Civil War Presentation Test Cards

FORT SUMTER - (1st Shots Fired, Lincoln faces dilemma – resupply the fort or not?, Confederate states Secede, Virginia split, how was the surrender of the fort viewed by both north & south, did the fighting at Fort Sumter really cause the war?)

CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES & STRATEGIES - (Northern Strategies, Southern Strategies, Weakness on Both Sides, Leaders, Resources - ships-iron-firearms-food-agriculture, North’s Anaconda Plan, South’s Defensive Plan, War of Attrition)

THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN - (Location and Date,, Northern Forces, Southern Forces, Union General, Confederate General Thomas Jackson, “Stonewall Jackson”, Confederate victory, morale, results)

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH - (Location and Date, Northern Forces, Southern Forces, Union General, Confederate General, Union troops taken by surprise, Confederate retreat, scouts, trenches, fortifications, Casualties, morale, results)

THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM - (Location and Date, Northern Forces, Southern Forces, Union General, Confederate General, McClellan’s strategy change, Lincoln vs McClellan, Bloodiest single day battle, Casualties, morale, results)

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION - (Location and Date, Lincoln’s motivation, seizing Confederate supplies, army used to emancipate slaves, where the proclamation applied, emancipation a moral issue or weapon of war, impact/effect)

CONSCRIPTION & DRAFT RIOTS - (The Draft, registering for and avoiding the draft, social unrest, Lincoln suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus, New York City Draft Riots, Casualties, Results, Impact)

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - (Location and Date, Northern Forces, Southern Forces, Union General, Confederate General, Confederate retreat, General Lee gives up Plan, Casualties, morale, results, Gettysburg Address)

GENERAL SHERMAN’S MARCH - (Union Victory at Vicksburg, Split Confederate forces & Desertions, destroying the will of the Confederates,1864 Sherman’s march through Georgia, Total War, former slaves, Atlanta, results, consequences)

1864 ELECTION & LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION - (Candidates, why Lincoln didn’t think he’d win, what states voted, Lincoln and the 13th Amendment, Assassination Location & Date, John Wilkes Booth, motives, Lincoln’s Funeral & Legacy)