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Ch. 15 Sections 2 – 3
Anticipation Guide
Directions: Before Reading, read the following statements and put a T next to the statements you feel are true, and an F
next to the ones you believe are false. You are making predictions before reading. Then read pages 518 - 527. Find the
evidence that proves your statement correct or the evidence that disproves your prediction. Go back and change your
answers and record your evidence. Under EVERY statement you must make note of where you found your evidence.
Ex: 519 - 2 (Page# & Paragraph)
Before
Reading
After
Reading
Statement and Evidence
1. Civil war commanders were quick to change their battle tactics to match the
new weapons.
Evidence:
2. Only the Union navy utilized iron clads during the war.
Evidence:
3. The most famous naval battle was between the Monitor and the Merrimack
which marked the end of thousands of years of wooden warships.
Evidence:
4. Union iron clad gunboats played a large role in defending rivers in the north,
such as, the Ohio River.
Evidence:
5. General McClellan replaced General McDowell after the Union’s defeat at Bull
Run.
Evidence:
6. Lincoln appreciated the time McClellan spent training the Union troops.
Evidence:
7. McClellan felt he was outnumbered by the Confederates with his 63,000
troops so he paused his advance to wait for more troops.
Evidence:
8. During McClellan’s wait for soldiers, the Confederate troops withdrew and led
McClellan into a trap.
Evidence:
9. Confederate Gen. Lee victories over the Union prompted him to invade the
North.
Evidence:
10. McClellan accidentally discovered Lee’s battle plan.
Evidence:
11. McClellan and Lee’s troops battled at Antietam Creek and the Union won a
clear victory.
Evidence:
12. Union troops under the command of Gen. Grant had great success in
controlling major waterways in the west.
Evidence:
13. The battle of Shiloh was costly for both the Union and the Confederates, but
the Confederates maintained an important railroad center and parts of the
Mississippi River.
Evidence:
14. Lincoln was quick to emancipate enslaved African Americans.
Evidence:
15. It took President Lincoln a little over 3 months to issue the Emancipation
Proclamation after the victory at Antietam.
Evidence:
16. The Proclamation had an immediate effect freeing all the slaves.
Evidence:
17. All abolitionists celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation.
Evidence:
18. The Emancipation clearly changed the war into a fight about slavery.
Evidence:
19. The Emancipation also blocked any chance for support from Europe to the
South.
Evidence:
20. Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation African Americans were able to
volunteer in the Union army.
Evidence:
21. Approximately over a 100,000 former slaves volunteered for the Union army
or navy.
Evidence:
22. Black soldiers in the army were not treated like the black sailors in the Navy.
Evidence:
23. The most famous battle that involved African American soldiers was at Ft.
Wagner in South Carolina by the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
Evidence: