Civil War Web Quest

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Civil War Web Quest
Directions: please click on the links that accompany each question. Search and read
the information in the link to answer the questions. Please write complete sentences
when completing the questions. Some links will have animated battlefields. If you
have headphones you may use them to listen to the short clips.
Battle at Bull Run
Links:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/bullrun.html
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/firstmanassas/first-manassas-maps/bullrun-animated-map/
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Shiloh
Links:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/maps/battle-of-shiloh-animated.html
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Antietam
Links:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam.html
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam/maps/antietam-animatedmap.html
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Vicksburg
Links:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/vicksburg.html
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/vicksburg/maps/vicksburg-animatedmap.html
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Chancellorsville
Links
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chancellorsville.html
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Gettysburg
Links:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/maps/gettysburg-animated-map/
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Sherman’s March to the Sea
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/shermansmarch-sea
http://www.history.com/topics/shermans-march
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
Appomattox Courthouse
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattoxcourthouse/maps/appomattoxmap.html
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html
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Where did this battle take place? (state)
What month and year did the battle take place?
Who were the generals that meet?
Who won the battle?
Write a 3 to 4 sentence description of the battle.
Significance? (heavy losses, land gained, tides turn?)
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