The Civil War

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Which would inspire you to fight harder - fighting for your home or fighting for your country?

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The First Battle of Bull RunJuly 21, 1861

Manassas, Virginia

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip on the First Battle of Bull Run.

3. At each new section, stop the video clip to discuss and answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate the First Battle of Bull Run on your Civil War Map. Color it blue for a Union victory – red for a Confederate Victory. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the battle.

Questions:

1. Which generals led the Union and Confederate armies?

2. What is unique about the First Battle of Bull Run?

3. Describe the battle in two sentences.

4. Who won and who lost? Why?Social Studies Success

The Battle of AntietamSeptember 17, 1862

Outside Sharpsburg, Maryland

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip on the Battle of Antietam.

3. At each new section, stop the video clip to discuss and answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate the Battle of Antietam on your Civil War Map. Color it blue for a Union victory – red for a Confederate Victory. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the battle.

Questions:

1. Which generals led the Union and Confederate armies in this battle?

2. What is Lee’s strategy in this battle?

3. Why was geography important in this battle?

4. What mistakes were made by both sides in the battle?

5. Describe the battle in two sentences.

6. Who won and who lost? Why?

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The Emancipation ProclamationSeptember 22, 1862

in effect January 1, 1863

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip on the Emancipation Proclamation.

3. Discuss and answer this question with a partner – What military goal did Lincoln hope to accomplish with the Emancipation Proclamation?

1. Read Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

2. Discuss and answer the questions with a partner: • What exactly is the Emancipation Proclamation?• What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Civil War?

3. Create a symbol of the Emancipation Proclamation and place it in a state in the South on your Civil War Map. Write the date and a one sentence summary.

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The Blockade

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The Anaconda Plan was a strategy devised by the North to avoid excessive loss of life in a long, drawn out war. It was created by General Winfield Scott in 1861, and it included a blockade off all of the ports in the South. Its goal was to stop all commerce on the Mississippi River and the major ports in the South so no cotton could be exported for money, and no war supplies could be imported. Its main purpose was to put the south under economic pressure to end the war.

The purpose of the blockade was not only to capture the ships that attempted to evade it, but also to discourage others. Unable to sell goods (particularly cotton) on the world market, the Confederate government was already strained financially as early as 1862.

The attempt to control the Mississippi River will lead to the Battle and Siege of Vicksburg

Directions:

1. Discuss and answer this question with a partner – Do you think the Anaconda Plan will be successful? Why or why not?

2. Draw the Anaconda Plan on your Civil War Map. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the blockade.

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The Siege of VicksburgMay 18 – July 4, 1863Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip on the Battle and Siege of Vicksburg. You only need to watch the Introduction, Siege and Conclusion.

3. At each new section, stop the video clip to discuss and answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate the Battle and Siege of Vicksburg on your Civil War Map. Color it blue for a Union victory – red for a Confederate Victory. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the battle.

Questions:

1. Which generals led the Union and Confederate armies?

2. What is Grant’s strategy to win Vicksburg?

3. Describe the battle in two sentences.

4. How did the siege impact those who lived in Vicksburg?

5. Who won and who lost? Why?

6. What impact did this battle have on the Civil War? Social Studies Success

The 54th Massachusetts RegimentJuly 18, 1863

Fort Wagner, North Carolina

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip on the 54th Regiment.

3. Answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate Fort Wagner on your Civil War Map. Color it blue for a Union victory – red for a Confederate Victory. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the 54th Regiment’s role in this battle.

Questions:

1. What role did the Emancipation Proclamation have in the formation of the 54th

Regiment?

2. Who was William Carney and why was he significant to both the battle and the United States?

3. What impact did the 54th Regiment have on the Civil War?

4. How did African Americans fight for their own emancipation?

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The Battle of GettysburgJuly 1-3, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip on the Battle of Gettysburg. You only need to watch the Introduction, Pickett’s Charge and A National Cemetery.

3. At each new section, stop the video clip to discuss and answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate the Battle of Gettysburg on your Civil War Map. Color it blue for a Union victory –red for a Confederate Victory. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the battle.

Questions:

1. Which generals led the Union and Confederate armies in this battle?

2. What is Lee’s goal to win Gettysburg?

3. Describe the battle in two sentences.

4. What thoughts, feelings or emotions do you think the soldiers experienced during the battle?

5. Who won and who lost? Why?

6. What impact did this battle have on the Civil War? Social Studies Success

The Gettysburg addressNovember 19, 1863

Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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Directions: 1. Read the Gettysburg Address by President Lincoln.

2. Watch the video clip on the Gettysburg Address.

3. Discuss and answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate the Battle of Gettysburg on your Civil War Map. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the speech.

Questions:1. What does President Lincoln say about equality? Who do you

think this applies to the most?

2. What did he say the soldiers are fighting for?

3. What are his thoughts on the government?

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Sherman’s MarchNovember 15 – December 21, 1864Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.2. Watch the video clip on Sherman’s March. 3. Discuss and answer questions with a partner.4. Locate the path of Sherman’s March on your Civil War Map. Write the date and a one

sentence summary of the event.

Questions:

1. What was the purpose of Sherman’s March through Georgia?

2. Sherman is quoted as saying, he wants to “Make Georgia howl.” What does this mean?

3. What impact is Sherman’s march going to have on the people of the South.

4. Sherman’s tactics were called “Total War” – why did he think they were necessary?

5. What are your thoughts on this military strategy?

6. What impact did this event have on the Civil War?Social Studies Success

Surrender at Appomattox Court House

April 9, 1865Appomattox Court House, Virginia

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Directions:

1. Scan the QR Code with a QR Reader.

2. Watch the video clip and read the information on the surrender of the South.

3. Discuss and answer questions with a partner.

4. Locate Appomattox Court House on your Civil War Map. Write the date and a one sentence summary of the event.

Questions:

1. Which generals were involved in this event?

2. What were the terms of surrender?

3. What challenges now faced the United States?

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The Civil WarBattle of Gettysburg

First Battle of Bull Run

Battle of Antietam

Battle and Siege of Vicksburg

Fort WagnerAtlanta

Savannah

Appomattox Court House

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