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WorksheetsStrengths and Weaknesses
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which side had no ability to manufacture supplies to help them fight the war?
Eventually, who was the lead general for the North?
Which side had to fight AND build a nation a the same time (just like America did in the American Revolution)?
Union
Confederacy
Border States
Which side had a smaller population and would've liked the border states to join them?
Union
Confederacy
The Confederacy didn't have a navy at the start of the war. What strategy did the Union use to take advantage of that weakness?
The Union used their land forces to invade from the west.
The Union set up a blockade around the south.
When the war started, was the Confederate strategy more offensive or defensive?
Offensive
Defensive
This is the right to see a judge and know what the charges are against you. Lincoln suspended this right during the Civil War.
habeas corpus
inflation
martial law
What was the Union's primary goal at the start of the Civil War?
to protect the northern way of life
to abolish slavery
to drive slave states out of the Union
to keep the United States together
Was the overall Union military strategy more offensive or defensive?
Offensive
Defensive
Which river did the Union want to gain control of?
The Hudson River
The Rio Grande River
The Mississippi River
What makes a civil war a civil war?
It's between citizens of the same nation.
It's between more than two nations.
It must involve religion as a cause.
Who was shocked and stunned by their embarrassing loss at First Bull Run/Manassas ?
Union
Confederacy
Select ALL the examples of what it means to MOBILIZE for a war.
Enlisting/drafting soldiers and sailors to fight.
Producing food for soldiers.
Gathering and training nurses and doctors to help in the war effort.
Increased manufacturing of weapons and equipment for the war.
