1. Lee believed that he needed a victory in Northern soil in order for the Confederacy to survive.
2. On July 1, 1863, the Confederate won a tactical victory causing the Federal troops to take position on Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge, just south of Gettysburg.
3. Confederate troops were already in Gettysburg trying to determine the strength of the Union presence in the town. By mid-morning, while the Northern troops were fighting off the Confederate infantry, more Union reinforcements arrived so Lee decided to commit fully to the battle.
4. General Lee lost the battle at Gettysburg.
5. The Union troops held strong positions from Cemetery Hill to Culp's Hill.
6. Lee believed that they had won the previous day's battle.
7. Picket's division lost 2/3 of its men and they were driven back by the Union forces.
8. False.
9. Lee lost a third of his army with around 23,000 casualties.
1. to spread christianity
2. they thought that they could become wealthy
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Crete-a Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
a painting done on the wet plaster of a wall or ceiling
Knossos-the capital city of the Minoan civilization
Minoans-the people of an ancient civilization on the island of Crete
nomadic pastoral-a type of lifestyle in which herders raise livestock and move from place to place in search of new pasture
The iliad-The an epic poem written by Homer that tells the story of the Trojan War
Trojan war fought over the city of Troy around 1250 B.C. that ends with the sack of Troy by the Greeks
Troy-an ancient city located in present-day Turkey on the coast of Asia Minor
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The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation's total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.”
Explanation:
Cross of Gold speech. The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In the address, Bryan supported bimetallism or "free silver", which he believed would bring the nation prosperity ...
