Question

union and confederate strengths

• union advantages:

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• confederate advantages:

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major events and strategies.

• ______: union blockade of southern ports; mississippi river.
• ______: union victory led to the emancipation proclamation.
• ____: freed slaves in ____ territories, redefining the war as a fight against slavery.
• ____: __ in the war, ending ____.
• ____: devastated southern ____.
• surrender at ____: __ surrendered to ____, ending the war

lt 5.8: i can evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of the union and the confederacy during the civil w

Explanation:

The problem is about the American Civil War, focusing on Union and Confederate strengths, major events, and strategies. The subfield of History (under Social Science) deals with studying past events, including wars, their causes, strategies, and outcomes. This question requires knowledge of historical events like the Union blockade, Emancipation Proclamation, key battles, and the surrender that ended the Civil War.

Answer:

To fill in the blanks (examples of correct answers for each blank, based on Civil War history):

• First blank (Union blockade - strategy): Anaconda Plan (Union blockade of Southern ports and control of Mississippi River).
• Second blank (Union victory leading to Emancipation): Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) (Union victory here led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation).
• Third blank (Freed slaves in... territories): Emancipation Proclamation; Confederate - held (Freed slaves in Confederate - held territories, redefining the war as a fight against slavery).
• Fourth and fifth blanks (turning point in war): Battle of Gettysburg; Union victory (Gettysburg was a turning point, ending Confederate hopes of foreign recognition and major invasion of North).
• Sixth blank (devastated Southern...): Sherman's March to the Sea; economy and infrastructure (Sherman's March devastated Southern economy and infrastructure).
• Seventh, eighth, ninth blanks (surrender): Appomattox Court House; Robert E. Lee; Ulysses S. Grant (Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, ending the war).