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MEMT (Ch. 17)
Guided Notes – “Emancipation, Victory, and Assassination”
Glue onto Page: ______
Terms & Names
A. Fill in the blanks with the letter of the term that best completes the sentence.
a. Emancipation Proclamation
d. Appomattox Court House
b. Gettysburg
e. Clara Barton
c. Ulysses S. Grant
f. Vicksburg
1. After the Battles of _____________ and _____________, the South lost the support of England, who
previously had supplied them with weapons and considered recognizing their independence.
2. After his victory at Vicksburg in 1863, Lincoln named ______________ commander of all the Union armies.
3. The ____________________ of 1863 freed slaves living in rebellious Confederate states.
4. ____________________ organized other women to help with the war effort by washing clothes and
cooking for the Union soldiers.
5. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at ______________________ in Virginia.
B. Write the letter of the name or term next to the description that explains it best.
a. General Sherman
e. Abraham Lincoln
i. Robert E. Lee
b. Battle of Gettysburg
f. greenbacks
j. bounties
c. Income Tax
g. Pickett’s Charge
k. Atlanta
d. 54th Massachusetts
h. Ulysses S. Grant
_______ 1. Most famous African-American regiment that insisted on fighting without pay
_______ 2. Confederate general
_______ 3. Union commander that finally stopped Lee
_______ 4. President Lincoln delivered an important speech after this battle
_______ 5. Winner of the 1864 Presidential Election
_______ 6. Bold Confederate attack in the middle of Union lines that crushed the Southern attack
_______ 7. Paper currency issued in the North
_______ 8. Waged total war on the Deep South
_______ 9. This economic measure taxed income on earnings, and helped the Union to pay its war debts
_______ 10. Location of Sherman’s Total War
Main Ideas
1. Describe the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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2. What were some of the human and economic costs of the Civil War?
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3. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important?
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4. Describe Sherman’s “Total War” strategy.
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5. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the role of African Americans in the war?
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6. How did Lincoln’s assassination affect the country’s ability to rebuild itself?
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