Q 1. Who was the President of the Confederacy? Where was the capital of the South? 2. Who was the FIRST commanding general of the Union forces? (There were others.) 3. Explain what the Anaconda Strategy sought to accomplish (see Battles handout). Why was the strategy called anaconda? 4. What new state entered the Union during the Civil War? 5. The ironclads ____________________ and __________________ engaged in a naval battle off the coast of Virginia. The battle resulted in a __________________. (522) 6. Where did the first significant engagement of the Civil War take place? When did the battle occur and what were the results? (526) 7. Who won the Battle of Antietam? Why was this battle considered to be important? 8. When was New Orleans captured by Union forces? What was the strategic importance of New Orleans? 9. What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish? (532) 10. How did the Homestead Act help westward expansion? (541) 11. When was the transcontinental railroad completed? Use the History Channel video about technology advances in the Civil War to answer the following questions. I have included some time marks. The video is in this week’s content folder. 12. What was the name of the new type of bullet used during the Civil War? Why was such a bullet a “lethal instrument of destruction? 13. Why does Meigs say that the Civil War was the first modern war? (3:00) 14. How did improvement in the postal service help the average soldier in the Union army? (8:40) 15. How did the more extensive railroad lines help the Union army? (14:30) 16. What was the first tool of mass communication? How did this tool help the Union army? (19:30) 17. What was the role of new portable cameras during the Civil War? (29:00)