AP U.S. History / Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877
5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War
Notes
The Union had more people, industry and railroads. Key events: Antietam (1862), Gettysburg and Vicksburg (1863), Sherman's March (1864), surrender at Appomattox (1865). About 180,000 Black soldiers served in the Union army.
Practice
The Union victory at Vicksburg gave it control of:
Split the Confederacy.
An advantage the Union had:
Industrial strength.
The war ended with Lee's surrender at:
April 1865.
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