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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appomattox Courthouse | the location where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | a Union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Total War | a type of war in which an army destroys its opponent’s ability to fight by targeting civilian and economic as well as military resources |
| George Pickett | American general in the Confederate army, he was famed for Pickett’s Charge, a failed but heroic effort at Cemetery Ridge in the Battle of Gettysburg, often considered a turning point of the Civil War. |
| Wilderness Campaign | a series of battles between Union and Confederate forces in northern and central Virginia that delayed the Union capture of Richmond |
| Pickett’s Charge | a failed Confederate attack during the Civil War led by General George Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | American Union army officer, his capture of Atlanta, Georgia, and his March to the Sea marked an important turning point in the war. |
| Gettysburg Address | a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War |
| Who was the Union General at the Battle of Fredericksburg who suffered heavy losses? | Ambrose E. Burnside |
| Describe how General Grant was different from other Union generals. | Grant was known for his aggression |
| Great Britain and France | Who was the Confederacy hoping would help them in the Civil War? |
| What Union leader missed the chance to follow Lee’s army after the Battle of Gettysburg and could have ended the Civil War? | George Meade |