Review Questions

1. Why did the attack on Fort Sumter force the Upper South to choose sides?
2. Why did the South believe it could win the war despite numerical disadvantages?
3. After a year and a half of fighting, who had the advantage in the war?
4. How did the war for union become a war for black freedom?
5. How did wartime hardship in the South contribute to class friction?
6. Why was the U.S. Congress able to pass such a bold legislative agenda during the war?
7. Why were the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Gettysburg crucial to the outcome of the war?