassinated?
April 14, 1865, within a week after Lee surrendered to Grant.
Assassinated in Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth.