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Reading Questions: Unit Three of the Civil War - The First Year of the War

P. 282 – 307
1.	What was the correlation between slaveholding and support for secession in the Upper South states that seceded? (p. 283)
2.	Summarize the events in Maryland following Fort Sumter. What actions did the Union take to keep Maryland in the Union? (p. 285-87)
3.	What was the issue in the case of John Merryman and what was the outcome? (p. 287)
4.	Briefly summarize the events in Missouri, making sure to identify the following: Sterling Price, Nathaniel Lyon, Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson, Bushwackers, and Jayhawkers. (p. 290-93)
5.	Summarize the events that led to Kentucky staying in the Union rather than staying neutral or joining the Confederacy. (p. 293 – 97)
6.	Summarize what happened in West Virginia at the outbreak of the war. What were the Constitutional issues involved in creating the new state and how did the Union get around that? Briefly, in a couple of sentences, summarize the military operations in West Virginia. Note the names of McClellan, Rosecrans, Lee, and Floyd. You’ll be seeing them later. (p. 297 – 304)
7.	What happened in east Tennessee? (p. 304 – 306)
P. 308 – 325
8.	What are the reasons that McPherson lists for why men fought? (p. 309 – 312)
9.	How did the Confederacy adapt to their deficiencies in the outlook for their navy? ( p. 314 – 316)
10.	What were the problems that the South faced at the start of the war? How did it compensate? Include information that is throughout this reading section. (313 – 321)
P. 321 - 338
11.	What were the problems that the Union had in mobilizing troops and how did they address those initial problems? (p. 321 – 325)
12.	How did the Union organize regiments and what problems were there in how Winfield Scott chose to keep the regular army together? (p. 326 – 28)
13.	What was the problem with political generals? (p. 328 – 30)
14.	What was Winfield Scott’s strategic plan and what were the political pressures that overrode his plan? (p. 333 – 335)
15.	What were the factors that inhibited Jefferson Davis from carrying the strategy of attrition? What was the “offensive-defensive” strategy? ( p. 337 – 38)
P. 350 – 368
16.	What was the result of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek? (p.. 350 – 352)
17.	What was Frémont’s Proclamation and Lincoln’s reaction and why did the President do what he did? ( p. 352 – 53)
18.	What were the arguments used in the debate over what to do with slaves? What was General Butler’s solution? (p. 354 – 56)
19.	Summarize in a bullet-point list the controversies surrounding McClellan’s command in 1861. What happened at Ball’s Bluff and what was the political result? (p. 358 – 65)
20.	What were the problems that Jefferson Davis had with his generals? ( p. 365 – 7)
P. 378 - 391
21.	How effective was the Union blockade?
22.	Why did King Cotton diplomacy fail? ( p. 382 – 87)
23.	What were the issues surrounding the question of European recognition of the Confederacy? What happened during the Trent affair? ( p. 389 – 91)
P. 428 – 453
24..	What were the methods that the Confederacy took to fill the ranks in the army? What were the criticisms of these methods? (p. 429 – 33)
25.	In what other ways did Jefferson Davis’s government take actions that were criticized as infringing on the private liberties that Southerners had gone to war to protect? (p. 433 – 36)
26.	What were the ways that the South used to finance the war and how successful were those methods? ( p. 437 – 442)
27.	What were the methods that the North used to finance the war and how successful were those methods? ( p. 442 – 450)
28.	Identify and summarize the actions that the 37th Congress took. Why was this termed the “Second American Revolution?” (p. 450 – 53)