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Gettysburg and Vicksburg: The Twin Turning Points

Turning Points and Union Victory in the Civil War

5th Grade·Social Studies·US-UT-SS

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Synthesize military maps and diaries to explain how simultaneous victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July 1863 turned the tide of the war.

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Turning Points and Union Victory in the Civil War

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Craft an evidence-based argument explaining how Union resources, strategy, and critical turning-point battles led to victory over the Confederacy.

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5.4.6Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Use evidence from primary and secondary sources to craft an argument that explains how the United States of America prevailed over the Confederate States of America in the United States Civil War.