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Tirrn to pages 58-59 of the Atlas. Read the overview. Also look at photo A and map B,
"Ttrrning Points of the War." Use the information to answer the following questions.
a.
Who did the Confederacy hope would assist them?
and
b.
What Union document convinced the Europeans to honor the Union blockade?
c.
What critical battles marked the turning points in the Civil War?
and
d. What were most battlefields before the war?
e.
How did most troops arrive on the battlefields?
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Look again at maP B. Match the battle with the state it took place tn.
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b. Vicksburg'
c. Chancellorsville
d. Chickamauga'
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Virginia
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Tennessee
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Mississippi
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Pennsylvania
Time and Change
3.
Look at map B and map C, "sherman Marches to the Sea." Number the following
events in the order that they occurred.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Siege of Petersburg begins.
Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address.
Sherman leads March to the Sea.
Emancipation Proclamation issued.
Union takes control of the Mississippi.
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History Through Maps
4.
Look again at map C. Circle the battles that were Union victories.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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Atlanta
Cold Harbor
Kennesaw Mountain
Mobile Bay
Wilderness
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g.
h.
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j.
Spotsylvania
Savannah
Mansfield
Jonesborough
Nashville
Thinking About History
5.
Look at maps B and C. Also look at map B, "Early Confederate Victories," on page 56
and map C, "Battles in the East and West," on page 57. Write the year for which each
statement is true.
a.
Union suffers several defeats in the East, but
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in the West.
b. Union cuts through the middle of the Confederacy.
c.
Confederacy defeats the Union in nearly every battle.
d. Union gains control of the Mississippi River.
e.
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Lincoln freed slaves in the Confederacy.
Gathering the Facts
6.
Look at graph E, "American War Deaths," and photo D. Write T if the statement is true
and F if the statement is false.
a.
Most of the physical destruction in the war was in the South.
b. Civil War-era medicine was able to deal with most injuries.
c.
About 407,000 Americans died in the Civil War.
d. More Americans died in the Civil War than died in any later war.
e.
Over 15 times as many people died in the Civil War as in all previous wars in
the United States combined.
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