The Civil War

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The Civil War
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Preparing for Battle

• Key terms
• Front the area where 2 opposing armies meet
• Antiseptic a germ killing drug
• Anesthetic a pain killer
• People and Places
• Robert E. Lee American general who led the
  Confederate armies in the American Civil War
• Clara Barton famous war nurse
• Richmond capitol of Virginia
  Robert E. Lee

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Preparing For Battle Key Questions

• What advantages did the North have over the
  South?
• Why was the blockade an important part of the
  Northern strategy?

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The Agony of War

• Key Terms
• First Battle of Bull Run the first major battle
  of the Civil War one by the Confederates in 1862
• Battle of Shiloh the fierce Civil War battle at
  Pittsburg landing on the Tennessee river won by
  Union forces in 1862
• Cavalry soldiers on horseback
• Seven Days Battle a week long battle on
  Virginias York Peninsula in which the
  Confederates forced union forces to retreat in
  1862

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The Agony of War Cont

• People and Places
• Stonewall Jackson general who held his ground
  against Union Assaults
• George B. McClellan head of Lincolns army
• Ulysses S. Grant general who took over 2 forts
• David Farragut took New Orleans with force
• Manassas Junction place where 90 day Union
  troops marched
• Shioloh the fierce Civil War Battle at
  Pittsburgh landing on the Tennessee river won by
  union forces in 1862
• New Orleans seaside city in Louisiana
• Stonewall Jackson

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The Agony of War Key Questions

• What was the effect of the First Battle of Bull
  Run on the North?
• Why were Union victories in the West important?

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Turning the Tide

• Key Terms
• Battle of Antietan a Civil War Battle, a
  military draw but a 1862
• Emancipation Proclamation an announcement on Jan
  1, 1863 by President Lincoln that all slave in
  Confederate territory to be considered free
• Draft a system of choosing people for required
  military services
• Battle of Gettysburg the greatest single battle
  of the Civil War won by the Union in Pennsylvania
  in 1863
• Battle of Vicksburg the Union capture of
  Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War in
  1863 political victory for the Union near
  Sharpsburg, Maryland in

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Turning the Tide Cont.

• People and Places
• George Meade Famous general who fought in the
  battle of Gettysburg
• Ulysses S. Grant General who took over 2 forts
• Sharpsburg City in maryland
• Gettysburg city in Pennsylvania
• Vicksburg city in Mississippi
• 
  Ulysses S. Grant

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Turning the Tide Key Questions

• Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not apply
  in the Union States?
• What did Lee hope to gain when he invaded
  Pennsylvania?

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The Union Victorious

• Key Terms
• Total war a war in which every available weapon
  is used and the nation's full financial resources
  are devoted
• Assassinate To murder (a prominent person) by
  surprise attack, as for
• political reasons
• People and Places
• William Tecumseh Sherman American Union general.
  Appointed commander of all Union troops in the
  West (1864), he captured Atlanta (1864) and led a
  destructive March to the Sea, which effectively
  cut the Confederacy in two
• John Wilkes Booth United States actor and
  assassin of President Lincoln
• Atlanta city in Georgia
• Appomattox Courthouse Early on April 9, the
  remnants of John Broun Gordons corps and
  Fitzhugh Lees cavalry formed line of battle at
  Appomattox Court House

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The Union Victorious Key Questions

• What Union victories led to the Souths
  surrender?
• List three consequences of the war.