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Civil War Review 2017 Answer Key

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#1 A general rise in prices inflation
#2 Shutting a port or roadway to prevent people or supplies from coming in to or leaving an area. blockade
#3 A slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War border state
#4 All out attack aimed at destroying not only an enemy's army but also all of its resources and its people's will to fight seige
#5 Confederate General forced to surrender to this Union General at Appomattox, Virginia Robert E. Lee, Ullysses Grant
Enemy Lines
#1 2 Advantages of the Union Larger population, extensive rail lines, manufacturing capabilities
#2 2 Advantages of the Confederacy Better military leaders, ability to fight an offensive battle
#3 T/F Most southerners owned slaves. False
#4 Name for a northern Democrat who opposed the Civil War Copperhead
#5 3 Causes of the Civil War States' rights, abolitionist movement, slavery, election of Abraham Lincoln
Conflict or Compromise?
#1 Goal of the war prior to the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation Re-unification
#2 Goal of the war after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued Free the enslaved
#3 Abraham Lincoln's approach to the South at the end of the war kind/just/generous
#4 Name three effects of the Emancipation Proclamation Freed the enslaved in areas of rebellion, turned the war into a fight to end slavery, encouraged African Americans to join the Union army
#5 How did women help the war effort? (3 ways) nursing, spying, working in factories
Making History
#1 Southerners reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln (action and state) secession of SC
#2 Document which allowed African Americans to join the war effort Emancipation Proclamation
#3 Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war? Robert E. Lee would never invade the North again
#4 T/F During the war, prices of goods rose in both the North and the South T
#5 Give 4 characteristics of the Mass. 54th volunteers, African American, first of their kind, trained by a white man
Conceptualize This
#1 Reason for so many injuries during this war Technology/improved weapons
#2 Outcome of Dred Scott decision prior to the war The enslaved were property
#3 Source of the South's economic strength cotton
#4 War Lincoln references in the Gettysburg Address Revolutionary War
#5 The cost of war caused the Southern leaders to print more money which resulted in inflation. What is a likely outcome for societies with high rates of inflation? Their currency has no value/becomes worthless
Final Question
Should the Emancipation Proclamation be considered one of the greatest documents in U.S. history? Why or why not with reasoning. Answers willl vary