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Civil War
Ch. 16 Sec. 5
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History
8th Grade
05/17/2010

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Name for Lee's Army
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Army of Northern Virginia
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How did Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson die?
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Shot and wounded by one of his own men on accident.

 

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How did Battle of Gettysburg start?
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North surprised the South who were raiding the town looking for shoes.
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Name for attack at Gettysburg where Confederate troops made for easy targets as they charged across and open field.
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Pickett's Charge
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Why was Lincoln upset with General Meade even though the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg?

 

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Like McClellan, Meade let the Confederacy retreat without chasing after them.
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Who was selected to be the General for the Union army in March of 1864?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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He conducted the Marcht to the Sea in the South from Atlanta to Savannah
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Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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Sherman used this tactic as he moved through the south.
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Total war = destroy anything that may be of use to the enemy
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Richmond was finally captured by the North on this day...
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April 2, 1865
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Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
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Appomattax Court House

April 9, 1865

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Three negative outcomes of the Civil War
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Over 600,000 dead Americans

Billions in damage to the land

Bitter feelings between the North and South

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Three positive outcomes of the Civil War
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Union was saved.

Power of Federal Government was strengthened.

Millions of African Americans were freed.

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