CLEP U.S. History I 097: Major Campaigns and Turning Points
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 18 | Lesson 18.2 First Bull Run ended hopes for a short war. In the West, Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson opened routes into Tennessee. New Orleans fell in 1862. Antietam stopped Lee’s first northern invasion and gave Lincoln the opportunity to announce preliminary emancipation. In 1863, […]
CLEP U.S. History I 096: Union and Confederate Strengths and Strategies
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 18 | Lesson 18.1 The Union possessed a larger population, more factories, greater railroad capacity, a navy, and established federal institutions. The Confederacy fought defensively across familiar territory and could hope that northern voters would abandon a costly war. It also expected cotton and European economic interest to encourage […]
