Turning Points
This battle stopped the Confederates from invading the North but was not a total victory for the Union
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This regiment proved African Americans would fight just as bravely and effectively as white soldiers.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment?
This general burned Atlanta.
Who is William Sherman?
Why can you infer that the Union had a “strategic” victory at the Battle of Antietam, but not a total victory?
The Union pushed the Confederates out of the North but lost many soldiers during the battle.
This battle was a major turning point because it forced the South into fighting defensively.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Emancipation Proclamation declared these people free.
Who were enslaved people in the Confederacy?
This battle showed the courage of the 54th Massachusetts.
What is the Battle of Fort Wagner?
This general laid siege to Confederate supply lines near Richmond.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It declared all enslaved people in the Confederacy to be free.
After this battle, the Confederacy had lost so many soldiers that it could not invade the North again
What is Gettysburg?
The Emancipation Proclamation did NOT apply to these states.
What are the border states?
The bravery at Fort Wagner proved this about African American troops.
That they could fight just as well as white soldiers.
This general surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Part A: What did the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment prove?
Part B: What evidence supports that claim?
Part A: African Americans would fight just as bravely and effectively as white soldiers.
Part B: The courage shown by the troops at Fort Wagner proved this.
This Union victory allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This document changed the purpose of the war to include ending slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Two sons of this abolitionist served in the 54th Massachusetts.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Sherman marched to this city after burning Atlanta
What is Savannah?
Why did Abraham Lincoln most likely use the word “equal” in the Gettysburg Address?
To reinforce that enslaved people should be freed and treated as equals
Explain why Gettysburg weakened the South’s chances of winning the war.
The Confederacy lost so many soldiers it could only fight defensively, reducing its chances of victory.
Explain why the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free all enslaved people.
It only applied to areas in rebellion, not border states or Union-controlled areas.
Why was the success of the 54th Massachusetts important for the Union?
It encouraged more African Americans to enlist and strengthened the Union army.
Put these events in order:
Sherman burns Atlanta, Lee surrenders, Grant lays siege, Sherman marches to Savannah
: Sherman burns Atlanta → Grant lays siege → Sherman marches to Savannah → Lee surrenders.
How did the Civil War change after the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Confederacy lost so many soldiers that it could no longer invade the North and had to fight defensively, greatly reducing its chances of winning.