Sec. 391.—­a.  Describe the Merrimac, the Monitor.  Compare them with the Congress.

b.  What effect did the Monitor-Merrimac fight have on McClellan’s campaign?

Sec.Sec. 392, 393.—­a Describe the Peninsular Campaign.  Why were not more soldiers sent to McClellan?

b.  What is meant by the phrase “change of base”?

c.  How did Lee secure the removal of McClellan’s army from the James?

Sec.Sec. 394, 395.—­a Why did Lee invade Maryland? b.  Describe the battle of Antietam, of Fredericksburg.  What was the result of each of these battles?

Sec.Sec. 396, 397.—­a.  Give an account of the early life and training of Grant and of Thomas.

b.  Why were the seizures of Cairo and Paducah and the battle of Mill Springs important?

c.  What is meant by the phrase “unconditional surrender”?

Sec.Sec. 398, 399.—­a.  Explain carefully the importance to the South of New Orleans and the lower Mississippi.

b.  Give an account of Farragut’s early life.  How did it fit him for this work?

c.  Describe the operations against New Orleans.

Sec. 400.—­a.  Explain carefully the plan of the campaign to Corinth Why was Corinth important?

b.  What quality in Grant was conspicuous at Shiloh?

Sec. 401.—­a.  What was Bragg’s object in invading Kentucky?  How far did he succeed?  Why was Chattanooga important?

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Sec.Sec. 402, 403.—­a.  What is a blockade?  What was the effect of the blockade on the South?

b.  Had sea power been in Southern hands, could the Union have been saved?

c.  Why was Charleston so difficult to capture? (Compare with the Revolutionary War.)

Sec.Sec. 405, 406.—­a.  What help did the Southerners hope to obtain from Great Britain and France?  Why?  How were their hopes disappointed?

b.  What do you think of the action of the English mill operatives?

c.  Describe the Trent Affair.  What do you think of Lincoln’s action?  Did the British government act wisely?

Sec.Sec. 406, 407.—­a.  What had the Republican party declared about slavery in the states?  What had Lincoln said in his inaugural?

b.  How had the war altered Lincoln’s power as President?

c.  Why was it necessary for Lincoln to follow Northern sentiment?

d.  What is contraband of war?  How were the slaves contraband?

Sec.Sec. 408, 409.—­a.  What steps had already been taken by Congress toward freeing the slaves?

b.  How was the Emancipation Proclamation justified?  Upon what would its enforcement depend?

c.  What slave states were not affected by this proclamation?