The Civil War

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• What did the United States Treasury create when the Legal Tender Act was passed in 1862?
• What was the main purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?
• Why is the American Civil War the deadliest war for Americans?
• How did the civil war affect states rights?
• What effects did reconstruction have on agriculture and industry in the south after the civil war?
• Should the south have been punished for seceding from the union?
• Why was the Civil War considered a turning point in American history?
• Who was the Confederate general who surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse?
• What technological advancements in military warfare came from the Civil War?
• Why is the battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
• Why did Lincoln invade the Confederacy?
• How did the economic role of women change during the Civil War?
• What role did Clara Barton serve during the Civil War?
• In 1861 and 1862, what were the political strategies of the Confederate and Union leaders? Which side was the more successful and why?
• What word refers to a Confederate ship that sailed in and out of closed Southern ports?
• What was the first income tax that was passed in 1862 created to fund?
• What was the last state admitted to the Union?
• Who were the Roundheads in the Civil War?
• A sculpture carved into the side of Stone Mountain honors men who fought in which War?
• Which sectional economy was better prepared for war - the industrial North or the agricultural South?
• How did the Civil War promote the growth of the coal industry?
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• How did the three day Battle of Gettysburg begin?
• What did the Battle of Shiloh show about the future course of the Civil War?
• Why was the capture of Vicksburg important?
• Why were military prisons during the Civil War not constructed very well?
• Who was the last Confederate commander to surrender, thus bringing the Civil War to an end?
• Why was Petersburg so important to the Confederate capital, Richmond?
• Why was the Union determined to capture Vicksburg during the Civil War?
• How did the number of factories in the North affect the start of the Civil War?
• Who was the author and editor of the National Anti-slavery standard?
• Why was the attitude of Great Britain so important to the outcome of the Civil War?
• Women became dominant in what occupation in America during the Civil War?
• What was the bloodiest battle of Civil War?
• What is the best single adjective to describe Confederate General Robert E Lee?
• In May 1864 what did the Army of the Potomac do after losing the Battle of the Wilderness?
• What was the mission of the Army of the Potomac?
• What was the makeup of the Army of Tennessee?
• In June 1863 Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia moved north in another campaign to invade Pennsylvania. How did Jeb Stuart help Lee to lose this campaign?
• Why did Lee, with the consent of the Confederate government, once more plan to invade the North?
• Although Chancellorsville was Lee's most brilliant victory, his army would never be the same again. Why?
• What were Grant's orders to Sheridan concerning the Shenandoah Valley?
• Which city in Georgia was set aflame by Sherman's army?
• Which Union commander captured the city of Savannah?
• How did the Union army gain supplies during Sherman's March to the Sea?
• When the the War began in 1861, both sides believed that the would win quickly and with few causalities. What was the actual situation four years later?
• What were the greatest dangers faced by wounded and captured soldiers during the Civil War?
• What shocked many people in the Union and the Confederacy after early battles such as Shiloh and Bull Run?
• What Union victory cut the Confederacy in two?
• What was the North's main goal in fighting the Civil War?
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• How did the First Battle of Bull Run/ First Battle of Manassas change opinions about the war?
• What was the goal or purpose of the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?
• Where did Lee formally surrender to Grant?
• What advantage was the Confederacy missing that might have turned the war in its favor?
• What did the Land Grant College Act of 1862 help establish?
• What was the decisive factor in the North's success in the final years of the war?
• Why was Vicksburg key to the Union's Anaconda Plan?
• How did white people expect black people to behave after the Civil War?
• How did the Union take New Orleans, and why was it an important victory?
• Who was the General of the Confederate Army during the the Civil War?
• Why was the South vulnerable to a blockade by the North?
• What was the significance of the Union victory at Gettysburg in July 1863?
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• How did the Union army gain control of the Mississippi River?
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• How did African Americans in the South often help Union forces?
• Why did Lee invade the North After Chancellorsville?
• What is the name of the first African American regiment in the Civil War?
• How did a strong belief in states' rights affect the South during the war?
• Who surrendered to the Union army at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865?
• What profession grew substantially with women's participation during the Civil War?
• Why did many African Americans leave the South during the war?
• How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?
• What was the goal of the Union army in the West?
• What was the importance of the Siege of Vicksburg?
• Why do you think Lincoln urged generous terms for a Confederate surrender?
• Was the battle of Gettysburg a victory or draw from the Northern standpoint?
• Who was the top Confederate general?
• Why was blockading southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi important for the North?
• Who were the Copperheads?
• What was the result of the battle at Shiloh?
• Why didn't the Confederacy draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
• What party split in the presidential election of 1860?
• Who was the American commander in the South known as the "fighting Quaker"?
• Why is Dorothea Dix famous?
• Which group opposed the spread of slavery during the 1860 presidential election?
• What new state was formed during the Civil War?
• How did the Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg change the course of the Civil War?
• What was the significance of the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg?
• What were the last two states to join the Union?
• Which state was born as a result of the Civil War?
• How did the Civil War transform the national economy and create a stronger nation state?
• Where did the final surrender of the Confederate army take place?
• How did the governments - the Union or the Confederacy-go about mobilizing soldiers, citizens, and resources to wage a total war? How successful were their respective strategies?
• Which general helped the South win the war's first major battle as well as other big battles, and was accidentally shot by his own troops?
• What factor led to Inflation in the Confederacy?
• In April of 1865, outside of Richmond, with his forces surrounded by Grant's and vastly outnumbered, General Robert E. Lee was forced to meet with General Grant. Where did Lee and Grant agree on the terms of Lee's surrender?
• What was the Pennsylvania battle that ended Lee's last hopes for achieving victory through invading the North?