Civil War Study Guide

This study guide is to help you figure out what to study on the test. This completed study guide, combined with notes and worksheets presented in class will prepare you for the test. You need to be able to define the terms and relate them to each other and the Civil War as a whole. With this, youll be well on your way to an A on the test! TERMS TO KNOW: Civil War Union Robert E. Lee Total War Conscription Law Ironclad ships Secede Fort Sumter Irving McDowell Battle of Bull Run Appomattox Court House Army of Northern Virginia Jefferson Davis KNOW: 1. What was the first Battles of the Civil War: 2. Who were the important people of the North and South? 3. Why did Sherman march through South Carolina? What happened? 4. What happened at the Appomattox Court House? 5. What was the Union blockade supposed to do? Did it work? Why/Why not? 6. What battle did Stonewall Jackson receive his nickname from? How? 7. What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation? 8. What is the importance of Charleston in the Civil War? 9. How were the people of SC affected by the Civil War? 10. Be able to label the following on a map: a. Port Royal g. Charleston, SC b. Union Blockade of Charleston h. Columbia, SC c. Fort Sumter i. Atlanta, GA d. Antietam j. Manassas, VA e. Battle of Bull Run k. Richmond, VA f. Seven Days War l. March to the Sea Confederacy Union blockade Ulysses S. Grant Emancipation Proclamation Hunley Abraham Lincoln Port Royal Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson George McClellan Shermans March through SC Wade Hampton III Army of Northern Virginia

Civil War Study Guide

This study guide is to help you figure out what to study on the test. This completed study guide, combined with notes and worksheets presented in class will prepare you for the test. You need to be able to define the terms and relate them to each other and the Civil War as a whole. With this, youll be well on your way to an A on the test! TERMS TO KNOW: Civil War Union Robert E. Lee Total War Conscription Law Ironclad ships Secede Fort Sumter Irving McDowell Battle of Bull Run Appomattox Court House Army of Northern Virginia Jefferson Davis KNOW: 1. What was the first Battles of the Civil War: 2. Who were the important people of the North and South? 3. Why did Sherman march through South Carolina? What happened? 4. What happened at the Appomattox Court House? 5. What was the Union blockade supposed to do? Did it work? Why/Why not? 6. What battle did Stonewall Jackson receive his nickname from? How? 7. What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation? 8. What is the importance of Charleston in the Civil War? 9. How were the people of SC affected by the Civil War? 10. Be able to label the following on a map: g. Port Royal g. Charleston, SC h. Union Blockade of Charleston h. Columbia, SC i. Fort Sumter i. Atlanta, GA j. Antietam j. Manassas, VA k. Battle of Bull Run k. Richmond, VA Confederacy Union blockade Ulysses S. Grant Emancipation Proclamation Hunley Abraham Lincoln Port Royal Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson George McClellan Shermans March through SC Wade Hampton III Army of Northern Virginia

l. Seven Days War

l. March to the Sea