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Battles and War
Union/Confederacy Army
African Americans
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100
The battle that was led by both General Irvin McDowell and General P.G.T. Beauregard was called the First Battle of Bull Run.
About 30,000 Union troops who were commanded by General Irvin McDowell attacked the Confederate troops led by General P.G.T. Beauregard in a battle called what?
100
Harriet Tubman was the spy who spied for the North and helped with the Underground Railroad.
Many women aided the soldiers and armies by being spies. For instance, Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Belle Boyd, and Loretta Janeta Velazquez all aided the South and spied on the North. There was one extremely famous spy who was also known for her help in the Underground Railroad. What is her name?
100
Lincoln decided that he would emancipate all enslaved African Americans in the South. He then signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
In the summer of 1862, Lincoln made a huge decision. What was this decision? He then formally signed this agreement. What did he sign?
100
The name of the Confederate ships that could sail in and out of Southern ports was called blockade runners.
What was the name of the ships that could sail in and out of Southern ports and were the Confederate troop’s ships?
100
It was called West Virginia. It was admitted into the Union in 1863.
In what used to be Virginia, forty-eight Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state and were admitted into the Union. What was the name of this state that they formed? What year was it admitted into the Union?
200
The names of the battles that took place in order to complete Grant’s plan to destroy the Confederacy were the Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and Cold Harbor.
Grant devised a plan to attack the Confederacy on all fronts at once. Therefore, while the Army of the Potomac would try to crush Lee’s army in Virginia, the western army, would advance to Atlanta, Georgia, and crush the Confederate forces in the Deep South. If the plan were to succeed, the Union would crush the Confederate troops completely. When the strategy came into effect, three battles took place. What were their names?
200
Even though the army would not accept African American volunteers, the Union navy did and they helped the North as guides and spies because they knew the South well.
The African Americans were not permitted to serve as soldiers in the Union army and were very disappointed because of this. Many of them wished to help and found ways in which they would be able to help. How did the free African Americans help the North?
200
Ten percent of the Union army was made up of African Americans and twenty percent of the navy was African Americans. Altogether, about 200,000 African Americans served and there were approximately 37,000 who lost their lives while they were defending the Union.
The Congress eventually passed a law to allow African Americans to serve in the Union Army. They volunteered for both the navy and army. After the war, what were the African volunteer’s results from the war?
200
There were many economic troubles in the South because the fighting occurred there. Most of the farmland was overrun and the rail lines were torn up. Also, large portions of the South lay in ruins, thousands of people were homeless, and many of the cities in the South were burned. The Northerners also made a blockade of Southern ports and caused severe shortages of essential goods.
The economy in the South suffered a lot more than the economy in the North because the fighting took place in the South. What were some of the economic troubles the South was encountering?
200
The advantages the North had because of their larger population was the ability to support the war effort, more industry, more abundant resources than the South, a better bankining system which aided them for raising money for the war, more ships, and a larger and more efficient railway network. Their biggest advantage was that they had Abraham Lincoln on their side. The disadvantages they had were that in order to bring the Southern states back into the Union would be difficult, and a public opinion in the North was divided over the war.
What advantages did the North that made them superior to the South? What were their disadvantages?
300
The results of the war were horrific. More than 600,000 soldiers died, there were billions of dollars of damage, there were also bitter feelings that were created. There were also positive outcomes. The federal government was strengthened to be more powerful than the states, and millions of African Americans were freed.
Finally, Lee surrendered, the Confederate forces in North Carolina also surrendered, and the president of the Confederacy was captured. The Civil War ended. Overall, what were the results of the war?
300
The draft law required for men between the ages of 18 and 35 to be obligated to serve in the army for three years. If someone were to hire a substitute, they could be excused from their task.
As the war continued, many men began to stop enlisting in the army. Slowly, there was a problem with the amount of soldiers enlisted. In April 1862, the Confederate Congress passed a draft law. What did the draft law require?
300
Even though many of the African American soldiers were wounded, captured, or killed, they gained a lot of respect from the Northerners who doubted if the blacks should participate in the war.
One of the most famous African American regiments was the 54th Massachusetts. It was a dramatic attack on a Confederate fortification near Charleston, South Carolina. What did the free African Americans who were fighting in this battle gain from this battle?
300
The Confederacy chose Richmond for their capital. It is located in Virginia. The Union chose Washington, D.C, as their capital. It is located in Maryland.
What city did the Confederacy choose for their capital? What state is it located in? What city did the Union choose? In what state can it be found?
300
One of the North’s primary goals in the West was to gain control of the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers. With them, they would be able to split the Confederacy and hinder Southern efforts to transport goods.
What was one of the North’s primary goals of the West? What would happen if they were to gain control of that?
400
Lincoln was upset because the Union let the Confederate troops get away once again. They nearly had them, but the Confederacy escaped.
General George Pickett led an attack known as the Pickett’s Charge. In this attack, the Union troops defeated the Confederate troops, but Lincoln was still upset. Why was he upset?
400
The Union’s rules for their draft were: all men over 20 and under 45 had to enlist. Someone would be able to avoid the draft if they hire a substitute, or if they pay the government $300.
The Union states also created an enlistment when they realized they did not have enough people enlisted in the army. Rather than having a draft, they offered bounties of $100 or more if one was to volunteer. When they soon realized that the system was failing, they turned to a draft. What were their rules for their draft?
400
Because the Southerners were in need for soldiers in order to defeat the North, the Confederate Congress passed a law to enlist enslaved people in the war, and eventually those who fought would be freed.
After the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, freeing the slaves in the United States, the Southerners were scared. They did not want to lose their slaves nor did they want their slaves to rebel. Although, they did not have enough soldiers to beat the North. What did they do?
400
Some of the South’s advantages were the strong support its white population gave them in the war, they had the advantage of fighting in a familiar territory, in the beginning their military leadership was superior to the North’s, they had a large pool of officers, and their Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, took a keen interest in the activities of his War Department. Their disadvantages consisted of the fact that they had a smaller population of free men to draw upon in building an army, they had very few factories to manufacture weapons and other materials, produced less than half as much food as the North, less than half the miles of railroad tracks, and vastly fewer trains.
What were some of the Southerner’s advantages? What were some of their disadvantages?
400
A Civil War is a battle between two groups in one country. The outcomes were that is devastated the economy of the South, but it contributed to the rapid economic growth of the North and West. It also enabled African Americans to gain freedom because slavery was abolished, but the war left bitterness between the North and the South. Additionally, it also established the power of the federal government over the states.
After the North and South participated in a Civil War, defending their beliefs for slavery, the United States was transformed. What is a Civil War? What were the outcomes of the Civil War?
500
This battle that the Confederate troops started was called the Battle of Shiloh. It lasted two days. On the first day, the Confederate troops drove Grant and his troops back to the Tennessee River. Then, on the second day, the Union troops were more prepared and they defeated the Confederates.
General Grant and about 40,000 Union troops headed south and camped near a small church named Shiloh. Then, the Confederate leaders decided to strike first before the reinforcements arrived, and they began a battle. What was the name of this battle and what happened during the battle?
500
Abraham Lincoln elected a new general for the army and his name was George B. McClellan.
After the North was shocked by the disorganized outcome of the battle, they began to issue for more army members. Abraham Lincoln gathered one million soldiers to form the Union army of the East, which they called Army of the Potomac. Abraham Lincoln also appointed a new general. What was his name?
500
Because a great battle took place at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the North won and gained control. They laid siege to the town and finally Vicksburg surrendered, and the North gained control over the Mississippi River.
What enabled the North to conquer and own the entire Mississippi River?
500
As Sherman’s army attacked Savannah, Georgia, they caused many harms. They took what food they wanted from the city, and then they tore up railroad lines and fields, and they also killed animals. They cut a path of destruction that was fifty miles wide.
Sherman waged a war known as a total war. It was a bold plan and they went to Savannah, Georgia. What harms did Sherman’s troops cause to the South?
500
The women took on responsibilities during the war as either teachers, office workers, salesclerks, government workers, nurses, factory workers, or managed farms. In the war, the women performed many jobs. Some of them were, rolling bandages, weaving blankets, making ammunition, collecting food, clothing, and medicine, raising money for supplies, or some were spies.
Because the men were busy participating in the war, the women had to find a way to help. They either would help outside the war with every day businesses. What responsibilities did either Northern or Southern women do that did not work in the war? Otherwise, they would help out in the actual war doing what?