Study Guide Seventeen

The Civil War: Military and Political

FINAL EXAM

NOTE: If you can answer these questions satisfactorily, you should do well on this section of the second exam. The material below consists of important material from the lecture. Questions on the test will be largely taken from this material.

Terms (definition and significance):

John Brown

Harper’s Ferry Raid

John Breckinridge

Stephen A. Douglas

John Bell

Constitutional Union Party

Crittenden Compromise

Virginia Compromise

Fort Sumter

Battle of Wilson’s Creek

First Battle of Bull Run

Irvin McDowell

David Farragut

Capture of New Orleans

Forts Donelson and Henry

Battle of Shiloh

Albert Sidney Johnston

Braxton Bragg

George McClellan

Robert E. Lee

Peninsular Campaign

Second Battle of Bull Run

John Pope

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Fredericksburg

Ambrose Burnside

Joseph Hooker

Battle of Chancellorsville

Siege of Vicksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

George Meade

Ulysses S. Grant

Battle of Chickamauga

Battle of Chattanooga

Wilderness Campaign

Siege of Petersburg

William Tecumseh Sherman

March to the Sea

Appomattox Courthouse

Questions to Think About:

What was the significance of John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry?

In what ways did the presidential election of 1860 reveal the divisions in American society?

How did President Buchanan react to Southern Secession?

How did President Lincoln react to Southern Secession?

What types of compromise settlements were suggested to avert the Civil War?

What were the North’s strengths in the Civil War? Weaknesses?

What were the South’s strengths in the Civil War? Weaknesses?

Where did the North gain crucial victories at the beginning of the Civil War and how did they affect the later conduct of the war?

What was the significance of the First Battle of Bull Run?

How did the North conduct its armies in the Western Theater of the Civil War? What were the significant battles and why?

What was the situation in the Eastern Theater? What were the important battles in that area of the Civil War? Why was it different from the Western Theater?

What were the turning points of the Civil War?