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Civil War Review Day 2

Civil War Review Day 2

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9th - 12th Grade

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17 Slides • 7 Questions

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Civil War

Review- You will only have 10 minutes to complete this assignment, if you do not complete it during the allotted time you will need to complete it on your own time.

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Robert E. Lee

  • Confederate General

  • From Virginia

  • In the US Army and was opposed to succession but did not want to fight his own state

  • General in Chief and Military Advisor to Confederate President Jefferson Davis

  • Known for strategic plans Offense over defense

  • Surrendered April 9th to Grant

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Multiple Choice

Did Robert E. Lee want to secede?

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Yes

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No

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George McClellan

  • Union General (1861-1864)

  • Liked by men but not by Congress or Lincoln 

  • Removed as General in 1864

  • Started off with strong momentum, but died off quickly

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Multiple Choice

George McClellan was liked by...

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The men in the army

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Congress and the President

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Advantages of the Confederates

  • They were fighting defensively

  • Most of the war was fought in the South so they knew the terrain

  • They had the support of the civilians surrounding the battles

  • The upper South gave them more resources and industrial might than what the deep South had

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Disadvantages of the Confederates

  • The North blockaded their Naval ports

  • With their Naval ports blockaded they could not export their Cotton

  • The south lacked infrastructure to move men and supplies

  • Their economy began to decline

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Multiple Select

What are some of the advantages of the Confederacy? (Check all that apply)

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They were fighting defensively

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Their economy boomed

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They were fighting on their homeland

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The upper South gave them more industrial might

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Advantages of the Union

  • The Union had a larger population

  • The infrastructure and railroads in the North made it much easier to move men and supplies

  • Farms in the North were able to supply the men with more food than the South

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Disadvantages of the Union

  • The North must go and conquer

  • The had to create long supply lines

  • They had to fight on unfamiliar territory

  • Even if the Union wins they must pacify a defeated Confederacy after the war

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Multiple Select

What are some of the disadvantages of the Union? (Check all that apply)

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Unfamiliar land

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More food rations

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Long supply lines

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Better railroads

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The First Battle of Bull Run

  • Many people believed that a single battle would decide the Civil War, and questioned how committed the southern rebels were

  • On July 21, 1861 the two armies met for the first time along Bull Run Creek in Massachusetts

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The First Battle of Bull Run

  • So many Northerners believed that this battle would be a decisive win that spectators brought picnics to watch the battle take place

  • The Union attacked first, but were pushed back by the confederates

  • The Confederates went on to dominate the day

  • This ended Union hopes of a quick and decisive win

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Battle of the Wilderness 

  • First Battle with Grant as head Command for the Union

  • May 5, 1864

  • Union army went from passive to aggressive 

  • Truly in the Wilderness 

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Battle of the Wilderness

  • Significance: Union showed a power move as they made forward movement towards Richmond, the capital. Lead to Confederate surrender in April. 

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Multiple Choice

Who was the Union General during the Battle of The Wilderness?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Robert E. Lee

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following completes the diagram?

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President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

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The Gettysburg Address

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Thirteenth Amendment

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Multiple Choice

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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made slavery legal

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began slavery

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ended slavery in the Confederate states

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ended slavery only in the North

Civil War

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