Study
Guide – Unit Four: The First Year of the War
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Date
Due |
Assignment |
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Weds.,
Jan. 28 |
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Fri.,
Jan., 30 |
1. You will read either A. p. 282 – 293 (to “Kentuckians…) and answer
questions 1 – 4 OR B. 293 – 307 and answer questions 5 - 7 OR C. p. 308 – 321 and answer questions 8 – 10 Please write out detailed answers so that you can
share them with others. |
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Mon.,
Feb. 2 |
1.
Read p. 339 – 350 and the handout on the Battle of First Bull Run 2. Fill out the worksheet on First Bull Run |
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Tues.,
Feb. 3 |
1. Read p. 321 – 338 2. Answer questions 11 – 15 |
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Weds.,
Feb. 4 |
1. Read p. 350 – 368. 2. Answer questions 16 - 20 |
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Thurs.,
Feb. 5 |
1.
Geography Quiz 2.
Read p. 378 – 391. 3.
Answer questions 21 - 23 |
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Mon.,
Feb. 9 |
1.
Read p. 428 – 453 2.
Answer questions 24 - 28 |
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Tues.,
Feb. 10 |
1.
Read p. 423 – 427 and p. 461-477 2.
Fill in the worksheet on the Peninsular Campaign and the Seven Days Battles |
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Weds.,
Feb. 11 |
Work
on your role for the Press Conference on Weds. These sites might be of use to
you. http://www.peninsulacampaign.org/ |
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Thurs.,
Feb. 12 |
Be
prepared for your role in the “Press Conference”. Today
is the 200 year anniversary of |
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Tues.,
Feb. 17 |
Review
for the test |
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Weds.,
Feb. 18 |
Test |
Questions
and Themes for Unit Three: The First Year of War
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How
are the four Border States kept within the Union? What actions does Lincoln
take that threatened civil liberties?
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What
happens in the military engagements that take place at the very start of the
war in Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia?
What characteristics do military leaders such as Grant, McClellan,
Thomas, Rosecrans, Sherman, and Buell for the North and Lee and Polk for the
South demonstrate in these early days?
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At
the start of the war what advantages and disadvantages did each side have? In what respects were they basically a match?
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What
were the reasons why men fought?
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What
were the challenges and successes that each side faced as they put together
their armies and navies? How were each side’s armies organized? What effect will this have on fighting?
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How
did the training that officers had received at West Point influence the way
they would approach battle tactics and war strategy? How did battle tactics change since the
Mexican War?
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What
changes took place in infantry arms and what was their effect on the
battlefield?
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What mistakes were made at the battle of First Bull
Run? What was its impact?
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What was the debate over emancipation of slaves in
the first months of the war? What
position did
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How effective was the blockade? How was the war progressing along the coast?
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How was the war progressing along the diplomatic
front?
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How did battle of Hampton Roads change naval
warfare?
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What tactics made Grant successful at Forts Henry
and Donelson?
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What was McClellan’s strategy in the peninsular
campaign and how successful was he?
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What were the differences between the Army of
Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee?
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How did the South finance the war and fill their
ranks? Did the states right philosophy hurt
the South?
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How did the Republicans change the role of the
federal government during the war?
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Should Abraham Lincoln be regarded as a savior or a
tyrant?
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Be able to analyze why and how
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Be able to analyze the Seven Days’ Battles. Why was Lee successful?
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What was the impact of the changes in weapons on
battle tactics?
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Union Officers and Officials |
Confederate Officers and Officials |
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1. |
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler |
1. |
Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson |
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2. |
Captain Nathaniel Lyon |
2. |
Gen. Sterling Price |
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3. |
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
3. |
William Quantrill |
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4. |
Gov. Francis Pierpoint |
4. |
Gen. Leonidas Polk |
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5. |
Gen. George B. McClellan |
5. |
James D. Bulloch |
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6. |
Gen. William S. Rosecrans |
6. |
Josiah Gorgas |
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7. |
Gen. William T. Sherman |
7. |
Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard |
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8. |
Gen. George H. Thomas |
8. |
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston |
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9. |
Gen. Don Carlos Buell |
9. |
Gen. Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson |
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10. |
Andrew Johnson |
10. |
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard |
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11. |
Gustavus V. Fox |
11. |
Gen. John Floyd |
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12. |
Edwin M. Stanton |
12. |
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner |
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13. |
Montgomery Meigs |
13. |
Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston |
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14. |
Gen. Irvin McDowell |
14. |
Gen. Gideon Pillow |
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15. |
Gen. Henry W. Halleck |
15. |
Gen. John B. Magruder |
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16. |
Gen.
Robert Patterson |
16. |
Gen.
J.E.B. Stuart |
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17. |
Gen. Irwin McDowell |
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18. |
Gen. Benjamin Butler |
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19. |
General. George B.
McClellan |
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20. |
John Ericsson |
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21. |
Andrew H. Foote |
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22. |
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
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23. |
Gen. William T. Sherman
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24. |
Gen. Lew
Wallace |
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25. |
Commodore. David Farragut |
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26. |
Gen. Nathaniel Banks |
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27. |
Gen. John C. Fremont |
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Identifications
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1. |
Baltimore
riots |
22. |
Battle
of Ball’s Bluff |
43. |
Internal
Revenue Act (1862) |
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2. |
Ex parte Merryman
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23. |
Joint
Committee on the Conduct of the War |
44. |
Legal Tender Act
(1862)
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3. |
Bushwhackers
and Jayhawkers |
24. |
Trent Affair |
45. |
Homestead
Act (1862) |
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4. |
Gov.
Beriah Magoffin |
25. |
Hampton
Roads |
46. |
Transcontinental
Railroad
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5. |
Wheeling
convention |
26. |
Burnside’s
coastal expedition |
47. |
Shenandoah
Valley |
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6. |
West
Virginia |
27. |
Merrimack and Monitor
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48. |
“Offensive
Defensive” strategy |
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7. |
Tredegar Iron Works |
28. |
Battle of Hampton
Roads
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49. |
Chickahominy River
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8. |
Ordnance
Bureau |
29. |
“King
Cotton Diplomacy” |
50. |
Battle of Seven
Pines or Fair Oaks
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9. |
Quartermaster’s
Department |
30. |
Columbus,
KY |
51. |
Seven Days’
Battles
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10. |
U.S.
Sanitary Commission |
31. |
Fort
Donelson |
52. |
Battle of
Mechanicsville
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11. |
Antoine
Henry Jomini |
32. |
Fort
Henry |
53. |
Battle of Gaines’
Mill
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12. |
Dennis
Hart Mahan |
33. |
Battle of Pea
Ridge
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54. |
Front
Royal |
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13. |
Anaconda
Plan |
34. |
Battle of Shiloh
or Pittsburg Landing
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55. |
Winchester |
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14. |
“On
to Richmond” |
35. |
Corinth, MS
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56. |
Battle of Malvern
Hill
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15. |
Offensive-defensive
strategy |
36. |
Island No. 10 |
57. |
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16. |
Shenandoah
Valley |
37. |
New
Orleans |
58. |
Minié Ball
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17. |
Battle
of First Bull Run or Manassas |
38. |
Vicksburg |
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18. |
Battle
of Wilson’s Creek |
39. |
Port
Hudson |
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19. |
John
C. Fremont’s Proclamation |
40. |
McClellan’s
peninsular campaign |
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20. |
“Contraband
of War” |
41. |
Siege
of Yorktown |
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21. |
Fort
Monroe |
42. |
Conscription
in the Confederacy |
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You will need to be
able to find the locations of the following for the Geography Quiz
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Be able to list these |
Virginia |
Rivers in the West |
Other |
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The Lower South States |
Rappahannock River |
Ohio |
Chesapeake Bay |
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The Upper South States |
Potomac River |
Cumberland |
Blue Ridge Mts. |
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The Slave States (15 as of 1860) |
James River |
Tennessee |
Appalachian Mts. |
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The Free States (18 as of 1860) |
Chickahominy River |
Mississippi |
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The Border States |
York River |
Red |
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North and South Anna Rivers |
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Rapidan River |
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Shenandoah River and Valley |
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For ever battle we discuss, you should be able to indicate on a map where it took place.