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: ______

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?

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