History Ch.14 - Civil War

Conscription also means..?

draft

Who calls for 75,000 volunteers?

Abraham Lincoln

Congress passed a ________ law to raise a national army.

conscription

True or false:

Many believed that the draft law was fair.

False

Some of the best graduates of West Point Military Academy became ________ commanders.

Confederate

What were Southern advantages?

strong military leaders

defending their home

What were Northern advantages?

industry

population

Northern factories produced….

war materials

South didn’t have as many ______ compared to the North.

factories

What was Union’s War Strategy?

1.) Impose a naval blockade to shut off the South’s trade.

2.) Control the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy.

3.) Capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA.

What day is considered the bloodiest one day of the Civil War?

Antietam (Sept 1862)

What does the Antietam war inspire Lincoln to announce?

Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln saying that slaves in Confederate- controlled territory would be free on January 1, 1863; excluded slaves in border states.

What happened at Chancellorsville?

Stonewall Jaxon got shot by one of his own troops.

Gettysburg is the…..

turning point of the war

What is the first major war of the Civil War?

First Battle of Bull Run

Was the First Battle of Bull Run supposed to be a long or short battle?

Short, but turns into a big war.

______ called it ‘Manassas’

South

George McClellan does a good job doing what?

organizing and preparing the troops for future battles

What happens at the Appomattox Court House battle?

Lee surrenders to Grant

(end of the war)