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AMERICAN STORY
VOICES FROM THE CIVIL WAR
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
ESSENTIAL CHAPTER QUESTION
How did the early years of the Civil War affect people on both sides of the conflict?
WAR ERUPTS
WAR ERUPTS
SHOTS AT FORT SUMTER | AN EARLY CONFEDERATE VICTORY
Once the northern states declared war and most southern states had seceded, the country waited to see whether the states in between would remain in the Union.
Confederate forces gained an early victory by winning the Battle of Bull Run.
LIFE IN THE ARMY
LIFE IN THE ARMY
HARDSHIP AND WEAPONS | WOMEN AND THE WAR
Soldiers in the Civil War faced difficulties at home and in the field, including dealing with technological advances on the front lines.
Women took an active role in the Civil War, both on the battlefield and at home.
A WAR WITHOUT END
A WAR WITHOUT END
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH | WAR IN THE WEST AND EAST | BLOODY 1862
Both the Union and the Confederacy had advantages and disadvantages, and each came up with strategies for winning the war.
At the start of the Civil War, the Union and the Confederacy each had important geographic advantages.
The Union attacked strategic areas in the western and eastern parts of the Confederacy in the early years of the Civil War.
The bloody battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg exacted a high cost from both Union and Confederate forces.
REVIEW
REVIEW
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Border State - (n.) at the time of the Civil War, a state that bordered both the Union and Confederate states, namely Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia
Cavalry - (n.) army troops who fight on horseback
Evacuate - (v.) to leave a location, usually for one's own protection
Infantry - (n.) foot soldiers
Mobilize - (v.) to orgnize and prepare troops for war
Civilian - (n.) a person who is not in the military
Ironclad Ship - (n.) a ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire
Mortality - (n.) the death rate
Philanthropist - (n.) the financial support of a worthy or charitable cause
Trench Warfare - (n.) a battle strategy that uses a system of ditches to give soldiers a protected place from which to fire during battle
Anaconda Plan - (n.) a military strategy during the Civil War in which the North planned to set up a blockade around the southern coast to ruin the South's economy and secure ports on the Mississippi River; much as a huge snake, like an anaconda, crushes its prey
Gunboat - (n.) a small, fast ship carrying mounted guns
Pontoon - (n.) a portable, cylindrical float used to build a temporary bridge
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