The+Civil+War

=Objective:=
 * Understand the circumstances that shaped the Civil War and its outcome (e.g., differences between the economic, technological, and human resources for both sides).
 * Identify the significance of key battles and individuals.

= = =Key Terms & People=

Using the resources listed below, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__ Part II Part III
 * Abraham Lincoln
 * Jefferson Davis
 * George McClellan
 * Robert E. Lee
 * Ulysses S. Grant
 * ironclads
 * cotton diplomacy
 * Emancipation Proclamation
 * 54th Massachusetts regiment
 * Ulysses S. Grant
 * Gettysburg Address
 * total war
 * Wilderness Campaign
 * Appomattox Courthouse

=**Main Ideas**=


 * Answer the following questions in your** //Social Studies Only// **notebook/binder. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__**
 * 1) What were the strengths and weaknesses of both the North and the South at the beginning of the war?
 * 2) Identify the northern and southern strategy for winning the war.
 * 3) What was the outcome of each of the following battles? What effect did it have on both sides?
 * Battle of Fort Sumter
 * 1st Battle of Bull Run
 * Seven Day's Battle
 * Battle of Antietam
 * Battle of Shiloh
 * Battle of Vicksburg
 * Battle of Gettysburg
 * Sherman's March & Siege of Atlanta
 * Battle of Petersburg
 * [[file:Major Battles of the Civil War Outline.pdf]]
 * 1) Identify the significance and the limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation.
 * 2) Why was the success of the Union army in 1864 so significant to Abraham Lincoln?
 * 3) What problems did the South face at the end of the war that would eventually force them to have to surrender? What was the aftermath of the war on the South?

=Resources=

-- Part I ---
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.1 The War Begins>]
 * [[file:Civil War - Cotton Diplomacy & the Union Blockade-1.pdf]]
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.2 p.p 516-519 (Early Battles)]

Besides being a much needed Union victory, the Battle of Antietam was also significant because it gave Abraham Lincoln the confidence he needed to issue his Emancipation Proclamation, which effectively changed the Union’s war aims to include the abolition of slavery and increased manpower by allowing black soldiers to participa
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.2 p.p. 520-521 (Anaconda Plan and Clash of the Ironclads!)]

-- Part II ---
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.3 p.p. 522-526 (War out West and the Siege of Vicksburg)>]
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.5 p.p 536-540 (the Battle of Gettysburg)>]
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.4 p.p.528-531 The Emancipation Proclamation>]

-- Part III ---
 * [[file:The Campaign and Siege of Atlanta.pdf]]
 * [|Holt Ch 16 Sec.5 p.p. 540-543 (Wilderness Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea)]
 * [[file:The Final Battles.pdf]]

=**Video Resources**=

- Click on the Hippocampus icon below. It will take you to our Hippocampus class page. - Find the video(s) listed below on the left side of the screen under "BOOKMARKS"
 * Instructions**

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 * Military Strategy
 * Emancipation Proclamation
 * Effects of the war on the South