1. Chapter 15, Section 1
The Call to Arms

3. The North How did two border states bolster northern confidence?
Kentucky and Delaware supported the Union.

4. The South How did two border states bolster southern confidence?
Maryland and Missouri supported the South, and northern troops had to be used to subdue them.

5. The North What Virginia event helped the North?
The western counties of Virginia refused to secede and became West Virginia.

6. The South
Which generals left the U.S. Army to join the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee, Joseph Johnston, Albert Johnston

7. The North
What four things did the North have much more of than the South had?
factories
railroad track
farmland
people

8. The South What were two advantages the South had?
The Confederates would be fighting their own territory, and the local people would help them
they had the best officers

11. The North What were three parts of the Northern Strategy?
blockade Southern ports
Cut the South in two by gaining control of the Mississippi River
invade Virginia and capture Richmond

12. The South What was the South’s strategy?
To defend the land until the North got tired of fighting; seek aid from Europe

13. The North Who was the Union general in the First Battle of Bull Run?
Irvin McDowell

14. The South Why was the South hopeful that Britain would support it?
Because Britain was a major trading partner that needed southern cotton.

15. Hardships on Both Sides
What effect did the war have on American families?
it broke families apart
What were the camp conditions for soldiers?
Often miserable and diseased, lack of clean water
What were the conditions for prisoners of War in the North and the South?
overcrowded prison camps; food shortages; high death rates