Two Points of View: The Battle of Fort Sumter

What is the definition of 'Fort'?

• The group of Southern states that broke away from the United States

• A strong building used for military defense

• To leave or withdraw from a group or country

• To give up or admit defeat

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does 'Confederacy' mean?

• The states that stayed loyal to the United States during the Civil War

• A feeling of nervousness, stress, or conflict

• The group of Southern states that broke away from the United States

• To give up or admit defeat

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the definition of 'Union'?

• The states that stayed loyal to the United States during the Civil War

• To leave or withdraw from a group or country

• A strong building used for military defense

• A feeling of nervousness, stress, or conflict

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does 'Secede' mean?

• To give up or admit defeat

• To leave or withdraw from a group or country

• A strong building used for military defense

• The group of Southern states that broke away from the United States

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the definition of 'Surrender'?

• To give up or admit defeat

• A feeling of nervousness, stress, or conflict

• The states that stayed loyal to the United States during the Civil War

• To leave or withdraw from a group or country

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does 'Tension' mean?

• A strong building used for military defense

• A feeling of nervousness, stress, or conflict

• The group of Southern states that broke away from the United States

• To give up or admit defeat

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What event do both passages describe?

• The end of the Civil War

• The secession of Virginia

• The battle at Fort Sumter

• The capture of Washington, D.C.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does the word surrender mean in these passages?

• To win a battle

• To hide from the enemy

• To give up or admit defeat

• To leave the army

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which sentence best shows the Union soldier's feelings?

• A. “We had to act.”

• B. “It was heartbreaking.”

• C. “We felt proud.”

• D. “We opened fire.”

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

How did the Union soldier feel about the battle? Use evidence from the passage.

• He felt proud and confident.

• He felt scared and anxious.

• He felt indifferent and bored.

• He felt angry and betrayed.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6