War Strategies and Advantages
Important People
Major Battles
Civil War in TX
Reconstruction
100
1. Establish a naval blockade to prevent goods & war supplies from entering or leaving ports 2. Gain control of Miss. River to cut their opponent's land in two 3. Capture Richmond, Virginia, their opponent's Capital (Hint: Which side, the North or South, would use these strategies?)
What were the Northern War Strategies?
100
The leader of the Confederate army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
100
The first battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
100
Common goods or items that were hard to get in Texas during the war. (three items that there were shortages of)
What are coffee, sugar, and paper?
100
Black codes
What are laws that prevented newly-freed African-Americans from having the same freedoms as whites?
200
1. Fight a defensive war & wear down their opponent's will to fight. 2. Use cotton diplomacy by denying cotton to European textile markets in hopes of persuading European countries to recognize & support them (Hint: Which side, the North or the South, would use these strategies?)
What were the Southern War Strategies?
200
The leader of the Union army
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
200
Battle of Palmito Ranch
What was the last battle of the Civil War? OR What was the battle of the Civil War that was fought after the South had surrendered?
200
One example of aggression of how Unionists were treated in Texas.
What is the Great Hanging?
200
this lead to the end of Reconstruction
What is the Presidential Election of 1876?
300
In addition to the Blockade of the South, the North blocked these things so that the South couldn't use them for trade. (Hint: This is what would eventually cause the war to end.)
What is destroying the railroad to the west and taking over the Mississippi River?
300
Jefferson Davis
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
300
Battle of Galveston
What Civil War battle was the only one to be fought both in the water and on land?
300
People used these to make up for shortages of items that they needed during the war.
What are substitutes?
300
Emancipation Proclamation (which slaves were freed by this)
What freed slaves in the areas that were rebelling against the Union?
400
The biggest advantage the North had. The biggest advantage the South had.
What is the North had a stronger manufacturing base? What is the South had better generals?
400
The Union General that set out across the South to Savannah destroying any resources that could help the South. His campaign was called the March to Sea.
Who was William Tecumsah Sherman?
400
Battle of Gettysburg
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
400
Gunpowder mills, weapons factories, iron foundries
What were the new industries that Texans established to get ready for the war?
400
John Wilkes Booth
Who shot and killed Lincoln after the Civil War?
500
Establishing a naval blockade to prevent goods & war supplies from entering or leaving Ports (Hint: Whose strategy was this and for what battle/campaign?)
What strategy were Northerners hoping to accomplish at the Battle of Galveston/The Blockade of the South?
500
His winning of an election was the cause of the beginning of the Civil War. He gave the Gettysburg Address and agreed to send out the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
Battle of Sabine Pass
What battle helped restore Southern Confidence?
500
Cattle, Corn, Cotton
What Texas resources were a help to the Confederacy?
500
What four things did southern states have to do to become part of the Union again?
What is 1. set up a temporary government 2. all white adult males had to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States 3. end slavery 4. declare secession illegal?
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