Transcript What was the first action of the Civil War? Why did it start here? Fort

What was the first action of the
Civil War? Why did it start here?
• Fort Sumter (Charleston Harbor,
SC)
• The seven states had succeeded
and the North had federal troops
in Forts in the new country.
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Who was John Brown? Where
did he have a historical
uprising? What was his
purpose?
• Fanatic Abolitionist
• Harper’s Ferry VA
• To free the slaves in VA to
give them guns from the
Arsenal
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What are the Kansas Nebraska
Acts? What nickname did it gain
from outbreaks of violence in
this area?
• Repealed the Compromise of
1820 (Missouri compromise)
and opened it for the people to
vote on the issue of slavery.
• Bleeding Kansas
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What case brought the issue of
slaves going into free state not
being free due to their lack of
citizenship?
• Dred Scott Decision
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What are the three parts to the
Anaconda Plan? Who's plan
was it (N or S)?
• Blockade the South
• Split it at the Mississippi
River
• Capture the Capitol at
Richmond
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Who was the 1st Commanding
officer of the military for the
North? Who was the Second?
Who was the final?
• McDowell
• McClellan
• U.S. Grant
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What is the Writ of Habeas
Corpus? Why did Lincoln
suspend it?
• The right to see a judge and be
able to inquire the cause of their
arrest.
• Reluctant states and others in the
North going against the Union
cause (it was a time of war)
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Who was the President for the
entire war from the North? Who
was the President for the entire
war for the South?
•Abraham Lincoln
•Jefferson Davis
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What battle was the turning
point of the Civil War? How
long did it last? What was the
final attack in that war? In what
state was this battle?
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Gettysburg
3 days
Pickett’s Charge
Pennsylvania (PA)
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What freed slaves in the South?
What year was it issued? Where
were these slaves freed (in what
areas?) What effect did this
have on other countries support
for the Southern cause?
• Emancipation Proclamation
• In the rebelling States
• It became a “Moral” war. B didn’t
support the south after this.
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What were the advantages of the
North?
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Population (males)
Factories
Wealth
Farms (Food/Livestock)
Guns
Resources (coal/Iron)
Transportation
Navy/Army
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What were the Advantages of the
South?
• Defensive War
• Positive Goal; Independence
• Short communication lines and
friendly population
• United public in contrast to the
North
• Experienced Officer corps
• Cotton
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Where was the holdout
Confederate city that was under
siege for 2 months? What was
the significance of the date of it's
surrender? How did it complete
the North's plan
• Vicksburg, Miss.
• Same day as the loss in Gettysburg
• Completed the cut of the South in the
Anaconda Plan
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Who was the Commander of
the southern military?
• Robert E. Lee
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What battle (actually series of
nine battles) were fought to hold
the advancement of Northern
troops into the state of Georgia?
What did this allow the General
in charge to complete?
• Battle for Atlanta
• Sherman’s March to the Sea
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What was the name of the battle
that happened off Hampton Roads
Virginia? Why was it significant to
military history?
• Monitor vs. Merrimack “battle
of the Ironclads”
• Changed Naval warfare forever
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Where was the signing of the
end of the war?
• Appomattox Court House (VA)
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What is another word for a Draft?
Where did they have "Draft
Riots"? What did the North do
(for the first time, now it is
permanent) to try to raise more
money for military efforts?
• Conscription
• New York
• Income Tax
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What was the bloodiest single
day battle in U.S. History?
How did Lee's troop
movement get exposed to the
North?
• Antietam
• Lee’s officers dropped the plans
(wrapped around cigars) Gave the
North an advantage.
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How did "Stonewall" Jackson
die? What battle was this?
• Shot in the arm. Later died of
his wounds.
• Chancellorsville
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Where was the site of the
surrender of the South?
• Appomattox Court House
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What are the years of the Civil
War?
• 1861-1865
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What was the commemorative
speech that was made in
dedication to the war dead and the
cause they fought for? What did it
say would help the government
sustain this war?
• Gettysburg Address
• By the people, for the
people….etc PEOPLE
(democracy)
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Who was known as the "angel of
the battlefield". They helped
start the Red Cross in the U.S.
• Clara Barton
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What was the name of the
Southern Prison for P.O.W.'s?
What was the name of the
Northern Prison for P.O.W.'s?
(discussed in class)
• Andersonville, GA
• Elmira, NY
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's
Cabin?
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
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What are Cash Payments for
volunteers (only done in the
North) ?
• Bounties
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What was the name given to
Northerners that wanted to
have peace with the South?
• Copperheads
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Who was the Union Admiral
(Navy) that captured New
Orleans after a five day battle?
•David Farragut
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What is the term for people vote
(on slavery in this case)?
• Popular Sovereignty
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Where did Sherman's March
to the Sea start and finish (in
GA)?
• Atlanta
• Savannah
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What was the speech that sought
to avoid harsh treatment of the
defeated South by reminding his
listeners of how wrong both
sides had been in imagining
what lay before them when the
war began four years earlier?
• Second Inaugural Address
(Lincoln’s)
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After the battle of __________
Lincoln announced the
__________________.
• Antietam
• Emancipation Proclamation
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Where is Fort Sumter
located?
• Charleston Harbor
• South Carolina
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What caused the first ___ (#)
of states to succeed from
the Union?
• Seven
• Lincoln was Elected President
(Republican- did not want
slavery to spread into the
territories)
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What caused the second group
of states to succeed from the
Union?
• Lincoln called for more
troops after Fort Sumter
(75,000 for 3 mo.)
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What was the total amount of
states that Succeeded ? What
state proved to be invaluable to
the South (gave them some
advantages....)?
• Eleven (11)
• Virginia
– Robert E. Lee
– Population/Industrialized
– Ironworks/Naval yards
– Richmond
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What are the four "Reluctant"
states? What are they also known
as? What is significant to these
states when the emancipation
proclamation comes out?
• Maryland, Missouri, Delaware,
Kentucky
• They were slave states, but their slaves
were not freed (they weren’t in
rebellion)
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What type of war strategy did
Grant have? What does this
mean? What was his nickname?
• Total War
• Win at all cost (no real
strategy)
• Unconditional Surrender
Grant
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What was the situation that had the
U.S. stopping a British boat and
taking two CSA representative at
high seas? What was the situation
that had North giving a bill to the
British for payment on 64 sunken
U.S. boats?
• Trent Affair
• Alabama Claims
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