THE DIVIDED UNION

1. T or F The North's motives for going to war were not obvious or clear cut.

2. What may be one reason that united the North behind Lincoln and the idea of "union"?

3. T or F Initially, the North was not militarily prepared to fight a war.

4. What important support did the North try to prevent the South from getting before and during the war?

5. T or F A shortage of supplies, food, & men consistently plagued the North throughout the war.

6. What was developed 20 years before the war which makes it easier to study and "see" what the war was like?

7. What was, to us today, and amazing aspect of the Battle of Manassas?

8. What about the infantry rifle contributed to the heavy casualties?

9. What became the standard union color?

10. Who won the first Battle of Bull Run/Manassas?

11. What was the most important opportunity which was lost by the South after the Battle of Bull Run?

12. What kind of boat used in the Civil War revolutionized naval warfare?

13. What kind of surrender did Ulyses Grant allow the Confederate leaders at Fort Donaldson?

14. What enabled the Union to quickly enter the heart of the Confederacy?

15. What was the significance of Grant's capture of these forts?

16. In what battle did more soldiers die than in all of the United States losses in wars up to that time?

17. What was unique about the location of the Battle of Antietam?

18. T or F The casualties at Antietam outnumber all one day casualties in all of United States history, not just the Civil War.

19. Who was the Union General who did not follow up by pursuing the South after Antietam?

20. What political maneuver turned the undecided Battle of Antietam into a moral victory for the North?

21. T or F To Lincoln, saving the Union was more important that abolishing slavery.

22. What was significant about the provisions put forth in Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

23. During the Civil War, violence also erupted at home over the draft. What city did this occur most rapidly?

24. The recruitment of black troops began after what battle?

25. T or F Black soldiers were treated unequally, even though they had been serving in the U.S. Navy.

26. T or F Jefferson Davis responded to the crisis of the Civil War better than President Lincoln.

27. How did Lincoln’s writings/speeches differ from politicians today?

28. What city was the major port where supply ships could slip past the Union blockade before it was closed by the Union Navy?

29. Which notorious confederate ship single-handedly destroyed several hundred union ships?

30. What political issue caused Robert E. Lee to have supply problems?

31. Who did Lincoln name as Commander in Chief of the Union Army?

32. T or F The North could not recover from their losses at Wilderness Battlefield.

33. What nickname did Grant get after the Battle of Cold Harbor?

34. Which Civil War general is most associated with the term Total War?

35. What political news was even more devastating news to the Confederacy than Sherman’s march through Georgia?

36. What were the South's 3 chances to win the Civil War?