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1 Name Per. Date 1. Explain the principles of the Crittenden Compromise and its effect on both the North and the South. 2. Why was the incident at Ft. Sumter inevitable? What did both sides learn from this incident? List and explain the advantages of the North and the South both at the beginning of the war and during the course of the war. Provide specific factual information (SFI) 3. North 4. South Before: Before: During: During: 1

2 5. Identify the following acts and describe the purpose for each: Homestead Act of 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act of Identify and describe the economic measures were taken to help the North s economy: 7. Describe the draft system the North used to increase the size of the military 8. Who were the Copperheads? What was their agenda? 9. Describe the decisions President Lincoln made at the beginning of his presidency regarding political organization and military expediency. 2

3 10. Explain the decision and the consequences by Lincoln s decision to suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus. 11. Why did President Lincoln have to wait to issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Explain how the proclamation changed the purpose of the war for the North. 12. Describe the difficulties and obstacles faced emancipated African Americans as they served in the Union Army. 13. In what ways did the war speed the economic development of the North? 14. Identify the U.S. Sanitary Commission and describe its impact on women during the war. 3

4 15. What was the impact of the U.S Sanitary Commission on the medical profession? 16. Describe how the Confederate government differed from the United States government Confederate government United States government 17. Compare and contrast how the two sides financed and supplied manpower for the war. Union Confederacy Financed Financed Manpower: Manpower: 4

5 18. What was the greatest source of division within the South? 19. Describe the effects of the war on the Southern economy 20. Explain how the war affected the lives of women in the South. 21. Why do historians call President Lincoln the most important military commander for the Union? 22. Compare and contrast the military leadership of the Union and the Confederacy Union Confederacy 5

6 23. Describe the Union s naval strategy and its effect on Confederate military strategy. 24. Why were England and France sympathetic to the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War? In what ways did that change as the war dragged on? 25. Describe the origins of the Trent Affair, its impact, and its resolution. 26. Explain the ways in which the Civil War affected the West 6

7 27. Describe the various new technologies that developed during the war and their impact Briefly describe the following battles. Be sure to include both details and impact BATTLE DETAILS IMPACT/EFFECT st Battle of Bull Run/Manassas 29.Ft. Donelson/Ft. Henry 30. Battle of Shiloh nd Battle of Bull Run 32.Battle at Antietam 33.Battle of Chancellorsville 7

8 34.Siege of Vicksburg 35. Gettysburg 36.Siege of Petersburg 37. Atlanta/Sherman s March to the Sea 38.Appomattox Court House Identify the following: 39. Clara Barton 40. George B. McClellan 41. Greenbacks 8

9 42. William C.Quantrill 43. Jefferson Davis 44. Thomas Stonewall Jackson 45. William Tecumseh Sherman 9

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