§§ 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? CHAPTER 39 §§ 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? _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? §§ 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? _d_. How was slavery as an institution abolished throughout the United States? §§ 410, 411.--_a_. Why was not the North united upon this war? _b_. What is the force of the writ of _habeas corpus_? Why is it so important? _c_. What was the "draft," and why was it necessary? CHAPTER 40 §§ 412-415.--_a_. Explain the position of the armies at the beginning of 1863. _b_. Why was the conquest of Vicksburg so difficult? How was it finally captured? _c_. What effect did the control of the Mississippi have upon the Confederacy? § 416.--_a_. What was Lee's object in invading Pennsylvania? _b_. What position did the Union army keep as regards the Confederates? §§ 417-419.--_a_. Describe the battle-field of Gettysburg. Why was the battle so important? _b_. Describe in detail the principal events of each day of the battle.