Download Battle of Antietam

Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________ Period: ___________________
The Battle of Antietam:
The Bloodiest Day of the War
The South Strikes Hard as Lee invades Maryland.
Objectives
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Maryland was a slave state that
stayed in the Union and
supported Lincoln’s
presidency.
Robert E. Lee commander of the
Confederate army wanted to
cut off the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to limit resources in
the north and make
transportation difficult.
He threatens to take
Washington D.C.
The Confederate Troops fight
hard and force McClellan to
return to Union territory.
The Battle
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The Outcome
The Union outnumbers the
Confederates by almost
double
Antietam will be the first
major battle to take place on
Northern soil. The
Confederate Army was
almost defeated.
This was a huge loss to the
Confederate Army.
Bloodiest single day in
American history
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High casualties for both sides
ended the fighting.
Lee and his men retreat back
across the Potomac into
Virginia.
McClellan failed to chase them
when he a chance to defeat the
confederate army. This TOO
cautious move will lead
President Lincoln to replace
him.
President Lincoln felt
confident enough to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation.
Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln wanted a _____________ victory before issuing the
Emancipation Proclamation but ___________ was such a loss to the
Confederate Army Lincoln felt confident enough to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation.
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On September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued the proclamation, freeing
slaves in States that had ______________ from the Union ONLY.
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This document stated that on January 1, 1863 all the persons held
as slaves in any state or part of state waging war with the USA
would be forever free.
Q. Why did the Proclamation only free slaves in the
Confederate States?
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– Lincoln couldn’t anger these valuable border states so he
allowed slavery to continue in those states but made it illegal in
succeed southern states.
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation
Proclamation?
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___________ were growing ____________ and
supplying the Confederacy with _________,
________________ and __________________.
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Lincoln thought that if he _________all slaves they
would stop working the plantations and the
Confederacy would run out of ___________.
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Also, Lincoln thought that if he freed all slaves they
would _____________ for the ______________ and
help ________________ the Confederate Army.
An ___________________ is given to
________________ Southern States…
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The Confederacy had a choice either __________________ and slavery ____________ be allowed to continue OR
continue to fight and the institution of slavery would ultimately come to an _______________. Confederate leaders
chose to ____________ and not _________________.
Results
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Escaped slaves hiding in the
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north were declared
_________ ________.
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Some of Georgia’s islands
were freed.
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The Union’s war strategy
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changed and now included
___________ slavery
___________, instead of just
____________ the Union and
______________ slavery.
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__________ and _____________,
both supporters of abolition,
_____________ to
____________ or __________
the Confederate States of
America.
Lincoln’s place as the Republican
Candidate for the election of
1864 was _______________.
News of the Proclamation spread
to the South, but most slaves had
nowhere to go so most stayed
and worked on plantations for
___________ and ___________.
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The Emancipation
Proclamation ultimately
affected __________
slaves and will end _______
years of slavery.
It _________________ the
character of the war.
It gave the Union a
___________ cause to fight
for and it strengthened the
Union both ___________
and _______________.
Name: ________________________________
Date: ________________ Period: ___________________
Directions: Imagine that you are a newspaper journalist during the dawn of the Civil War. You just watched President Abraham
Lincoln announce his Proclamation to the world giving the succeeded states a choice to surrender or keep fighting. Describe the
Emancipation Proclamation, the moral and feelings of America on both sides, and ultimately its devastating results. Add a prediction
of what you think will happen now that southern states have refused to stop fighting. You must use at least 15 of the words in the
word bank.
Remember, newspaper readers want to know WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY?
Containment
Military
Preservation
Slaves Antietam
Tragedy
Union Blockade
Loss
Ultimatum
Robert E. Lee
Stubborn
Word Bank
Outnumber
Insulting
Rebellion
George McClelland
Illegal
Blockade Runners
Insanity
Politics
Victory
Strong
Transformation
Free
Surrender