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Review Book By: Zach Johnson & Spencer Clayton & Cole Lyons

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Review BookBy: Zach Johnson & Spencer Clayton & Cole Lyons

Chapter 1 Union/Confederacy

• United States was divided into the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South).

• Union had a larger army and or supplies/factories than the Confederacy.

• Confederacy ultimately surrendered to the Union.

Chapter 2 Sherman’s March to the Sea

• In September of 1864 General Sherman captured Atlanta and proceed to march towards the Atlantic Ocean.

• After Sherman had taken the port city of Savannah, Georgia, he went north and marched through the Carolinas.

• On their way they looted houses, killed livestock, and burned fields.

Chapter 3 Diseases during the Civil War

• Doctors did not know how to treat many diseases.

• Soldiers would often bathe in the same source of water that they drank from leading to the spread of disease.

• Battlefield surgeons were not to most sanitary and often helped cause infections without realizing it.

Chapter 4 Robert E. Lee

• General of the Confederate Army.

• In 1861, President Lincoln invited Lee to take command of the entire Union army. Lee declined, asserting that since Virginia (his home state) had seceded he would go with it.

• Lee's greatest victories were the Seven Days Battles, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Chapter 5 Federalism

• The division of power between federal and state governments.

• Reserved Powers - Any power not given to the federal government goes to the states and the people.

• Concurrent Powers - Powers that the federal government and the state governments can independently exercise at the same time.