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AChancellorsville
BShiloh, Tennessee
CGettysburg, Penn.
DThe Seven Days
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Gettysburg, Penn.
1. After Chancellorsville, Lee struck northward into Pennsylvania, almost reaching the state capital.
2. A strong Union force intercepted his march at Gettysburg.
3. In a three-day battle the Confederates failed to break the Union lines and fell back to the Potomac with crippling losses.
4. July 1863 thus brought the turning point of the war, doubled by Vicksburg's fall in the west.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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