Election of 1860
What political party was Lincoln a member of?
Republican Party
Which army general was famous for his "March to the Sea" toward the end of the war?
What is the name of the Union's strategy for winning the war?
The Anaconda Plan
The Industrial Revolution
Identify the side (Union or Confederacy) that held this advantage:
Many miles of Railroads.
Union
What did SC do in response to the result of the 1860 Presidential election?
Secede from the Union
Who was the leader of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
What is a blockade?
to cut off by sea
What was the name of the revolutionary new ammunition developed in the Civil War?
Mini Ball
Identify the side (Union or Confederacy) that held this advantage:
Home-field advantage
Confederacy
What does secede mean?
To formally withdraw from a country.
Who was the leader of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
destroying everything in your path
It allowed troops and supplies to get to the battlefield in record time.
Identify the side (Union or Confederacy) that held this advantage:
Skilled military leaders & hunters
Confederacy
Why did the SC Secession Convention have to be moved?
An outbreak of Smallpox
What made Jefferson Davis unique?
He was the first and only President of the Confederacy.
What was the Confederacy's strategy for winning the war?
1. Get supplies from Europe by selling cotton.
2. Hold ground until the Union got tired.
Because of the mini ball, changes had to be made to the guns soldiers used. What were these changes?
1. Rifling in the gun's barrel coupled with the grooves on the mini ball allowed the bullet to spin.
2. The repeating rifle was invented so the gun didn't have to be reloaded after every shot.
Identify the side (Union or Confederacy) that held this advantage:
More soldiers
Union
Explain the viewpoints of the following groups that were at the SC Secession Convention. Secessionists, Cooperationists, Unionists
Secessionists wanted to secede no matter what & felt it was the best option for SC
Cooperationists wanted to seceded only if other southern states came with them & as a last resort
Unionists wanted to remain part of the Union
Explain why Robert Smalls is significant.
Robert Smalls was a slave that bravely piloted his owners tugboat The Planter out to the Union blockade. He surrendered the boat to them and provided them with valuable knowledge about the waterways around the lowcountry of SC.
Explain ALL parts of the Anaconda plan.
1. Blockade southern ports
2. Attack the Confederate capital at Richmond
3. Cut the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River
4. Destroy communication & transportation systems in the south.
Explain why the Hunley was revolutionary for its time AND what it accomplished.
It was the world's first successful submarine to be used in warfare and it sunk the Housatonic in the Union's blockade.
Explain how the Union's advantages affected the outcome of the war.