USHC Unit 3 Section 1 #2 - Wilson HS

What is the military strategy in which not only does an army attack its enemy's troops, but also the economic and civilian resources that support them?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Total War

• Détente

• Blitzkrieg

What battle of the Civil War proved that the war would not be short nor be easy?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

What battle of the Civil War proved to be the turning point of the war, never again would the Confederacy have the manpower to invade the North again?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

What battle of the Civil War proved to be the first shots of the war, starting the Civil War?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

What battle of the Civil War gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, successfully cutting the Confederacy in half, key to the Anaconda Plan?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

What action of the Civil War was designed to destroy Southern moral and their willingness to support the war?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

Which side of the Civil War possessed the advantages of a larger population, a well-balanced economy, money, and an already existing government and military?

• Union

• Confederacy

Which side of the Civil War possessed the advantages of better military leadership, fighting on their own lands, fighting to uphold their way of life, and they did not have to win the war to be successful?

• Union

• Confederacy

What famous document reminded the American people why they were fighting the Civil War: preserve the union, uphold freedom and equality, and to promise the birth of a new nation?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Freeport Doctrine

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation?

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do?

• Kept European nations of the Civil War

• Convinced African Americans to become involved in the war

• Ended slavery in the United States

• Gave the Civil War a moral purpose