Road to the Civil War
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
What is Fort Sumter?
What was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War?
What is Antietam?
Which side had more factories and industry?
What is The Union (North)?
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What was the most common cause of death for soldiers during the Civil War?
What is disease?
What issue caused the greatest division between the North and South?
What is Slavery?
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
Which side mainly fought a defensive war strategy?
What is The Confederacy (South)?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
What is slaves in Confederate states were free?
Name one role women played during the Civil War.
Nurses / Spies / Factory Workers / Managing Farms
What is the term for when Southern states left the United States?
What is Secession?
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important for the Union?
What is it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
What was the main goal of the Union’s Anaconda Plan?
What is to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to squeeze the South out of resources?
What was the main purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
What is to honor soldiers and redefine the war as a fight for freedom and unity?
How did new weapons like rifled muskets make the war more deadly than previous wars?
What is they were more accurate and had longer range?
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
What is South Carolina?
Why was Gettysburg considered a turning point for the Confederacy?
What is it stopped Lee’s invasion of the North and was a major defeat for the Confederates?
Name one major advantage the Confederacy had at the start of the war.
Strong Generals / Fighting on Home Territory / Motivation
Why was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment important?
What is one of the first African American Union regiments that proved Black soldiers could fight bravely?
Why were prison camps like Andersonville so deadly?
What is overcrowding, poor sanitation, lack of food, and medical care?
Why did many Southerners believe they had the right to leave the Union?
What is States’ rights/belief states could choose to leave the Union?
How did Sherman’s March to the Sea reflect a new kind of “total war” strategy?
What is it targeted civilian resources and infrastructure to weaken the South’s ability to fight?
Explain why the North’s advantages in population and industry became more important as the war continued.
What is they could replace soldiers and supplies more easily over time, wearing the South down?
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the goal of the Civil War?
What is it made ending slavery a goal of the war, not just preserving the Union?
How did improvements in transportation, like railroads, changed the way the war was fought?
What is troops and supplies could move faster, making large-scale battles and strategies possible?