Unit 4 Review Game

Advantages & Strategies

100

List an advantage for the North in the Civil War

- More railroads to transport troops & supplies
- Larger Populations = larger armies
- Industrial Economy meant factories made plenty of supplies
- Larger Navy

#1

200

List an advantage of the South in the Civil War

- Better Generals
- Fighting on defense
- Knowledge of the land (home-field)
- Cash Crops
- Fighting for their independence

#1

300

What was the North's reason for fighting the Civil War at the BEGINNING of the war?

To keep the country from splitting apart (preserve the Union)

#4

400

Describe the South's Strategy to win the war

Defensive strategy: keep the North out long enough for European nations to become allies (Thanks to cotton)

#3

500

What were the 3 parts of the North's "Anaconda" plan?

1. Ruin southern trade by using a blockade
2.  Capture the Mississippi River
3.  Capture Richmond

This will slowly strangle the south's economy so they can no longer fight a war.

#2

Emancipation Proclamation

100

This President issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln

(Not on Study Guide)

200

What is "Emancipation"?

To free

(Not on Study Guide)

300

What was the name of the document that was the first instance of freeing slaves in the United States?

The Emancipation Proclamation

#5

400

Name at least 2 military advantages of the Emancipation Proclamation

- Gives the North a better reason to fight
- Takes away workers from the southern economy
- 200,000 African-American soldiers will volunteer to fight in the war to fight for freedom

#6

500

In what areas did the Emancipation Proclamation actually free slaves?

Areas that were controlled by the South (in a state of rebellion)

#7

Battles of the Civil War

100

This 3 day battle was the largest battle of the war, and the turning point for the North

Gettysburg

#8

200

Abraham Lincoln waited until after this bloody "victory" to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Antietam

#8

300

This battle was the final "battle" of the Civil War

Appomattox Courthouse

#8

400

This battle gave the North complete control of the Mississippi River

Vicksburg

#8

500

This battle used "total war" to attack southern homes to hurt the South's ability to fight the war.

Sherman's March to the sea

#8

Reconstruction I

100

What did the 13th amendment do?

Freed all of the slaves

#12

200

What did the 14th amendment do?

Granted citizenship to all freed slaves

#12

300

This organization was created in the post-Civil War south to intimidate black voters

KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

Not on your study guides

400

List a major issue facing African-Americans after the Civil War

- Lack of education
- Finding a job
- Protection from racism
- Basic human rights


#9

500

What was the "Freedman's Bureau"?

An organization that helped african-americans get jobs and an education during reconstruction

#11

Reconstruction II

100

What did the 15th amendment do?

Protected the rights of all (male) citizens to vote 

aka suffrage

#12

200

This was Lincoln's plan where only 10% of a southern state needed to be loyal to the Union before it could re-enter the country

*Hint: people in the 1800's aren't very creative with naming things

10% Plan

#10

300

What is a way southern governments tried to keep African-Americans from voting

- Grandfather clause
- Literacy Tests
- Poll Taxes
- Intimidation & Violence

Not on study guide

400

What were the name of the laws that included voter suppression and segregation in the south after Reconstruction ended?

"Black Codes" or "Jim Crow" laws

#14

500

What was the name of the economic system in the south that kept many African-Americans from achieving prosperity by keeping them in debt to wealthy plantation owners?

Sharecropping

#13