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?