Chapter 17: The Civil War

True or False: The basic strategy of the Confederacy was to conduct a defensive war.

• true

• false

True or False: The Union won a narrow victory at Antietam.

• true

• false

True or False: When the Civil War began, many stayed home and did not serve in the military.

• true

• false

True or False: When the Civil War began, many men of all ages rushed to join the union or confederate armies.

• true

• false

True or False: Sherman's March to the Sea ended in a defeat for the Union.

• true

• false

True or False: Sherman's March to the Sea ended in a victory for the Union.

• true

• false

True or False: The 54th Massachusetts regiment served as an all black regiment for the Union.

• true

• false

Match the following

• Yankees

• casualties

• people killed or wounded

• Frederick Douglass

• Jefferson Davis

• Confederate soldiers

• aboliltionist

• Union soldiers

• Rebels

• President of the CSA

Match the state to the side it was on during the Civil War.

Illinois

• Union

• Confederacy

Match the state to the side it was on during the Civil War.

New York

• Union

• Confederacy