Civil War

The Anaconda Plan was

• to end slavery.

• blockade southern ports and divide the South into sections

• train officers

• a strategy for the South to win the war.

What state seceded first

• Virginia

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Massachusetts

Hope for a quick victory ended with what battle?

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

At the beginning of the war

• the South's biggest strength was military leadership.

• there were a lot of slaves in the Confederate army.

• both sides thought it would be a long war.

• General Lee was president of the Confederacy.

The Emancipation Proclamation said

• all slaves around the world are free.

• slaves must join the military.

• slaves in Confederate states are free.

• slaves in the Union states are free.

The fall of Vicksburg allowed

• the Union to control the Mississippi River.

• the war to end peacefully.

• people to be able to go fishing on the Mississippi River.

• for more states to secede.

An example of total war is

• soldiers running at each other across the battlefield.

• using horses in battles.

• sitting around waiting for the enemy to attack.

• burning and looting homes, businesses, and crops.

The president of the United States during the Civil War was

• General Grant.

• Robert E. Lee.

• Jefferson Davis.

• Abraham Lincoln.

What event got the war started?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Sherman's march through Georgia

The Battle of Fort Wagner was important because

• it was the bloodiest battle.

• It ended the war.

• African American soldiers gained respect for their bravery.

• It was total war.