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Think about it…. What were the final events of the Civil War? What were the lasting effects of the Civil War? . Activities:. Discuss the final events of the Civil War Look at pictures of Sherman’s March 5 minute break Reenact Appomattox surrender. The South grows weary .

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Think about it…

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  1. Think about it… What were the final events of the Civil War? What were the lasting effects of the Civil War?

  2. Activities: • Discuss the final events of the Civil War • Look at pictures of Sherman’s March • 5 minute break • Reenact Appomattox surrender

  3. The South grows weary After the Battle of Gettysburg, the Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army was severely ___________. As the war went on, southern troops became increasingly ___________ and more poorly equipped and clothed.

  4. William Sherman

  5. Surrender at Appomattox In 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Ulysses S. Grant at ____________ Courthouse. Lee urged southerners to accept defeat and reunite as ____________ when some wanted to fight on.

  6. Surrender at Appomattox 5 P.M., April 7th, 1865.“The results of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further [spilling] of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.”U.S. Grant, Lieutenant-General April 7th, 1865.“General: I have received your note of this date. I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless [spilling] of blood, and therefore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender.”R.E. Lee, General.

  7. The South is Defeated Much of the South was __________ by the end of the war (i.e. burning of Atlanta, Richmond). Confederate money was _____________.

  8. “The work does not end with the abolition of slavery, but only begins.”--Frederick Douglass

  9. Exit Slip: What were the final events of the Civil War?

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