Thursday 2/27 Civil War Enrichment

What was the most common surgery performed during the Civil War?

• Heart bypass
• Appendectomy
• Cataract surgery
• Amputation

What word describes Civil War amputations?

• unnecessary
• sophisticated

• experimental

Describe the role of Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.

• He was the President of the Confederate States.

• He was a leading general for the Union Army.

• He was a naval commander for the Confederacy.

• He was a diplomat for the Union.

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TX.§113.20.B.8.A.

Explain the significance of the Battle of Antietam in the context of the Civil War.

• It was the first battle of the Civil War.

• It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

• It marked the end of the Civil War.

• It was the first battle fought on Union soil.

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TX.§113.20.B.8.C.

Identify the role played by Jefferson Davis during the Civil War.

• He was a Union general.

• He was the President of the Confederate States.

• He was a Union spy.

• He was a Confederate naval commander.

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TX.§113.20.B.8.A.

Where on the map was the single bloodiest day in the Civil War?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) The North

,

(b) The South

• Advantage: homefield advantage

• Confederacy

• General Robert E. Lee

• Advantage: population

• President Abraham Lincoln

• Union

• Advantage: fighting on defense

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• President Jefferson Davis

• Advantage: industry

• Advantage: railroads

• Advantage: better generals