H.W. Questions

Please read pages 592-599 in the textbook, then answer the following questions.


1. Who were the "copperheads"?

2. What is habeas corpus?  Why did Lincoln suspend this right during the Civil War?

3. Who was excluded from the Southern draft? How did this upset some Southerners?

4. What did the Civil War do to the Southern economy?

5. Who was General William Tecumseh Sherman?

6. Who was General George Meade?

7. Define total war?

8. How did the capture of Savannah help Lincoln win his re-election?

9. What General won the Battle of Vicksburg?

10. What was the Confederate Capital?

11. What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?