Lesson 22 Quiz - SS Study Guide

Quiz Date - 5/15

Northern strengths and weaknesses in the war

Strengths: Population, technology, economy, resources, Lincoln

Weaknesses: Military leadership, on the defensive in the war

Southern strengths and weaknesses in war

Strengths: military leadership, familiar with land

Weaknesses: Population, economy, technology, rivers,

The North's goal before and after Gettysburg address

Before (beginning of war): To reunite the country

After: Reunite the country AND abolish slaveryT

Significance of Battle of Bull Run

made the union and confederacy realize that the war would be long and costly

Significance of Battle of Antietam

Bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

Significance of Battle of Gettysburg

The turning point of the War which made it clear the North would win. 50,000 total people died and the South lost its chance to invade the North, securing a Union victory.

Medical care in the Civil War

It was really bad because medicine wasn't as advanced and doctors didn't know what we know now. More people died from diseases infections than deaths on the battlefield.

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all enslaved people in the confederate states would be free

Habeas Corpus

Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. An arrested person appears before a judge.

Total War

A war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries/areas, even those remote from the battlefields. General Sherman's March to the Sea was an example of total war.

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Site where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, ending the Civil War. Conditions of surrender were generous towards the Rebel Army, demonstrating the Union's intention of reconciliation.

Significance of Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War

Anaconda Plan

Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River

Massachusetts 54th Regiment

One of the first black units in the US Armed Forces. Earned place in history at Fort Wagner.

Leaders of the Civil War

Lincoln -President US

Grant - General North army

Davis- President of Confederacy

Lee - General of the South Army