Topic: The Final Phase
Learning Objective: You will be able to determine the causes that lead to the end of the Civil War.
Do Now:
1. How did the NY Giants effectively defeat the NE Patriots?
2. Map Skills handout
Direct Instruction:
I- Winning War strategies: What did Grant and Sherman do to win the war?
A) Grant began a war of slow destruction – wearing down the Confederates through constant attack.
B) Sherman fought a total war – defeating the enemy both militarily and economically.
1) Sherman was able to do this through both fighting his opponents on the battlefield as well as in their ports - by setting up blockades Sherman was able to stop the South from conducting trade with their allies.
II- Surrender
1. Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865.
2. Johnston surrendered to Sherman on April 26, 1865.
Assignment:
Write a letter as General Lee to Jefferson Davis or write a letter as General Grant to President Abraham Lincoln explaining their reasons they believe the war ended.
