1. Why was Fort. Sumter a difficult place for Lincoln to send supplies to ?

2.) What was the significance of the First Battle of Bull Run?

3.) Who did Lincoln ask first to be the general in overall command of the Union forces?

4.) Why was Lincoln not impressed with General George McClellan?

5). What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

6.) What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

7.) What effects did the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville have on the North and South?

8.) What did the Battle of Shiloh make both sides realize?

9.)What was Grant's plan at Vicksburg? Why was the win so significant?

10.) Why did Lee try to lead Confederate forces into Pennsylvania?

11.) Compare the strategies of the North and South.
12. What killed most soldiers in this war?

13. What was Lincoln's main goal above anything else?

14. Which advantages of the South were helping them early in the war (1861)?

15. Which advantages of the North would eventually help them gain the edge in the war?

16. What was Lee's strategy at Chancellorsville?

17. Who ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864 and what was their platform?

18. What was Lincoln's purpose in going to Gettysburg? Why was his address so important?

19. Why was Sherman's March to the Sea important?

20. How did freed slaves react to the Emancipation Proclamation ?