1. Chapter 7.3 The Turning Point
American History
Chapter 7.3
The Turning Point

2. Turning Points In the east In the west (Grant) Vicksburg Gettysburg
After Gettysburg, Lee was always on defensive.
Grant cut off supplies & food for 1 ½ months and bombarded the city.
Bloodiest battle in the Civil War (3 days of fighting)
The victory gave the North control of ALL of the Mississippi .
Union lost 23,000
Confederacy: 28000
The South was split in 2.

3. Gettysburg Address “a new birth of freedom . ..”
“government of the people,
by the people,
and for the people . . .
The purpose of the war & democracy

4. New Generals for the Union
In the West
In the East
Sherman
Grant

5. Sherman’s March to the Sea
From Atlanta to Savannah
a 60-mile wide path of destruction after they burned Atlanta
Total War: not just against the army, but also against towns, homes, farms, railroads, etc.

6. War of Attrition
Grant’s strategy was to wear down the enemy by outnumbering them with men and supplies.

7. Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865.
Last battle
The terms were generous: Confederate soldiers would not be prosecuted for treason. They could take their horses home to farm with.

8. 13th Amendment
Ended slavery in the U.S.

9. John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln was shot while attending Ford’s Theater – 5 days after the surrender at Appomattox.

10. The Name Game Who’s Who in the Civil War
United States of America (USA)
Confederate State of America (CSA)
North
Union
Blues
Yankees
General U. S .Grant (McClellan early)
President Lincoln
South
Confederacy
Grays
Rebels
Robert E. Lee
President Jefferson Davis

11. Why did the North win the Civil War?
LIMiTS SS
Lincoln’s leadership
Industry
More men (troops & workforce) i
Technology (RR & telegraph)
Strong government (greenbacks, draft, martial law)
Shifting war goals  Emancipation
Sherman (total war) & Grant (war of attrition)

12. Impact of the Civil War Total War Encouraged industrialization
TEN DRESSeS
Total War
Encouraged industrialization
New Focus: growth as a world power(instead of sectionalism)
Deadliest war in US history
Racial discrimination in the South (KKK)
Ended slavery
Strengthened the Federal Government
Saved the Union e
Social/ economic destruction of the South