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WorksheetsAntebellum South Carolina and The Civil War pt.2 - The War
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Which event was the catalyst for the secession of the Southern states from the Union? pg. 3-18
The ships at Fort Sumter being destroyed by the North
The Election of Abraham Lincoln as President, thought he would end slavery.
The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
The abolition of Slavery in the South
Which person was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
The Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea happened...
Before Fort Sumter
Before the Battle of Gettysburg
After the Battle of Gettysburg
Before the Civil War
The General that lead the Campaign to capture Atlanta was...
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
Sherman wanted Atlanta captured for what reason?
Atlanta was the capital of the Confederacy.
Atlanta had become a big supply hub having lots of railroads.
Atlanta was a Union supporting town.
Sherman did not want Atlanta, he only wanted Savannah.
Select all the Sherman destroyed using the tactic, "Total War" on his March to the Sea.
Animals (livestock)
Supplies and materials
Railroads
Businesses
After Sherman's March to the Sea, what did he do next?
Went home to his family
Marched North to Tennessee, continuing his destruction
Marched North to South Carolina, continuing his destruction
Stayed in Savannah to protect the coast
At the beginning of the Civil War, many northerners believed that
they would never be able to beat the Confederate Army.
they would do anything it took to make sure that blacks and whites were seen as equals.
they would easily defeat the Confederate Army.
the war would be long and drawn-out and would be a total waste of money.
Which of the following was NOT a reason why so many people from the North and South were sick of the Civil War after a few years?
It was the deadliest war in U.S. history and people wanted to end the deaths.
Many American men were drafted into the war even though they did not want to fight.
The war led to an increase in global trade for the South.
The war was causing shortages of food and supplies, especially in the South.
TRUE OR FALSE: The main way that Sherman changed the Union's war strategy was by hurting civilians and supplies rather than hurting the Confederate military.
TRUE
FALSE
Why did Sherman want to begin his march in the city of Atlanta, Georgia?
Atlanta was the capital of the Confederacy.
Georgia had been the first state to secede from the U.S.
Atlanta was the main transportation and communication hub of the Confederacy.
Georgia was the only state left that the Union had not yet conquered.
TRUE OR FALSE: Sherman ordered his troops to burn every single building (including all factories and homes) before they left the city of Atlanta.
TRUE
FALSE
All of the following things happened during Sherman's March except for...
the deadliest battles of the Civil War broke out.
Sherman's troops stole food and supplies from the southern civilians.
fires were set to buildings and fields.
little skirmishes with southern militias broke out.
Which state did Sherman's troops treat the harshest?
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
TRUE OR FALSE: Sherman's troops treated South Carolina the harshest since South Carolina was the first state to secede from the U.S. and the northerners blamed them for starting the Civil War.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE: Sherman's troops went fairly easy on North Carolina because many people in North Carolina had never wanted to secede from the U.S.
TRUE
FALSE
Why did so many southerners hate Sherman more than any other northern general?
Sherman killed thousands more southerners than any other general.
Sherman killed thousands of slaves along his march.
Sherman targeted civilians and destroyed the economy and culture of the South.
Sherman was originally from Georgia so they considered him a traitor.
TRUE OR FALSE: Sherman's March was far deadlier than any other war of the time period.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE: Militaries have published rules of warfare for thousands of years.
TRUE
FALSE
How soon after Sherman's March did the Civil War end?
Sherman's March was one of the final parts of the Civil War - it ended shortly after.
Sherman's March was in the middle of the war - the war ended two years later.
Sherman's March was at the very beginning of the Civil War - it ended four years later.
During the March, the northern Troops destroyed much of the Industry, infrastructure and food supplies in their path. This type of war is sometimes called:
Scorched Earth / Total War
Burnt Path
Seek and Destroy
Shock and Awe
Butterflies and Unicorns
Between what two southern cities did Sherman and his armies march?
Raleigh and Charlotte
Augusta and Macon
Atlanta and Savannah
Columbus and Charleston
Richmond and Montgomery
Where did Sherman's troops get good during the "March to the Sea?"
The took from Farms and businesses along the way
They brought their food with them with an amazing supply chain of wagons and trains
they hunted searched the forests for food
They went without food much of the time and nearly starved. Thanks to Sherman's special training program they survived.
What is Sherman's Necktie?
A little bow tie that Sherman loved to wear
A noose, or hangman's knot used to hang captured rebel Spies
Railroad Rails, heated up and wrapped around a tree or telegraph pole
High Collar on the Soldiers shirts that kept them from getting mosquito bites
Why was Sherman's March so risky? (not in article)
Because Sherman would be cut off from supplies and communication
The north may not support such tactics
The South would become enraged and fight even harder.
Sherman was mentally ill.
The strategy of burning down railroads, factories, farmland, and anything else useful for an opponent in warfare is known as?
Savage Warfare
Complete Warfare
Destructive Warfare
Total Warfare
The following statement is an accurate description of Sherman's March to the Sea;
The March to the Sea was led by General William Sherman. It was the journey of the Union Army from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. During that trip the Union Army destroyed all factories, railroads, and farms along their path. This was known as total warfare.
True
False
What was it called when Sherman's soldiers bent railroad tracks?
Sherman's Shoes
Sherman's Neck ties
crooked fence posts
Railroad wrap
True of False. When the men went to war, the plantations and manufacturing plants closed.
False
True
True or False. Children were able to "be children" and go to school during the Civil War.
True
False
Which side of the war did the freed slaves join?
Union
Confederacy
What is the name of the plan that blocked the ports of the Confederacy and prevented food and supplies from being delivered?
The Starving Plan
The South Must Die Plan
The Anaconda Plan
The North Will Win Plan
Focus on the interests of one's region.
Sectionalism
Carpetbagger
Secede
Conscription
The civilian world in war time.
Home Front
Sectionalism
Blockade
Unionist
To withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to.
Secede
Blockade
Sovereign
Freedmen
Using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports.
Blockade
Sovereign
Conscription
Secede
The forced enrollment of people into military service.
Conscription
Unionist
Secede
Blockade
A formerly enslaved person.
Freedman
Secede
Unionist
Scalawag
> How would having more factories be an advantage for the North?
The North could make more weapons, railroads and other war materials than the South.
The North would be able to march faster
The North would be able to provide its armies with more food than the South.
The North would be able to use freedmen in their armies.
>How did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of keeping the balance of power in the Senate between free and slave states?
Both Maine and Missouri became free states.
Both Maine and Missouri became slave states.
Missouri became a free state and Maine became a slave state.
Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state.
>A serious weakness in the South was that it had
few nurses who volunteered
few trained army officers
few soldiers who knew how to fire a gun
few railroads
>The North's greatest advantage over the South in the Civil War was
more manufacturing
more agriculture
didn't have slaves
larger states
> Which state entered the Union as a free state, according to the Compromise of 1850?
South Carolina
Nebraska
California
New York
>How would Kansas and Nebraska deal with slavery, according to the Kansas-Nebraska?
The state of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty (people voting)
Both states would be free states.
Both states would be slave states.
All other states would vote on whether these two states would be slave or free states.
>All of the following states seceded from the Union (USA)
Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas
New York, Ohio and Kentucky
West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri
California, Arkansas, and Kentucky
>Why did Abraham Lincoln fear giving African Americans freedom if they fought for the North?
He was worried that the border states who were still loyal to the Union would secede and join the Confederacy.
He didn't want black and white men fighting together.
He didn't think African Americans were skilled in fighting and didn't want to lose the war.
He thought African American life too precious to risk sending them to war.
>What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves are now free
Slaves living in the Union will now be free.
All slaves in newly created states will become free.
Slaves living in states in rebellion against the Union are now free.
>What did the Fugitive Slave Act allow?
It allowed Northern slave catchers the ability to go South and bring runaway slaves back North.
It allowed people in the North to move South and start a plantation.
It allowed Southerners to start using slavery in the North.
It allowed Southern slave catchers the ability to go North and bring runaway slaves back South.
>African Americans fighting in the Confederate Army worked as....
Generals
Cooks and manual laborers
Spies
Soldiers
>The Confederate military strategy differed from the Union because they...
chose to defend and not attack the Union in order to wear the Union down so they might quit.
were going to get help from England.
did not see the value in using African Americans in their army.
would use an all out attack to overwhelm the Union army.
> The purpose of the Union military strategy was to...
move South around some of the tougher armies and fight in Missouri where they could win.
move Union soldiers to the West where weather was better for fighting.
cut the South off from supplies and resources they needed to fight the war.
continue moving around so the South had no idea where the Union troops were located.
>Choose three ways women helped the war cause?
soldiers
generals
nurses
spies
Another name for the South?
Union
Confederacy
What was the purpose of the Union's naval blockade strategy?
to keep slaves from escaping
to cut-off Southern trade & ruin the Confederate economy
to supply markets for Northern industries
to capture the Missisiipi& Missouri Rivers
What effect did the Union naval blockade have on the South's economy during the war?
created shortages of supplies
extremely high inflation
crippled cotton exports
ALL choices
Who had the advantage of fighting to defend its homeland from invasion?
Union
Confederacy
Why did the Confederacy have to keep its ports open?
to help slaves escape
to recruit new soldiers from the North
to export its cotton & import war supplies
to import cotton from Egypt
Which of the following was a successful strategy for winning the Civil War?
The Confederacy prolonged fighting until the northern spirit broke.
The Union pursued the Confederates back to the South after the Battle of Antietam.
The Union took control of the Mississippi River.
The Confederacy continued to receive supplies from Europe.
The name given to the North
Confederacy
Rebels
Union
Revolutionaries
Which of the following was an advantage/advantages that the Union held?
More Factories
More Railroad Lines
More Troops
Highly Motivated
Control of this waterway was an important part of the North's strategy to win the war
Ohio River
Tennessee River
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Alexander Stephens
John Breckenridge
Jefferson Davis
James Buchanan
What was the main goal of the North (Union) at the beginning of the war?
Preserving the Union
Defeating the South
Forcing the Confederate States to recognize Lincoln as President
Allowing slavery to continue
Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all of the slaves in America?
Yes
No
Which of the following issues did the Confederacy face during the War?
Terrible Military Leadership
Lack of transportation
Inflation
No home-field battles
The Emancipation Proclamation reflected a change of strategy by Lincoln. What was that change?
His initial war strategy was to end slavery, and there was no change.
His initial war strategy was to allow slavery, but now he needed the Confederacy to agree to surrender.
His initial war strategy was to keep the Union together, but now it was to fight for the freedom of slaves.
His initial war strategy was to keep the Union together, but now he was going to do it by crushing the Confederate Army.
A disadvantage for the North in the Civil War was that it
had fewer people
had more factories
would have to invade the South
had more rail lines.
What was the effect of the northern blockade?
Southern trade dropped slightly.
Southern trade dropped sharply.
they could conquer the North.
The northerners would grow tired of the war.
Which was NOT an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
It freed slaves gradually.
It meant the Union was fighting to end slavery.
It encouraged slaves to weaken the southern war effort.
It freed all slaves.
During the Civil War, African American troops
fought on the Union side in large numbers.
were not allowed into battle.
were very few in number.
did not face discrimination.
The life of soldiers during the Civil War was
dangerous and difficult.
boring and uneventful.
difficult but not deadly.
comfortable yet deadly.
What was the importance of the Battle of Vicksburg to the Union?
It now controlled the entire Mississippi.
It now controlled both ends of the Mississippi.
It prevented a Confederate attack on Washington D.C.
It could go on to capture the southern end of the river.
In total war,
fighting is limited to soldiers.
food and equipment are destroyed.
enemy resources are not affected.
destruction only occurs during battles.
The South was also known as
The United States of America
The Confederate States of America
Canada
Cuba
The president of the US during the Civil War was
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
John Breckinridge
The president of the Confederate States of America was
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglas
John Beckinridge
William T. Sherman was general for the
Union
Confederacy
Sherman's March to Sea was important because
the South was injured badly.
the South would eventually lose the war.
the South would never be able to recover.
all of the above
What two answers best explain why did Sherman divided up his troops into four separate armies for the march?
He received direct orders from Abraham Lincoln to do so
Because it was the same tactic that the South was using
To confuse the Confederate army.
By spreading out his forces they were able to find more food along the way.
Who do you think said the following:
Our city is on fire! They took all of the food that I spent months growing. The cotton that took months to grow would now be given to Lincoln as a gift. The town square that I would always go to is now in flames.
A Northerner
A Southerner
Which of the following happened as a result of "Sherman's March to the Sea?" Select all that apply.
The Confederates lost their will to fight. The Confederacy was doomed.
The Confederates became so angry that they almost won the Civil War
The south was left with destroyed farms, railroads, and homes
The Confederates decided to join the union
How many soldiers did Sherman bring on his march to the sea?
60,000
25,000
40,000
80,000
What did Sherman plan to do to supply his troops?
Bring supply wagons on the march
Let them "live off the land" AKA loot villages
Let them use their rifles to hunt game
Bring slaves to cook and do the laundry
Sherman's Neck Ties (Bow Ties) referred to what?
rail roads
bridges
guns
roads
Why is Sherman's March to the Sea so important and well known to history?
because it was so destructive physically and mentally to the Confederacy
because it was a win for the Confederacy
it is where General Grant surrendered
it is where President Lincoln was assassinated
Select all the Sherman destroyed using the tactic, "Total War" on his March to the Sea.
Animals (livestock)
Supplies and materials
Railroads
Businesses
After Sherman's March to the Sea, what did he do next?
Went home to his family
Marched North to Tennessee, continuing his destruction
Marched North to South Carolina, continuing his destruction
Stayed in Savannah to protect the coast
What tool did Atlanta have the made the Union want to destroy the city to hurt the war?
Railroads
Telephones
Planations
