Name ______Hour ______Class # ______

Use your textbook or map book to complete the following activities. Map 49 – Choosing Sides 1. Label with Blue or Black Ink – each state / territory outlined on the map. 2. Use different colors or patterns to shade in each of the following areas. a. Free States b. Slave States loyal to the Union c. States that seceded from the Union before April 14, 1861. d. States that seceded from the Union after April 14, 1861. 3. Create a Key in the blank box of your map. 4. Answer the following questions: a. Before April 14, 1861, which states were part of the Confederate States of America?

b. Which states were known as border states?

c. Why did both the Union and Confederacy try to gain the loyalty of the border states?

Map 50 – Major Battles of the Civil War 1. Label with blue or black ink – each states/ territory outlined on your map. 2. Trace and label using a blue colored pencil or marker the following rivers. a. Mississippi River b. Tennessee River c. Cumberland River 3. Locate and label the Appalachian Mountains using brown ^^^^ marks representing where the Mtns. are located. 4. Use two different colors to shade in Union states and Confederate states. 5. Use your textbook to fill in the blank for the following statements – Then locate and label each of the sites on your map. Use the corresponding letter to label it on your map. a. The Battle of ______in July 1861 was the first battle to take place in Virginia. b. The Confederate army’s attack on Fort ______signaled the start of the Civil War. c. General Grant captured Fort ______on the Tennessee River and Fort ______on the Cumberland River in February 1862. d. Generals Johnston and Beauregard tried to defeat Grant near ______, a county meeting house in Tennessee. e. ______, the capital of the Confederacy, fell to Union troops in April 1865. f. On September 17, 1862, McClellan and Lee clashed at ______, marking one of the bloodiest days in the war. g. At the Battle of ______, General Meade forced Confederate troops to retreat from Pennsylvania. h. After a six-week siege, the city of ______surrendered to Grant’s army. i. General Sherman destroyed most of the city of ______, Georgia, as part of the strategy of “total war.” j. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at ______on April 9, 1865.

6. Use Solid lines to show how Scott’s Anaconda strategy divided the Confederacy into three major theaters of war. Then use a dotted line to show the North’s Naval Blockade. a. ______- Anaconda Plan – Dividing Confederacy into two parts. b. ------North’s Naval Blockade

7. Create a key in the blank box. Include the letters / battle sites in your key. 8. Answer the following questions: a. What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Shiloh?

b. What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Gettysburg? Name ______Hour ______Class # ______

c. How did Scott’s anaconda strategy use geography?

d. Explain how the naval blockade affected the south?

Map 51 – The Civil War in the East 1. Locate and label the following: a. Richmond f. Washington D.C. b. Maryland g. Pennsylvania c. West Virginia h. Virginia d. James River i. York River e. Potomac River j. Chesapeake Bay

2. Locate and Label the following battle sites using one color or symbol if it was a Union Victory and another color or symbol if it was a Confederate Victory. a. Seven Days’ Battle e. Harpers Ferry b. Antietam f. Fredericksburg c. Chancellorsville g. Gettysburg d. Bull Run 3. Create a key in blank box provided. 4. Answer the following questions: a. Which battles were fought on Union territory?

b. Which battles were fought on Confederate territory?

c. Which battles were fought on the peninsula between the James and York rivers?

d. Which battle took place farthest north?

e. What effect did Geography have on the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg?

Map 52 – The Union Advances 1. Locate and label the states outlined on their maps use blue or black ink. 2. Locate and label the following: a. Richmond e. Nashville b. Savannah f. Ft. Sumter c. Appalachian Mountains g. Mississippi River d. Tennessee River h. Cumberland River 3. Locate and label the following battle sites using one color or symbol if it was a Union victory and another color or symbol if it was a Confederate victory. a. Ft. Donelson f. Ft. Henry b. Shiloh g. Memphis c. Jackson h. Vicksburg d. New Orleans i. Port Hudson e. Chattanooga j. Atlanta 4. Create a key in the box provided. 5. Explain the significance of the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Why was control of this river important? (3 sentences) ______