Civil War & Reconstruction Day 16 Civil War & Reconstruction #4 due TONIGHT @ 10:45 1. Warm – Up 2. DBQ – The Battle of Gettysburg: Why Was It a Turning Point?

Warm - Up

Which is correct? A B C ORAL QUESTIONS (use notes)

Several important battles were fought in 1862, including the deadliest one-day battle in American history. Name all three. Shiloh, New Orleans, Antietam

Why were Shiloh and New Orleans important? Mississippi River

Why did Lee take his army north to Antietam? Capture Washington D.C.

Which part of the Anaconda Plan did the Union accomplish first? Blockade

The blockade stopped two things, one from leaving the country and the other from coming in. What were they? Cotton and weapons What action did Lincoln take at the beginning of 1863 in order to weaken the South and strengthen the North? Emancipation Proclamation

What does “emancipate” mean? Free

Lincoln did not free slaves in the border states. Why? Only Congress could

What two battles of 1863 provided the turning point of the war? Gettysburg and Vicksburg

What famous speech did Lincoln give four months after the victory at Gettysburg? Gettysburg Address The victory at Vicksburg was important because it gave the Union complete control of the… Mississippi River

General Sherman used “total war” as he marched his army through which Southern state? Georgia

Sherman’s “March to the Sea” was important because it… split the South

In 1865, the Union captured what important city in the South? Richmond

The Confederacy finally surrendered in 1865 at… Appomattox Court House MATCHING

Sherman’s March to 1861 the Sea

Blockade around the 1862 Southern coast Battles of Gettysburg 1863 and Vicksburg— captured the Mississippi 1864 Captured Richmond– surrender at Appomattox

1865 Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day of the war Civil War Timeline and Contributions

C 1. Abraham Lincoln A. Confederate General B. Union General H 2. Jefferson Davis C. President of the Union B 3. Ulysses S. Grant D. Union Sergeant, former A 4. Robert E. Lee slave E. Pro-Union poet F 5. Stonewall Jackson F. Confederate D 6. William Carney Commander G. Union sailor, born in G 7. Chile E 8. Julia Ward Howe H. President of the Confederacy Civil War Timeline and Contributions

A. Brilliant military strategist and leader whose death in 1. Abraham Lincoln E 1863 was a severe setback for the Confederate Army B. Won the Medal of Honor for carrying dispatches 2. Jefferson Davis C between the USS Santiago de Cuba through heavy Confederate fire to Major General C. Led Confederacy; ordered the bombing of Fort Sumter 3. Ulysses S. Grant H D. Earned the Medal of Honor while fighting for the 54th Regiment at a battle in ; though severely F wounded, he carried the American flag through enemy 4. Robert E. Lee fire until returning it to the men of the 54th E. Gave Union citizens a sense of purpose and hope; did 5. Stonewall Jackson A not give up despite enormous pressure to quit F. Military leader and gifted strategist who chose the Confederacy and his home state of over his 6. William Carney loyalty to the ; his troops were fiercely D loyal to him G. Wrote the uplifting words to the song, “Battle Hymn of 7. Philip Bazaar B the Republic,” which was commonly sung by Union citizens and Union troops throughout the Civil War H. Led Union troops to victory by pursuing the enemy until 8. Julia Ward Howe G obtaining complete surrender; in Lincoln’s words during the war, “I can’t spare this man – he fights!” ON YOUR DESK Journal pages 20-21 Pen/pencil

UNDER YOUR CHAIR Everything else Major Battle Campaigns of the Civil War A A1. Union – solid lines, Confederate - dashes Campaign is a series of military operations in a certain area A2.conducted to achieve a certain goal. Lee was either trying to conquer the North or scare it into giving A3. up the fight. Gettysburg was the Confederacy’s northern-most attack. A A4. victory by Lee might have broken the Northern will to continue the war CASUALTIES (CHART) B B1.Killed, wounded, missing B2. 23,040; 20,650-25,000 B3. South. North had 3 times as many troops in the field and 5 times as many men of military age to draw upon In terms of casualties as a proportion of troops available, B4. Gettysburg was a big setback for the South. Letters from Robert E. Lee Document C C1. Jefferson Davis, 7/4/1863 Jefferson Davis, 8/8/1863 C2. Replace me, he is offering his resignation C3. Victory over the North & independence for the South Lee lost his confidence in his ability to beat the North, Second C4. letter evidence of crack in Southern morale. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS DOCUMENT D 4x20+7=87, 1863-87=1776. Declaration of Independence was D1.written. D2. Soldiers who fought at Gettysburg hallowed the ground. To die in battle D3. He wants the crowd to pledge to expand freedom (end slavery) and D4. work to make sure democracy never disappears from the planet. It gave the nation an opportunity to rededicate itself not only to D5.the causes of ending slavery and preserving a union, but also to an even larger goal of proving that mankind can rule itself under a democratic for of government. Lincoln’s redefinition of the war’s aims was a huge morale booster and a momentum changer.