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 Today we are going to read textbooks pages 371-381. 

Answer the following questions: 

1) List and outline who the key people in this chapter are and were.

2) What do you think were General McClellan's major tactical errors? Support your response with details from the text.

3) Do you think Lincoln's decsion to fire McClellan was a good one? Why or why not? How do you think that decision would affect the outcome of the war?

4) Discuss the Battle of Antietam. Why was it important? What exactly happened?

Study guide of things you need to know for the test:

Some battles you should know:

1)Bull Run; Antietam; Shiloh; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Vicksburg; and Appomattox Courthouse.

Some people you should know: 

2) Robert E. Lee, Ulyssey's S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Tecumseh Sherman, John Wilkes Booth.

3) Documents: The Emancipation Proclamation, The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's 1st and 2nd Inaugural Addresses; 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.

4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?
5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.
6) List some of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.
7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?
8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?
9) What was the reconstruction?
10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?
11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.  

Civil War Projects
Powerpoint Presentations:

w/ bullet point notes.

If it is a battle:

A) Date(s)
B) Commanders
C) Winner
D) Importance of the battle (meaning - what was it about; why did it happen; what were the objectives; where did it lead - what happened afterwards)
E) Story/Diary from the battle (soldier) or 3-4 quotes about the battle (by people alive during the Civil War)
F) Why did you learn

Also Needed:

10 photos from the Civil War (photos of commanders, photos or battle field, the soldiers, the dead)
2 current photos of the battlefield
1 piece of Civil War music
1 website


PEOPLE

A) Birth/Death dates for each person
B) List of major achievements during the Civil War (at least 5 for each)
C) Importance during the Civil War and after
D) 4 quote from each person during the war or about the war
E) 4 photos of the person during their life (at least 2 during the war)
F) 1 photo of monuments/grave stone of each person
G) 1 photo of family and/or significant others
H) 1 story about the death or things that happened during the war
I) 1 piece of Civil War music
J) 1 website link 

 

1. By the end of 1861, how many total soldiers are trained and ready to fight in the war? 

2. What was the name of the Union plan for victory?

 

3. What was the Confederacy's basic military strategy? 

 

4. What was the first major battle fought west of the Mississippi River? 

 

5. Think back to the Union plan for victory. Can you think of any other objectives they should have included in their plan? Why?