Unit 4- The Civil War and Reconstuction

Ch. 11- The Civil War

Section 1: The Civil War Begins

Refer to pages 338-345 to answer the following questions in your notebook.

1.     Identify the importance of Fort Sumter.

2.     What was Lincoln’s response to the dilemma at Fort Sumter?

3.     Identify the effect of the events at Fort Sumter.

4.     What was the strategy of the North at the start of the Civil War?

5.     Identify the advantages of the North at the start of the Civil War.

6.     Identify the strategy of the South at the start of the Civil War.

7.     What were the advantages of the South at the start of the Civil War?

8.     What was the first major bloodshed of the Civil War? Who became famous for the Confederates?

9.     Identify George McClellan.

10. Identify Ulysses S. Grant.

11. What were several new weapons used during the Civil War?

12. Identify Robert E. Lee.

13. Explain the events of the battle of Antietam. Location?  Significance?