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7th Grade Social Studies
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Chapter 15 / Section 5
The Civil War: The War Ends
The Fall of Vicksburg:
1. Define the term siege. _________________________________________________________
2. What Union general led the siege of Vicksburg? ____________________________________
3. What strategies did the Union use to force the Confederates to surrender? ________________
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4. What is the Union victory at Vicksburg so important? ________________________________
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Union Victory at Gettysburg:
5. Summarize the key elements of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Union General: ___________________________________________________________
Confederate General: ______________________________________________________
What was so dramatic about Picket’s Charge? __________________________________
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Why is this battle a turning point in the Civil War? ______________________________
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The Gettysburg Address:
5. What was the number of casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg? ________________________
6. Why was Lincoln invited to visit the battlefield on November 19, 1863? _________________
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7. What were the key points of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? __________________________
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The Union Wages Total War:
8. Why did Lincoln appoint Ulysses S. Grant to be the commander of the Union forces? ______
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9. What role did General Philip Sheridan play in the war effort? _________________________
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10. How did General William Tecumseh Sherman wage total war against the South? _______
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Lincoln is Reelected:
11. Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1864? ____________________________
12. Who was the Republican candidate? _____________________________________________
13. What events helped in the reelection of President Lincoln? ___________________________
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The War Ends:
14. Using the map on page 400, determine who won each of these battles in Virginia, the Union
or the Confederacy.
 The Battle of the Wilderness: _______________________________________________
 Spotsylvania: ____________________________________________________________
 Cold Harbor: ____________________________________________________________
 The Siege of Petersburg: ___________________________________________________
15. Where did the surrender of Lee’s army take place? _________________________________
16. What generous terms of surrender did Grant offer to the defeated Confederate army? ______
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Effects of the War:
17. Do the math.
Union soldiers killed:
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Confederate soldiers killed: _________________
Total Civil War deaths:
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18. Why were Southerners resentful of the North? _____________________________________
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19. Why is the Civil War a turning point in American history? ___________________________
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