Course+of+the+Civil+War

=Key Terms & People=

Using the resources listed below, write a definition for each of the following terms or people. 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**=

> [|Gettysburg Address >]
 * Answer the following questions**.
 * 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 Chart.pages]]
 * 1) Identify the significance and the limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
 * 1) Why was the success of the Union army in 1864 so significant to Abraham Lincoln?
 * 2) 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 II --- -- Part III ---
 * [[file:Causes of the Civil War.pdf]]
 * [[file:Civil War Resources.pdf]]
 * [[file:Civil War - Cotton Diplomacy & the Union Blockade.pdf]]
 * [[file:Civil War - Early Battles.pdf]]
 * [[file:Civil War - The Ironclads.pdf]]
 * [[file:Battle of Gettysburg.pdf]]
 * [[file:The Siege of Vicksburg.pdf]]
 * [[file:Battle of Shiloh.pdf]]
 * [[file:The Campaign and Siege of Atlanta.pdf]]
 * [[file:Sherman’s March to the Sea.pdf]]
 * [[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**


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

Events of the Civil War
 * Additional Optional Resources**