Review Questions
Chapter 15

1. Make a comparisons between the North and South at the time the war began along the lines of: population, military and civilian leadership, supply lines, economic advantages, factories, railroads, and food production.

 

2. How did the border states react to the war? What did Lincoln do to try and keep the border states in the Union?

 

3. How did the Confederacy and Jefferson Davis organize the southern government? Lincoln his? How did the two compare?

 

4. What was Winfield Scott's plan to win the war? What does General George McClellan try to do? What do you think of his leadership? Early in the war which side was winning in the West and under whose leadership? At Shiloh Church how many Union and Confederate casualties are there? How does Shiloh Church compare in casualties to other battles the text discusses?

 

5. What was "cotton diplomacy" and why did it not work?

 

6. What solutions were used to solve the problems of men for the armies and finances on both sides of the war? Why did both sides of the war make this statement: "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight".

 

7. Who are the Copperheads, and what do the moderate and radical republicans want? During the war Lincoln was called tyrannical and a dictator. Why?

 

8. How did the Emancipation Proclamation happen? Why did it take so long after the war had started? It really freed no one at the time, but why was it so important? What is the place of black soldiers in the Union army?

 

9. After at the start of the what was the South's strategy to win the war? How did the battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman's march and Grants plan to win the war, combine to end the war? What do you think about Grants plan to win the war?

 

10. What were Confederate leaders forced to do with government power in order to try to win the war?

 

11. During the war Lincoln was called tyrannical and a dictator. Why? What permanent changes took place in northern financial and economic affairs?

 

12. How does the New York Herald describe life in New York City? Compare this to how life is described in the South.

 

13. What impact did the war have on blacks and women? What new profession for women developed during the Civil War?

 

14. Why did the North win the war?

 

15. What happened at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865? What are the terms Grant offers? How soon after the fighting ended was Lincoln killed?

 

16. WHAT DOES THE CIVIL WAR SETTLE WITH THE NORTH WINNING?