american history chapter 7.3 the turning point. turning points in the west (grant) vicksburg in the...
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Turning Points
In the west (Grant)• Vicksburg
In the east
• GettysburgGrant cut off supplies & food for 1 ½ months and bombarded the city.
The victory gave the North control of ALL of the Mississippi .
The South was split in 2.
Bloodiest battle in the Civil War (3 days of fighting)
Union lost 23,000Confederacy: 28000
After Gettysburg, Lee was always on defensive.
Gettysburg Address“a new birth of freedom . ..”
“government of the people, by the people, and for the people . . .
The purpose of the war & democracy
Sherman’s March to the SeaFrom Atlanta to Savannah• a 60-mile wide path of destruction after
they burned Atlanta
Total War: not just against the army, but also against towns, homes, farms, railroads, etc.
War of AttritionGrant’s strategy was to wear down the enemy by outnumbering them with men and supplies.
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865.
The terms were generous: Confederate soldiers would not be prosecuted for treason. They could take their horses home to farm with.
Last battle
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln was shot while attending Ford’s Theater – 5 days after the surrender at Appomattox.
The Name GameWho’s Who in the Civil War
United States of America (USA)
• North• Union• Blues• Yankees• General U. S .Grant
(McClellan early)• President Lincoln
Confederate State of America (CSA)
• South• Confederacy• Grays• Rebels• Robert E. Lee
• President Jefferson Davis
Why did the North win the Civil War?
LIMiTS SS
• Lincoln’s leadership• Industry • More men (troops & workforce)• i• Technology (RR & telegraph)• Strong government (greenbacks,
draft, martial law)
• Shifting war goals Emancipation• Sherman (total war) & Grant (war
of attrition)
Impact of the Civil War
TEN DRESSeS
Total WarEncouraged industrializationNew Focus: growth as a world power(instead of sectionalism)
Deadliest war in US historyRacial discrimination in the South (KKK)Ended slaveryStrengthened the Federal Government Saved the UnioneSocial/ economic destruction of the South