The Civil War
Starter: Thursday, March 1
Analyze the chart “Major Political Parties 18501860” on page 320. Answer the questions below:
1. What issue is addressed by almost all the
parties shown on the chart?
2. Which party believes in nativism? (Hint:
refer to your definitions to refresh your
understanding of what nativism is)
3. How do you think the number of parties
with candidates running in elections
affects the election?
Starter: Monday, March 5
Across
(Roger) Taney
Bleeding
Buchanan
Sumner
Republican
Treason
(Dred) Scott
Immoral
(Jefferson) Davis
(Henry) Clay
Down
(Harriet) Tubman
Lincoln
Douglas
Greeley
Free Soil
Nativism
(John) Brown
Slavery
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
War Outside My
Window: Mary
Chestnut’s Diary of the
Civil War
1. What is Mary Chestnut’s attitude toward
the North? Explain.
2. What does Mary Chestnut say about her
conversation with President Jefferson
Davis?
3. Describe life in the South during the Civil
War.
Starter 9/22
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Return to groups and complete charts
Make sure you have all the information:
Name of event
Date(s)
Brief Account
Who won
Significance
The Union vs. The Confederate
States of America
The Union (USA)
• The North
• Blue
• President: Abraham
Lincoln
• Capital:
Washington, DC
• Commander(s):
George McClellan;
Ulysses S. Grant
* GOAL: preserve the
Union
The Confederate States
of America
(The Confederacy)
• The South
• Gray
• President:
Jefferson Davis
•Capital:
Richmond, Va.
•Commander:
Robert E. Lee
•GOAL: preserve states’
rights
Advantages
Southern Advantages
• Profits from “King
Cotton” provided
money for the war
effort
• Great military leaders &
a strong military
tradition
• Soldiers fighting for a
“cause” who were
highly motivated
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Northern Advantages
Larger population so
more fighting power
More factories to
produce war goods
More food production
Extensive railroad
system to transport
goods and troops
Lincoln was a skilled
leader
Anaconda Plan
The Union devised a three part plan to
conquer the South:
1. Blockade Southern ports with ships so
the South could not export or import;
2. Control the Mississippi River to cut the
Confederacy in half; and,
3. Capture the Confederate capital at
Richmond, Va.
Important Battles Poster
Make a poster about your battle to include
the following:
Name of the battle
Dates of the battle
Brief account of what happened during the battle
Who won?
Why is the battle important to the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Alisha
Chris
Tashira
Bull Run
Jason
Lexus
Jordan
Shiloh
Racheal
Tabitha
Damontra
Antietam
Roxanna
Keta
Appomattox
Chelsey
Carlos Mc
Gettysburg
Schley
Erica
Vickburg
Brittane
Carlos Mo
Fort Sumter
Deanna
Troy
Travis
Bull Run
Angelo
Tia
Shiloh
Miguel
Cheryl
Antietam
Erin
Victor
Gettysburg
Josh
Angelica
Appomattox
Brandon
Tiffany
Vicksburg
Michael
Candace
Starter 9/22
• Return to your groups from Friday. Make
sure you have included all required
information about your battle:
• Name,
• Dates,
• Brief account,
• Who won,
• Why it is important
Fort Sumter
• The Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter, in the
harbor of Charleston, SC on April 12-13, 1861
• These were the first shots fired of the Civil
• War
It was
considered a
Southern
victory
• Lincoln called
for volunteers
to fight in the
war
Battle of Bull Run
• The Battle of Bull Run
was fought on July 21,
1861 in Virginia
• Confederacy led by
Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson (he stood firm
against the Union like
a “stone wall”)
• The South won!
• This was a major
morale boost
Shiloh
• The Battle of Shiloh was fought on April 7, 1862
in Tennessee (considered a “western” battle)
• It is significant because it showed the
importance of sending out scouts, digging
trenches, and building forts
•Union Victory
The Battles of Bull Run &
Shiloh proved that the war
would be a long one…
everyone believed, at first,
that the war would be quick!
Antietam
• The Battle of Antietam was on September 17, 1862
in Antietam, Maryland
• It was the bloodiest single day battle in US
History
• Northern victory
You’re
fired
• Lincoln fired Union
commander George
McClellan because
he was too cautious
and not aggressive
enough
Gettysburg
• The Battle of Gettysburg was on July 1-3, 1863
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• This was turning point of the war, because the
South never won another battle
• Gettysburg
Address by
Lincoln
united the
nation after
this war (see
page 1048)
Vicksburg
• The Battle of Vicksburg was fought on July 4,
1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Union victory!
• The Union
accomplished its
goal of cutting
the Confederacy
in two by seizing
the Mississippi
River (Anaconda
Plan)
Appomattox Court House
• On April 9, 1865, Southern commander
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union
commander Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox
Courthouse in Virginia
Using your textbook:
• You and a partner should create a
minibook on the following Civil War
leaders
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• WT Sherman
• US Grant
• RE Lee
• G McClellan
• Stonewall Jackson
• Information should include a visual
depiction (picture)
• Union or Confederacy
• Leader’s Role
• Ideas
• Actions
• Importance to Civil War
General Robert E. Lee
1. List some of Lee’s
military
accomplishments.
2. What was Lee’s
“agonizing decision”?
3. How did Lee feel about
the North?
4. Your opinion: Is Robert
E. Lee a Southern hero
or an American hero?
Explain.
William Tecumseh Sherman
• Sherman was a Union
commander
• Believed in the concept
of total war (fighting the
civilian population,
because they helped
support military effort)
• Sherman marched Union
troops through the South,
to Atlanta, burning
everything in his path
Effects of the Civil War
• Established the supremacy of federal
authority over the states
• Eventually, slavery was abolished,
through legislation (13th
Amendment)
• No state would ever try to secede
from the Union again
Civil War Test
• Causes of the Civil War (the
expansion of slavery was a
KEY issue)
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin
significance
• Underground RR & Harriet
Tubman
• Dred Scott case significance
• Significance of KansasNebraska Act
• Southern reaction to
Lincoln’s election
• Southern
advantages/Northern
advantages
• Robert’s E. Lee’s choice to
lead the South
• Anaconda Plan
• Why McClellan was fired
• Significance of ALL the
battles
• Goal of Lincoln in the Civil
War
• Purpose of the Gettysburg
Address
• Purpose of the Emancipation
Proclamation
• General William T. Sherman
• Effects of the Civil War