Civil War Lecture Questions

Please answer the following in complete sentences.

1. What was the most important fort in the South at the start of the war?
2. Who drew “first blood” in the War, the Union or Confederates?
3. How was the Civil War the first modern war?
4. Given the numbers, was the Union or the Confederacy more likely to win the war? Support your answer with at least three specific pieces of evidence (see page 371 for help).
5. Describe the Anaconda plan.
6. What was the South’s military strategy?
7. What was military life like for soldiers?
8. Contrast life for a Union and Confederate woman?
9. Why were some of both Union and Confederates opposed to the war?
10. What main waterway in the Midwest did the Union successfully secure?
11.In which battle did the Confederates suffer a loss that would embolden Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
12. What was the Emancipation Proclamation and why did Lincoln give it when he did?
13. What is the Congressional Medal of Honor?
14. What is the name of the A.A. regiment that fought valiantly in South Carolina?
15. Give two reasons why Gettysburg was a significant battle in the Civil War.
16. a) The Gettysburg Address was given by whom? b) Summarize the address in two sentences c) What is the tone of the address?
17. What does attrition mean? What does it mean in context of General Grant’s war strategy?
18. What is Total War, who waged it, and what is a city that was its victim?
19. What is the significance of Appomattox?
20. What were the simple terms of the agreement that was made between the Union and the Confederates sides?