Union and Confederate Advantages, Disadvantages, and Strategies

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Choose the best answer regarding the advantages in terms of people and resources during the Civil War.

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The Union had the advantage of many more people and resources.

Front

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Union armies during the Civil War?

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Abraham Lincoln

Front

Who was the best general that the Confederacy had during the Civil War?

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Robert E. Lee

Front

Which of the following was NOT a Union advantage? Better President, Better generals, Much more manpower and resources, Better navy and shipyards

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Better generals

Front

Which of the following was NOT a Confederate advantage?
Fighting defensively was easier than attacking
Shorter supply lines
Better generals
Confederates were motivated to preserve the Union and end slavery

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Confederates were motivated to preserve the Union and end slavery

Front

Which answer best describes the Union's Anaconda strategy at the beginning of the war? Options: Blockade the Southern coastline, and divide the Confederacy by controlling the Mississippi River., Capture Richmond, the Confederate capital, Send armies into the South, and free all the enslaved people, Fight defensively in the North

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Blockade the Southern coastline, and divide the Confederacy by controlling the Mississippi River.

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Why did the Confederate embargo strategy against Britain fail in the first year of the war?

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The Confederacy needed British war supplies more than Britain needed cotton.

Front

Which of the following is a Union strategy that failed during the early years of the war? Fight defensively, Control the Mississippi River, Find and destroy Confederate armies, Capture and hold Confederate territory

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Capture and hold Confederate territory

Front

Which of the following was not part of President Davis's offensive-defensive strategy?
- Keep fighting in a defensive position until the North gives up
- Attack the North when possible to show Europe it could win the war and get its recognition
- Fight mainly offensively in northern territory
- Continue to exchange cotton for European military supplies

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Fight mainly offensively in northern territory

Front

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Union's total war strategy?
- Find and destroy Confederate armies
- Destroy anything in the South that gives strength to the Confederacy
- Confiscate slaves and send them north to serve in the Union armies

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Capture and control Confederate territory