THE DIVIDED UNION - Part 2 - BLOODY STALEMATE

1.Where were the military leaders of the North and South trained?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What became the standard union color?

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

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

13. Why did the South believe that England would recognize and ally themselves with the Confederacy?

14. What underlying problem did the South overlook because of their cockiness and unbounded trust in "King Cotton"?

15. T or F In the beginning of the war, the Union blockade of the South was very effective.

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

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

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

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

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

21. What valley was the breadbasket of the South which provided most of their food during the war?

22. Why did the Union want to capture Richmond?

23. Who emerged as the new Confederate commander after victoriously repulsing the Union at Richmond?

24. What was important about the actual Battle of Antietam?

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

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

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

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

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

30. Military speaking, how can the first two years of the Civil War be categorized? (regarding overall outcome for the North and South to date)