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 Turn to page 15 in your textbook (use the Red)  Answers the 2 questions that are just below the map  We will discuss as a class

 Following the attack at Fort Sumter; Americans were forced to choose sides  Seven Southern States Seceded as Lincoln took office  Lincoln wanted to save the Union.

 Fort Sumter was a Federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina.  Confederate forces asked for its surrender.  Lincoln refused and sent ships with supplies.  The Civil War had begun

 Border states—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri— were slave states that did not join the Confederacy, but people were divided on the war.  Border States were “wedged between” the Union and Confederate States

Vocabulary Words 1. Fort Sumter 2. Border States 3. Winfield Scott 4. Stone Wall Jackson 5. First Battle Of Bull Run 6. Second Battle of Bull Run 7. Robert E. Lee 8. Seven Days’ Battle 9. Battle of Antietam 10. Ironclads Vocabulary Words 1. Fort Sumter 2. Border States 3. Winfield Scott 4. Stone Wall Jackson 5. First Battle Of Bull Run 6. Second Battle of Bull Run 7. Robert E. Lee 8. Seven Days’ Battle 9. Battle of Antietam 10. Ironclads

Union Naval Blockade  Union navy controlled the sea and blockaded southern ports.  The southern economy was hurt because the South was prevented from selling and receiving goods.  Some small, fast ships got through blockade, but the number of ships entering southern ports was reduced from 6,000 to 800 a year.

Ironclads  The Confederacy turned to a new type of warship—ironclads, or ships heavily armored with iron.  The Confederacy Captured a Union ship and turned it into ironclad, known as The Merrimack  Ironclads successfully attacked the wooden ships of the Union.

Ironclads The Confederate Ironclad –the Merrimack The Union Ironclad- The Monitor Met In a battle in Virginia The Monitor won the battle and saved the Union’s fleet of Ships. This allowed them to continue the blockade

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 You will use your textbook to complete the battle chart that I give you.  We will go over these charts tommorow

Coach Duke

 Finish your Battle Chart from yesterday  We will review and discuss  This information will be on your test, so make sure you are giving it the effort it deserves.  Finish your Battle Chart from yesterday  We will review and discuss  This information will be on your test, so make sure you are giving it the effort it deserves.

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Gettysburg  Largest and bloodiest battle of Civil War  More than 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or went missing in three days.  It was an important victory for the Union because it stopped Lee’s plan of invading the North.

First Day Lee’s forces were gathered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1, Ran into Union forces under General George G. Meade, beginning the Battle of Gettysburg Union took up defensive positions Second Day Lee ordered attack on Union troops on Little Round Top. Both sides fought viciously for control. Union forces held off Confederates. Third Day Lee planned attack on center of Union line. General George Pickett led 15,000 men in Pickett’s Charge, a failed attack on Cemetery Ridge. Lee began planning retreat to Virginia.

Turning Point  Gettysburg was turning point of war—Lee would never again attack in the North  Some 23,000 Union and 28,000 Confederate casualties

Lincoln needed victory for Union army to help him win reelection in General William Tecumseh Sherman’s is known for his “march to the sea”. Sherman’s troops marched south from Tennessee to capture Atlanta, Georgia Sherman practiced total war, destroying civilian and economic resources, such as Railroads and farms. He hoped to ruin the South’s economy and ending its ability to fight. He hoped this would speed the end of the war.

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 Based on your knowledge of the Civil War Battles, summarize in a paragraph, which battle do you think was the most significant? Why? (explain your answer) 

 Based on your knowledge of the Civil War Battles, summarize in a paragraph, which battle do you think was the most significant? Why? (explain your answer) 

 The war effort involved all levels of society.  Women and males too young or too old for military service worked in factories and farms.  Women were the backbone of civilian life. On farms, they performed daily chores usually done by men.  Union volunteer Clara Barton organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield.  Clara Barton is known as the founder of the American Red Cross  In the South, Sally Louisa Tompkins established a small hospital that became a major army hospital.

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 Grant broke through Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia, and Lee retreated to Richmond on April 2,  Grant surrounded Lee’s army.  Lee surrendered to Grant at the small town of Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, The South Surrenders

 Civil War had deep and long lasting effects.  Almost 620,000 Americans killed  The South’s defeat ended slavery.  Majority of former slaves had no homes or jobs.  Southern economy was in ruins.  Tremendous amount of hostility remained.  Many questioned how the United States could be united again.