04 Worksheet the Civil War the Fighting Escalates

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The Civil War: The Fighting Escalates

Part A: Short Answer: Instructions: Explain how the individuals below were historically significant in the Civil War.

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson George McClellan Ulysses S. Grant ______

Part B: Fill in the blank: Instructions: Choose the term from the word bank that best completes the sentence.

Lincoln, Tyler, McLellan, Stanton, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Valley Forge, Jackson, Grant, Abolitionism, Polytheism, Richmond, Feminism, retreated, attacked, Mississippi, Ohio, Delaware, Lee, Border, Southern, Western

1. So that he may free the slaves in the South, ______issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 2. Abraham Lincoln fired ______for his refusal to pursue Robert E. Lee and his Southern soldiers. 3. The movement to free the slaves, called ______, was popular in Britain. 4. The ______States kept their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation. 5. Thomas “Stonewall” ______led the South at the Battle of Bull Run. 6. The North sent Grant to take and control the ______River. 7. The capital of the Confederacy was the city of ______.

ANSWERS: The Civil War: The Fighting Escalates

Part A: Short Answer: Instructions: Explain how the individuals below were historically significant in the Civil War.

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson George McClellan Ulysses S. Grant Jackson was a significant McClellan was appointed as U.S. Grant was an important general for the South during general for the Union. He leader for the North. He led the Civil War. He led the pushed Robert E. Lee and his the efforts to control the South to victory at the first soldiers to retreat. Yet, Mississippi. This was a crucial Battle of Bun Run in 1861. Lincoln fired him for not part of the Anaconda plan. pursuing Lee and crushing his troops.

Part B: Fill in the blank: Instructions: Choose the term from the word bank that best completes the sentence.

1. So that he may free the slaves in the South, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 2. Abraham Lincoln fired McLellan for his refusal to pursue Robert E. Lee and his Southern soldiers. 3. The movement to free the slaves, called abolitionism, was popular in Britain. 4. The Border States kept their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation. 5. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson led the South at the Battle of Bull Run. 6. The North sent Grant to take and control the Mississippi River. 7. The capital of the Confederacy was the city of Richmond.