Civil War Webquest Name_________________________

Class______

Slide One: Governor Sam Houston

Question

Answer

1. You are Sam Houston and you just watched as you were removed from office. Why did you not just join the Confederacy? Explain your thoughts and feeling about the situation as well.

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2. You might need to listen to ____________________________________________________________ the audio clip more than once. ____________________________________________________________ What were Sam Houston’s view on slavery and Texas joining ____________________________________________________________ the Confederacy? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

Slide Two: America’s Civil War Map 3. Once you have correctly place and colored the states on the computer, color the states on this map as well. Color Southern states grey with your pencil, leave Northern states blank, territory draw lines through.

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Slide Three: Galveston and Sabine Pass Battles 4. In your own words, why was Galveston and __________________________________________________________________ Sabine Pass important to the South? How did __________________________________________________________________ the South finally secure __________________________________________________________________ (win) Galveston? Answer: 4 sentence max __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

Slide Four: Shortages of Commodities – Salt

5. In the three boxes above, draw three ways salt was important for soldiers during the Civil War. Slide Five: Coffee and The Civil War 6. Salt, coffee, paper - these were everyday items that the South quickly ran low on. How might this affect Southern people? Do you think they would support the war more strongly or want the war to end? Why? Explain with 2 to 4 sentences. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2

7. What is hardtack? __________________________________________________________________________________________ Slide Six: Battles and Casualties Interactive Map 8. What was the deadliest battle that took place in Texas? Write the battle here but then place it on your colored map from page one and label the battle. _______________________________________________ 9. Why do you think so few battles took place in Texas? Why did some areas of the country have far more battles than others? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Slide Seven: Women of the Civil War 10. Watch the video. Then Name three women who contribute to the Civil War. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Slide Eight: The Battle of Palmito Ranch 11. Create a fake text conversation from General Robert E. Lee to the commander at Palmito Ranch that will prevent that battle from ever happening.

From: Robert E. Lee

Date: April 9, 1865

Lee: :Commander Lee: :Commander

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