The War Ends! 5th Grade Test 9 Civil War II: Part 3 The War Ends! 5th Grade Test 9
Abraham Lincoln: Brainpop https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/abrahamlincoln/
Battle of Atlanta: The capture of and burning of Atlanta significantly boosted Northern morale, and Lincoln was reelected by a large margin.
Total War: Sherman waged this on the deep south targeting civilian and military destruction leaving behind him 250 mile long path.
Railroad Destruction (Horse Soldiers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLx5vAnmzms
Sherman’s “March to the Sea” The larger cities of the South such as Savannah, Charleston and Atlanta, were now taken over by General William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops in their fateful March to the Sea.
Battles of Franklin and Nashville: Final effort by the Confederate to win a battle to draw Sherman from his “March to the Sea.” It failed.
Nashville! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZIM8q0xBhM
Fall of Richmond: On the evening of April 2, 1865 the Confederate government fled the city with the army right behind. On the morning of April 3, blue-coated troops entered the capital. Richmond was the main objective of the Union war effort, the object of four years of war.
Lincoln Instructs Grant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAunpxS8GXo
Appomattox Courthouse: Town where General Lee surrendered to General Grant ending the Civil War.
Lincoln! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVuqYkI2jQ
John Wilkes Booth: Actor who sympathized with the South and assassinated President Lincoln.
Assassinated: To kill for a political reasons.
Andrew Johnson: Vice President from Tennessee who became President When Lincoln was assassinated.
Review/Quiz: 1. _____ Called the “Battle above the Clouds”, the Union pushed the South away from Chattanooga and into Georgia. 2. _____ African-American regiment that played a key role in the Civil War. 3. _____ Town where General Lee surrendered to General Grant ending the Civil War. 4. _____ Actor who sympathized with the South and assassinated President Lincoln.
Assignment: Write an Essay about the impact the Civil War had on the South physically, socially, politically and economically. Standard 5.18
Work: TCAP Coach Book lesson 28 page 168 TCAP DONE! Call to Freedom” Read pages 594 to 605, and pages 580 to 593 Answer Define, and Identify. T.S. watch “Civil War” video.
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