The Turning Point-Gettysburg
This Confederate General led the famous, yet disastrous, infantry assault on the final day of the battle.
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
To carry out a legal sentence, such as death, or to perform a specific military order.
What is to execute?
This Union General led the "March to the Sea" through Georgia.
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
This is the significant location where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
This Union General is famous for his "March to the Sea" through Georgia, where he used total war to break the South's spirit.
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
The Confederacy hoped a win here would lead to recognition from these two European powers.
What are Britain and France?
The Union launched this series of battles in 1864 to wear down Lee's army and capture the Confederate capital.
What was the Wilderness Campaign?
This strategy involves destroying the enemy's resources, economy, and will to fight.
What is Total War?
This happened at Appomattox Courthouse to effectively end the Civil War.
What is General Lee surrendered his army?
This was the most direct tactical reason for the Wilderness Campaign: it was the shortest geographic route to this city.
What is Richmond?
This three-day battle is considered the "turning point" because it ended Lee’s final attempt to invade the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Lincoln believed a win in the Wilderness was vital because he needed a major victory before this 1864 event.
What was the Presidential Election?
Sherman used total war to destroy these, ensuring the South could no longer transport troops or supplies.
What are railroads?
One major effect of the war was that it proved this level of government was supreme over the states.
What is the Federal (National) government?
While Lee led the attack at Gettysburg, this man was the Union General who successfully defended the hills and won the battle.
Who was George Meade?
In this short but famous speech, Lincoln stated that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This General came up with a better plan to take Richmond by relentlessly "hammering" away at the Confederate army.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
In addition to railroads, Sherman's troops destroyed these to starve the Confederate army.
What are crops (or food supplies)?
This labor system was completely abolished as a direct effect of the war.
What is Slavery?
This Union General was known for his "better plan" to take Richmond by never retreating, even after the bloody Wilderness Campaign.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This was the side that won the Battle of Gettysburg.
Who was the Union (the North)?
Grant's plan to take Richmond was ultimately successful after the Union won this 10-month-long siege nearby.
What was the Siege of Petersburg?
The goal of total war was to break the civilian population's will to do this.
What is continue the war?
This 1864 campaign was the first time Grant and Lee faced each other in a series of brutal, direct battles in Virginia.
What was the Wilderness Campaign?
At Appomattox, the surrender terms were considered generous because they allowed soldiers to return home as citizens rather than being held as these.
What are prisoners of war?