Civil War Part 4

He was the Union general who gained control of the Mississippi River

He was the Union general who accepted the surender of Lee at the end of the war.

Lincoln appointed him to lead the entire Union army.

He died in the Battle of Chancellorsville.

It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

It became a Confederate anthem.

It became a Union anthem.

It was written by Julia Ward Howe.

the Morrill Act

the Free Land Act

the Homestead Act

the Dawes Act

gave free land to settlers in the Great Plains to promote settlement

gave land to the states for the purpose of creating colleges

took land from Native Americans and redistributed it to farmers

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B

C

D

Step 1- blockade southern ports

Step 2- take control of the Mississippi River

Step 3- capture Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital

Richmond, Virginia

Houston, Texas

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Atlanta, Georgia

General Sherman's surrender to the Confederacy when he tried to capture Atlanta.

the Union's victory in Mobile Bay that completed the blockade of southern ports.

the death march that Union soldiers had to face after they were captured by Confederate forces.

General Sherman's path of total war and destruction through Georgia.

The Civil War began.

The Civil War ended.

Grant surrendered to Lee.

Lee surrendered to Grant.

It took place in a courthouse.

Very few people died compared to other American wars.

It set a precedent against secession.

It led to the era of Reconstruction.

Former slaves have been treated as equals to white Americans ever since.