Think about it… Get out page 2 and study for 5 minutes before I pass out the SOL WARM UP!! If you forgot your packet, I taped page 2 to the chalkboard!

Today’s Questions: What were the turning points of the Civil War? How did location and topography influence the critical developments of the war?

Activities: 1.Notes/video clips: Major developments of the War 2.5 minute break 3.Gettysburg Address: Reader’s Theater 4.Label map

The Anaconda Plan

Anaconda Plan The_______ blocked all the major trading ports. They hoped to cut the South in two by taking control of the Mississippi River.

Battle of the Ironclads--1862

Battle of Vicksburg

The Siege of Vicksburg General Ulysses S. Grant and the _________ army surrounded the city of Vicksburg and prevented citizens and soldiers from leaving. The _________ were trapped in the city running out of supplies. They began to eat _______ and whatever else they could find. Grant starved and bombed them until they gave up. After forty eight days they _________. Vicksburg was a victory for the _________; they gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the South.

Ulysses S. Grant After his victory at Vicksburg, Lincoln put Grant in command of the __________ army.

Vicksburg “We are utterly cut off from the world, surrounded by a circle of fire. The fiery shower of shells goes on, day and night: People do nothing but eat what they can get, sleep when they can, and dodge the shells.” --Dora Miller, Vicksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in July of 1863 in __________. Gettysburg sat on a series of ridges with a shallow valley in between. The soldiers on higher ground had an _________. The battle lasted for ________ days and about 50,000 people were killed. At the end of the three days, the north repelled the Confederate invasion. Robert E. _______ had no choice but to order a retreat. The battle was a _________ point of the war.

The 3 rd day of the battle: Pickett’s Charge

Gettysburg Address: A few months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln was invited to speak at the burial of soldiers who had died in battle. His words would become the most famous speech in American history. If you have a part to play in the Reader’s theater, come to the front of the room!

Gettysburg Address “From these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom –and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Exit Slip: Which battles marked turning points in the Civil War?