Causes of the War
What was the main cause of the Civil War
What is slavery
Which side had a larger population
What is the Union (North)?
What battle was fought in Pennsylvania in July 1863
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Who was the Union general that helped win the war?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
True or False: The Union was guaranteed to win
What is false?
What myth about the war does the video correct
What is "the war was about states' rights'"?
How many enslaved people lived in the South?
What is 4 million?
What major city fell to the Union after a long siege in 1863?
What is Vicksburg?
What strategy did Grant use?
What is total war or constant pressure?
Why wasn't the war quick, despite the North's advantages?
What is strong Southern resistance and leadership?
What document clearly states slavery as a reason for seceding
What are secession declarations (e.g., Mississippi)
Name on advantage the South had in the war.
What is strong generals?
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important?
What is it stopped Lee's invasion of the North?
What did Grant understand about the Union's strengths?
What are manpower and resources?
What two factors helped the North win?
What are control of the Mississippi and total war strategy?
How did the Southern economy depend on slavery?
What is plantation agriculture/wealth built on enslaved labor?
Name 2 advantages the North had
What are factories, railroads, more people, more weapons?
What river did the Union gain control of after Vicksburg?
What is the Mississippi River?
What Southern general led troops at Gettysburg?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Why didn't foreign countries help the Confederacy?
What is Union victories and moral stance on slavery?
What key argument did the South use to defend slavery politically?
What is "states' rights" or property protection under the Constitution?
What was a major problem for the Confederacy?
What is a lack of resources and being outnumbered?
Why did these victories lower the South's chances of success?
What is they split the South and discouraged foreign support?
What was William Tecumseh Sherman's role?
What is leading the March to the Sea (total war)?
What's one reason it took four years to end the war?
What is Southern resilience, or difficulty defeating a large region?