Final Review #1

In the table below, list AT LEAST two strengths and weaknesses for the North and South. Use the 'Resources of the North and South' if needed to complete your table.

• North Advantages: military power, railroads/factories, population; North Disadvantages: unfamiliar territory, bad generals, motivation; South Advantages: good generals, home field advantage; South Disadvantages: less $$$, no navy, no RR, small population

• North Advantages: small population, no navy; North Disadvantages: home field advantage, good generals; South Advantages: unfamiliar territory, bad generals; South Disadvantages: railroads/factories, military power

• North Advantages: less $$$, no RR; North Disadvantages: good generals, home field advantage; South Advantages: military power, population; South Disadvantages: unfamiliar territory, bad generals

• North Advantages: no navy, no RR; North Disadvantages: population, railroads/factories; South Advantages: bad generals, motivation; South Disadvantages: military power, good generals

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox Court House

Describe the Union advantage over the Confederacy, at the Battle of Gettysburg.

• North/Union had the high ground and was able to fire down on the Confederates. Plus the South had to climb a hill in order to attack the Union troops, exposing them to gun fire.

• The Confederacy had more soldiers and better supplies than the Union.

• The Union was able to use naval forces to surround the Confederates at Gettysburg.

• The Confederacy had the high ground and was able to fire down on the Union troops.

Which side won the Civil War?

• North/Union

• South/Confederacy

• Great Britain

• France

Define the following term: Reconstruction.

• rebuilding after the Civil War

• the start of the American Revolution

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence

• the discovery of gold in California

Define the following term: Freedmen.

• former slaves

• landowners

• soldiers

• politicians

Define the following term: Jim Crow Laws.

• legalized segregation (separate but equal)

• abolition of slavery

• women's right to vote

• prohibition of alcohol

Define the following term: Sharecropping.

• pay rent and for supplies with 'share' of crops to the land owner

• own the land and keep all the crops produced

• work for a fixed salary regardless of crop yield

• trade crops directly for manufactured goods

What did the 13th Amendment fix?

• Freedom for slaves

• Right to vote for women

• Prohibition of alcohol

• Income tax laws

What did the 14th Amendment fix?

• Citizenship and 'Equal Protection of the laws' for all citizens

• The right to vote for women

• The abolition of slavery

• The establishment of the income tax