_c_. Describe carefully the plan of the Bull Run campaign.
_d_. Why was the Shenandoah Valley so important?
§§ 388-390.--_a_. Why was McClellan placed in command of the Army of the Potomac?
_b_. Of what advantage to the South were the negroes?
_c_. Describe the plan of the Peninsular Campaign. What was the great objection to it?
§ 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?
§§ 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?
§§ 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?
§§ 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"?
§§ 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.
§ 400.--_a_. Explain carefully the plan of the campaign to Corinth Why was Corinth important?
_b_. What quality in Grant was conspicuous at Shiloh?
§ 401.--_a_. What was Bragg's object in invading Kentucky? How far did he succeed? Why was Chattanooga important?
§§ 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.)
§§ 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?
§§ 406, 407.--_a_. What had the Republican party declared about slavery in the states? What had Lincoln said in his inaugural?