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 western waterway enabled the Union to quickly enter the heart of the Confederacy?

14. What kind of surrender did Ulysses Grant allow the Confederate leaders at Fort Donaldson?

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

16. In what Tennessee 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 the Union victory at 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. Who were the biggest problem for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Richmond government and what was the main issue?

23. What were some of the reasons that the rifled musket had such a dramatic effect on the practice of warfare?

24. T or F Because of the poor state of medical knowledge, it is clear why disease was responsible for killing more soldiers than did bullets in the war.

25. What was the worst Confederate prison in Georgia, whose overcrowding and lack of food and supplies was responsible for killing thousands of Union soldiers during the war?

26. During the Civil War, violence also erupted at home over the draft. In what city did this occur most rapidly and which ethnic group was most responsible for starting the riots?

27. What was unique about the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

29. African American leaders hoped that the recruitment and service of black troops would lead to what other gains or change in attitude?

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

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?