Gr 8- Chapter 17 Social Studies- The Civil War

The Civil War was expected to last for 90 days, but it lasted from 1861-1870.

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The Anaconda Plan was to set up a blockade around all southern ports, divide the Confederacy into two parts, and to attack the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.

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The main goal of the Civil War was to abolish slavery.

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During the first few years of the war, the Confederacy won the majority of the battles.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War.

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George McClellan, a Union general, was responsible for forcing the South to surrender.

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Trench warfare involved covering battleships in iron so that the cannons would bounce off the sides of ships.

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European countries such as Great Britain supported the South because they believed in slavery.

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The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the Union and the Confederacy.

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During the Civil War, twice as many soldiers died from disease than in battle.

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