Civil War Scavenger Hunt

We recently did a Civil War scavenger hunt. Each of us were assigned a battle to research. We each made a Google doc and described which side won and why. We then made a QR code for our Google doc. We then placed the QR codes around the school and put the location of the next QR code in our Google doc. We then used Padlet to decide which side dominated each theater. We discovered that the Union dominated the Naval theater with superior boats. In the Eastern theater, the Confederacy dominated early on, but then the Union dominated later. In the Western theater, the Union dominated. Some common things that led to the outcomes of the battles were leadership and resources. At first, the Union had poor leadership, leading to many losses. That changed when Ulysses S. Grant took over the Union army. The South would lose many generals at the Battle of Gettysburg, and their leadership would be hurt. The North had more resources than the South, which allowed them to fight for longer. The total war policy adopted by the North would depleted the resources of the South faster, contributing to the surrender of the South.

Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general who helped to win the
war.
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