The Civil War from 1861 to July 1863

This was the name of the opening battle of the Civil War?

• Battle of Fort Sumpter

• Battle of Fort McHenry

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

In the beginning of the Civil War, the North had a population of approximately:

• 11.8 million

• 23.5 million

• 15 million

• 30 million

The General in command of the Union army for the first half of the Civil War was:

• General Robert E Lee

• General McLellan

• General Johnston

• General Ulysses Grant

In the beginning, the North had several advantages over the South, including:

• Men, military training, home-field advantage!

• Men, factories, railways!

• Men, food, and military training!

• Men, better officers, more food!

The South had several advantages over the North in the Civil War, including:

• Men, military training, more food!

• Military training, more food, and more will to fight!

• More will to fight, better equipment and home-field advantage!

• More men, more resources, more will to fight!

The main objectives of the South in the War included:

• Gaining international recognition, taking Washington DC, and getting the North to surrender.

• Gaining international recognition, wearing down the North's will to fight, and protect slavery.

The North's goals included:

• Blockading the Southern ports, taking Richmond and taking control of the rivers!

• Blockading the South, Taking Richmond and punishing the Southern States for leaving the Union.

• Blockading the South, Taking Richmond, retaking Washington DC.

• Blockading the South, keeping the border states in the Union, and freeing the slaves in Northern states!

During the first battles of the Civil War, the North:

• Was losing ground to the South because it was losing battles!

• Was losing battles to the South, giving Southerners hope that independence might be achieved.

• Was completely disorganized resulting in mass desertions and military defeats!

• Was winning the war and putting pressure on the South to just give up!

The main reason for both battles of Bull Run during the first two years of the war were to:

• Prevent the South from invading the Northern States!

• Prevent the South from taking the rivers and destroying the Confederacy!

• Try and take Richmond for the Union or to see if the South could invade the North!

• To prevent the North from taking Washington DC and to try and take Richmond, which was the capital of the South.

In the Fall of 1862, a full year into the Civil War, the tide of the war started to turn in favor of the Union this battle?

• Battle of Fredericksburg

• The Second Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Chancellorsville

• The Battle of Antietam