Unit 6, Section 1 HW

Match key Civil War people below with their correct description (key terms #1-5)

• Jefferson Davis

• Promoted to General of US forces after Battle of Vicksburg; accepted Lee's surrencer

• Ulysses S. Grant

• First and only president for the Confederacy

• William T. Sherman

• Commander of the Confederate forces from 1861-1865, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• 16th President of the United States, led the United States throughout the Civil War

• Robert E. Lee

• Led US forces on the "March to the Sea"

Key Term #6: What was the Anaconda Plan?

• Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to defeat the Confederacy.

• A strategy to expand the Union Army into Canada.
• A plan to negotiate peace with the South.
• A Confederate strategy to invade the North.

Key Term #7: This was an important Civil War battle fought on September 17, 1862, in Maryland, significant for being both a strategic victory for the Union and for being the first major battle that took place on Northern soil.

• Battle of Fredericksburg
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Gettysburg

Key Term #8: What was significant about the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It was a military strategy to defeat the Union forces.
• It was a law passed by Congress to abolish slavery nationwide.
• It declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate states.
• It granted voting rights to all African Americans.

Key Term #9: The ​ (a)   was an infantry regiment was formed during the Civil War in 1863 and it bears the distinction of being the first all-African American unit in U.S. military history.

• 54th Massachusetts
• 32nd New York
• 76th Pennsylvania
• 12th Connecticut

Key Term #10: This was one of the bloodiest battles during the American Civil War. Set in Pennsylvania, it is also credited as a major turning point for the Union in the war against the Confederacy

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Fredericksburg
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Antietam

Organize these options into the right categories for the Union and Confederacy.

Groups:

(a) Union Advantages

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(b) Confederacy Advantages

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(c) Union Disadvantages

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(d) Confederacy Disadvantages

• Small population (9 million; 3.5 million slaves)

• No navy

• Lack of military leadership

• Better military leadership

• More factories, railroads, and money

• Fighting on home turf

• Weak motivation

• Larger population (22 million)

Question #2: The Southern strategy at the beginning of the Civil War was to fight what type of strategy?

• Naval strategy
• Defensive strategy
• Guerrilla strategy
• Offensive strategy

Question #3: Why were the Confederate soldiers so highly motivated during the Civil War?

• They were driven by a desire to expand their territory into the North.
• They fought primarily for the interests of the federal government.
• They were preserving their way of life and fighting to keep slavery and states’ rights.

• They were motivated by promises of wealth and land.

Question #4: What was the three-part plan (the “Anaconda Plan”) of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War? (select 3 options)

• Blockade the South

• Divide at the Mississippi River

• Conquer the South

• Ratify the 13th Amendment