American History- Mrs. Desaulniers The Civil War
Name ______
Standard(s)/Element(s) Addressed: SSUSH9: The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War
Essential Questions: ______
Key Vocabulary
Civil War Abraham Lincoln Confederate States Of Gettysburg Address America (CSA) Habeas Corpus Fort Sumter Ulysses Grant, Antietam Robert E. Lee, Shiloh “Stonewall” Jackson, Vicksburg William T. Sherman, Gettysburg Jefferson Davis. Battle for Atlanta. Appomattox Court House
1. Original 7 Confederate States are
The last 4 are
2. Border states are what and who?
West Virginia Why was Maryland important to the Union?
3. Mrs. Lincoln’s brothers
4. Robert E. Lee’s nephew
5. Describe 4 resources the North could rely on. 1.
2.
3.
4.
6. Describe the 3 resources the South could draw from 1.
2
3.
7. Northern goals for the war are
8. Southern goals for the war are
9. War strategies for the A. South 1.
2.
3.
B.. North
1.
2.
3.
10. Battle of Bull Run When? Where? Result?
“A holiday feeling in the air” means what?
11. Union Blockade is what?
How did it hurt the South?
Prices of Southern goods
Seizing of Union sea vessels
12. Eastern theater is what part of the country? Gen. George McClellan
Army of the Potomac Why was McClellan criticized?
13. Western Theater is what part of the country? General Ulysses S. Grant
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
14. Battle of Shiloh What happened?
results
war casualties
What does Grant almost win?
15. Capture of New Orleans David Farragut
April, 1862 what happens?
Why was complete control of the Mississippi important for the North?
16. Second Battle of Bull Run
Gen. John Pope does what?
2 reasons why the Union was defeated
17. Battle of Antietam March of Robert E. Lee
September 17, 1862
# killed Results of the battle
“the slows”
18. Foreign Intervention General Lee’s defeat at Antietam dissolves what?
19. What is a casualty?
Soldiers wrote name on what and why?
20. Do black soldiers fight in the Civil War?
21. Battle of Fredericksburg Who is a “a little dim-witted”
On December 13, 1862 what happens?
Why did the Union fail?
Results of the battle
22. Battle of Chancellorsville
How did Lee defeat the Union?
Results of the battle
What happens to Gen. Stonewall Jackson
23. Emancipation Proclamation says what?
24. Battle of Gettysburg June, 1863 Gen. George Meade
Gen. George Pickett
Pickett’s Charge
Describe the final results
25. Gettysburg Address says what?
26. Vicksburg Importance to the Confederacy
Grant’s strategy
results of the battle
What is finally split?
27. Ulysses S. Grant
Believed in what?
Made what?
28. “March to Sea” Gen. William Sherman
# of troops
Path of destruction
29. March to Richmond Grant “hammers away” at Richmond and General Lee and what happens? On April 9, 1865 what does Lee do?
30. Appomattox Court House
Grant’s terms of surrender 1.
2.
3.
31. Capture of Jefferson Davis
Georgia
imprisoned
bail
32. Why did the North Win? North South Armies Finances
Industry
Economy 33. Homestead Act of 1862 helped the North by doing what?
Summary: In a nutshell, why did the North win? ______
Forecasting: What is the next BIG QUESTION? ______
In 1861, the war had just begun, In 1862, we fought our way on thru, In 1863, Lincoln made the slaves free, In 1864, the war was almost o’er, In 1865, Lincoln was no longer alive.