Review Questions

1. Question

   Why did the attack on Fort Sumter force the Upper South to choose sides? (“And the War Came”)

2. Question

   Why did the South believe it could win the war despite numerical disadvantages? (“The Combatants”)

3. Question

   Why did the Confederacy’s bid for international support fail? (“Battling It Out, 1861–1862”)

4. Question

   How did the war for union become a war for black freedom? (“Union and Freedom”)

5. Question

   How did wartime hardship in the South contribute to class friction? (“The South at War”)

6. Question

   Why was the U.S. Congress able to pass such a bold legislative agenda during the war? (“The North at War”)

7. Question

   Why were the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Gettysburg crucial to the outcome of the war? (“Grinding Out Victory, 1863–1865”)