Ch. 16 A Nation Divided

Why were border states important to both sides of the battle?

• They had ports.

• They had forts.

• They had factories.

• They could grow things.

What was the beginning of the Anaconda Plan?

• ruin factories

• blockade around Confederate ports

• get control of important rivers

• gain control of the Confederate capital

Bull Run was important because

• it was the deadliest battle in history

• plans were dropped to invade the North

• Emancipation Proclamation was issued

• confederate spirits increased

Robert E. Lee was the Confederate's most famous leader during the war.

• True

• False

Rallying the Union around the abolition of slavery was not a goal of the Emancipation Proclamation.

• True

• False

Lincoln wanted to protect war supplies so he...

• Sent troops to the Border States at the start of the war

• Asked troops to take control of the railroads

• Sent troops to protect the harbor

• Asked troops to label their supplies

The Anaconda Plan split the Confederacy in half.

• True

• False

Both General Grant and General Lee were in command of major armies in the war.

• True

• False

What was one reason President Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam?

• to minimize the citizens' support for the Confederacy by freeing slaves in states that seceded

• to end slavery in the United States by freeing all slaves across the country

The main reason the United States Navy blocked the port of Charleston?

• to prevent the South Carolina from sending troops to fight in the North

• to keep South Carolina from importing more slaves to work on plantations

• to prevent South Carolina from importing and exporting goods