CH15: Civil War Review

The basic strategy of the Confederacy was to conduct _____ war.

• an agressive

• an offensive

• a defensive

• a clean and just

This quotation provided a nickname for which Northern hero?

"No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted."

—at the capture of Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862

• Albert Sidney Johnson

• David Farragut

• George McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who does Grant refer to as "they"?

"[They] will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us."

—Ulysses S. Grant, letter to Abraham Lincoln, August 23, 1863

• female spies

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• young people

Because the war disrupted their supply of cotton, the South expected support from Britain and _______?

How did the Union army intend to prevent supplies from reaching the eastern Confederacy?

• by stopping rebel troops from crossing the river

• by taking control of the Mississippi River and its tributaries

• by capturing Confederate ships along the rivers

• blowing up railways

What city was the capital of the Confederacy?

• Richmond, Virginia

• Washington, D.C.

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• Baltimore, Maryland

mong the abolitionists who urged Lincoln to make the Civil War a fight to end slavery were Frederick Douglass and _____

• James Buchanan.

• William T. Sherman.

• Horace Greeley.

• Winfield Scott.

Which battle resulted in the single deadliest day of the Civil War?

• Second Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Battle of Antietam

Answer explanation

About 6,000 soldiers died. About 17,000 more suffered wounds.

One reason - technology had leapt ahead of military tactics

Why was the border state of Maryland vital to the Union?

• It was close to the Confererate capital, Richmond, VA.

• It controlled parts of the Mississippi River.

• In controlled the Ohio River.

• It provided many natural features protecting Union forces from attack.

What was the North's goal of the Civil War?

• The North wanted to restore the Union.

• It wanted to abolish slavery.

• It wanted to capture Virginia because of its valuable natural resources.

• The North wanted revenge for the losses at Bull Run.