Chapter Chronology

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Chapter Review

Chronological Reasoning for Chapter 15

Question

This chronology lists significant historical events covered in the chapter but not all of them are directly related. To complete this activity, select three to five events and write a creative, paragraph-length story that explains how these events are connected, what happened, and why it matters.
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CHRONOLOGY

1861
  • Attack on Fort Sumter.
  • Four Upper South states join Confederacy.
  • First battle of Bull Run (Manassas).
  • First Confiscation Act.
1862
  • Grant captures Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
  • Battle of Glorieta Pass.
  • Battle of Pea Ridge.
  • Battle of Shiloh.
  • Confederate Congress authorizes draft.
  • Homestead Act.
  • Virginia peninsula campaign.
  • Second Confiscation Act.
  • Militia Act.
  • Battle of Antietam.
1863
  • Emancipation Proclamation.
  • National Banking Act.
  • Congress authorizes draft.
  • Fall of Vicksburg to Union forces.
  • Lee defeated at battle of Gettysburg.
  • New York City draft riots.
1864
  • Grant appointed Union general in chief.
  • Wilderness campaign.
  • Fall of Atlanta.
  • Lincoln reelected.
  • Fall of Savannah.
1865
  • Fall of Petersburg and Richmond.
  • Lee surrenders to Grant.
  • Lincoln assassinated; Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president.