The Civil War Test

Which side in the Civil War had a huge advantage because they possessed many more soldiers and factories to make things needed for war

• The Union

• The Confederacy

States that had slavery, but remained loyal to the Union and never joined the Confederate States of America.

• Border states

• Republican states

• European city-states

• The Carolinas

The idea that people decide things for their state or territory with their votes

• Minority Rule

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Powers

Lincoln’s speech about why the war was necessary and about why the Union was going to win contained the words “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Lincoln Douglas Debates

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Anaconda Plan

This battle was the reality check for both sides, as they realized that the war was not going to be short or easy to win.

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Chancellorsville

• Fredericksburg

Things like manufacturing, more railroad tracks, better infrastructure, and more money gave a huge advantage to the

• South

• North

He was elected as President of the Confederate States of America. He actually looks a little bit like Lincoln? (I think he does anyway)

• Alexander Stevens

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• George McClellan

Antietam was a very short and deadly battle. It is famous for being

• Fought in the treetops

• Fought while Lincoln watched from the front lines

• The single bloodiest day in the Civil War

• Fought using only cavalry (soldiers on horseback)

These soldiers tended to wear grey (not always, but generally speaking)

• Colonels

• Sargeants

• Union

• Confederate

William T. Sherman destroyed everything in his path, cutting a swath of destruction from Atlanta to the Sea and then into South Carolina. His men destroyed military and civilian resources. What was Sherman doing to the South?

• Destruction of Capital

• Preservation by Desecration

• Total War

• Civil Disobedience