The Civil War - Page 4

Questions
  • What was the decisive factor in the North's success in the final years of the war?
  • 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?
  • 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?