Chapter 4 Section 4 Questions

Read p 124-131 to answer

1. The Union wanted to capture Vicksburg/Gettysburg [circle one] How could the Union want to capture Gettysburg? It was in the North. Read p 124

2. Gettysburg /Fredericksburg was a turning point in the war [circle one] Fredericksburg was the most one-sided battle in the war and the Union was defeated. It was not a turning point. Read p 128

3. Difference between “siege” and “total war” A siege is cutting off supplies and total was involves destroying civilian property as well as military targets Read p 125 and 130

4. General Pickett led last attack at Gettysburg If you answered Lee you didn’t read the top of p 128. We also discussed this in class

5. General Sherman destroyed Georgia Read p 130-1316. City on Mississippi River the Union captured [map

125] Vicksburg Look at map on p 125 and read the paragraph above the map.

7. The south never did this after Gettysburg: Attacked the North Read p 128

8. Grant wanted to do this even if thousands of Union soldiers were killed: Crush the Confederacy Read p 130

9. Who the Union attacked after 1863 to demoralize the South: Civilian property Read p 130

10. The North used this strategy on the South total war/siege [circle one] Read p 130