1. CIVIL WAR
IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, YOU NEED TO:
1) DO THE DQ2 FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE DAILY QUOTE AND
ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE SONGS
2) YOU ARE TO COPY THE NOTES (I GET MY COPY BACK).
4) MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TAKEN THE READING
QUIZ/COMPROMISES QUIZ
ON THE BOARD:
1. DQ
2. CIVIL WAR NOTES
3. CIVIL WAR TIME LINE
*HAND IN
SONG FOR THE DAY: WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-Identify the years of the Civil War and the
major events of those years.
-Describe the causes of the Civil War
-Explain the advantages of each side
-Analyze the importance of the following events:
The First Battle of bull Run, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Sherman’s
March, Appomattox
-Evaluate the importance of Lincoln’s death.
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
1. BANKING & TARIFF DISAGREEMENTS
2. SECTIONALISM
3. PAYING FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
4. STATES’ RIGHTS VERSUS GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
5. SLAVERY (THE RIGHT STATES ARE FIGHTING OVER)
1/13
The Civil War is not just a military conflict, it is a
struggle with political, social and economic
implications as well…
The North is fighting to
preserve the Union
The South is fighting to
preserve States’ Rights
During this war Congress was still at work:
-established national banking system (uniform national currency)
-chartered transcontinental railroad
-passed the Homestead Act of 1862
-passed high tariffs (protect American industry)
2/13
NORTH
SOUTH
ADVANTAGE:
ADVANTAGE:
-MORE STATES
-PROTECTING HOME GROUND
-MORE FIGHTING MEN
-COASTLINE HARD TO
BLOCKADE
-MORE INDUSTRY/RAILROAD
-NAVY
-ABUNDANT FOOD SUPPLY
DISADVANTAGE:
-DIVIDED POPULATION
-CASH CROP (COTTON)
-MORE EXPERIENCED MILITARY
COMMANDERS
-CLOSE ECONOMIC TIES TO GB
DISADVANTAGE:
-LESS FIGHTIN MEN
-LESS INDUSTRY
3/13
FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN (MANASSAS)
SHOCK TO NORTH (THEY LOST!)
SOUTH GETS 9,000 REINFORCEMENTS
UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON
NORTH REALIZES IT IS GOING TO BE A
LONG WAR!
UNION BEGINS BLOCKADE OF THE SOUTH
(very effective at end, not at first!)
Lincoln replaces General Winfield Scott with
General McDowell and then General McClellan
4/13
BATTLE OF SHILOH (BLOODIEST OF WAR TO THAT POINT)
13,000 UNION DEAD
11,000 CONFEDERATE DEAD
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY OF THE WAR
More
than 4
x’s Dday.
BOTH SIDES LOSE MORE THAN 10,000 EACH
PERSUADES ENGLAND & FRANCE TO STAY NEUTRAL
ALLOWS LINCOLN’S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
Lincoln replaces McClellan with Pope, brings McClellan
back, then replaces him with General Burnside
5/13
Kills more
than all
previous
wars
combined
TURNING
TURNINGPOINT
POINTOF
OFTHE
THEWAR—CONFEDERATE
WAR—CONFEDERAT LOSES
LOsSES
IRREPLACABLE!!!
IRREPLACABLE!!!
LINCOLN
LINCOLNSIGNS
SIGNSEMANCIPATION
EMANCIPATIONPROCLAMATION
PROCLAMATION
AFRICAN
AFRICANAMERICANS
AMERICANSACCEPTED
ACCEPTEDIN
INU.S.
U.S.ARMY
ARMY
BATTLE
BATTLEOF
OFCHANCELLORSVILLE
CHANCELLORSVILLE
SURPRISE
SURPRISEVICTORY
VICTORYFOR
FORCONFEDERACY.
CONFEDERACY OVER LARGER
STONEWALL
UNION FORCE.
MISTAKENLY
STONEWALL
SHOT
MISTAKELY
BY HIS OWN
SHOT
MEN.
BY HIS
OWN
LOOSES
MEN. ARM,
LOOSES
DIES
ARM,
OF PNEUMONIA
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
GENERAL MEADE REPLACES HOOKER (UNION)
6/13
180,000
AfricanAmericans will
serve in the
Union Army
BATTLE
TURNING
OF GETTYSBURG
POINT OF THE WAR—CONFEDERAT LOSES
DISASTER
IRREPLACABLE!!!
FOR CONFEDERACY, LOSSES REACH 28,000
(WOUNDED, DEAD, MISSING)
LINCOLN SIGNS EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
THAT IS 1/3 OF THE ARMY
AFRICAN AMERICANS ACCEPTED IN U.S. ARMY
UNION LOSES 23,000
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE
VICKSBURG FALLS TO NORTH
SURPRISE VICTORY FOR CONFEDERACY OVER LARGER
29,000
CONFEDERATES
SURRENDER
UNION
FORCE. STONEWALL
MISTAKELY SHOT BY HIS
OWNGIVES
MEN. LOOSES
ARM, DIES
OF PNEUMONIA
LINCOLN
GETTYSBURG
ADDRESS
GENERAL MEADE REPLACES HOOKER (UNION)
7/13
General Hooker replaces Burnside,
General Meade replaces Hooker
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
FREES ALL SLAVES IN REBELLIOUS
TERRITORIES…
( SO IT DOESN’T REALLY FREE ANYONE)
LINCOLN HAD DELAYED BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT
TO UPSET SLAVE OWNERS IN BORDER STATES
NORTH ORIGINALLY FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE
UNION, THIS STRENGTHENED MORAL CAUSE
RALLIED ANTI-SLAVERY SUPPORT IN ENGLAND &
FRANCE
8/13
BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR (VA)
GRANT LOSES MORE THAN 12,000 IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
U.S. LOSES
7,000 IN 2030 MINUTES
SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA—
THROUGH GEORGIA; DESTROYING
EVERYTHING IN THE PATH…
LINCOLN IS RE-ELECTED
Meade remains Commander of the Potomac,
but General U.S. Grant becomes Supreme
Commander of the U.S. Forces.
9/13
13TH AMENDMENT FREES ALL SLAVES!!
APRIL 9—LEE SURRENDERS TO GRANT
APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE (VIRGINIA)
CONFEDERATE OFFICERS AND MEN ARE
FREE TO GO WITH THEIR HORSES.
OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP GUNS
TOTALS FOR WAR:
UNION LOSES 360,222
CONFEDERATE LOSES 258,000
471,000 WOUNDED (BOTH SIDES)
10/13
SOUTH IS IN TOTAL CHAOS…
Add it up…
This is 2% of
the population of
1861.
2% of our
population today
is over 5 million…
APRIL 14, 1865
LINCOLN IS SHOT BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH
WHILE WATCHING “OUR AMERICAN
COUSIN” AT FORD’S THEATER.
4 PEOPLE WILL BE EXECUTED FOR CONSPIRACY
AND BOOTH WILL BE HUNTED DOWN AND
“KILLED”.
11/13
The War of the Rebellion
SOUTH
CONFEDERACY
CONFEDERATE
STATES OF
AMERICA
REBELS
NORTH
UNION
UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA
YANKEES
THE BLUE
12/13
Never pass
up an
opportunity
to mention
ELVIS!!
THE GRAY
The War of Northern Aggression
Stars & Bars
Stainless Banner
1st National
2nd National
Naval flag
Battle Flag
3rd National
Bonnie Blue
When General
Lee resigned
from the
Army and
left
Arlington,
Union troops
turned his
beloved home
into their
headquarters
and began
burying
soldiers on
the
property…
13/13
THE CIVIL WAR IS FROM 1861-1865…
PLACE THE FOLLWING EVENTS IN THE CORRECT YEAR OF
YOUR FOLDABLE…
CONFEDERACY FORMED
KILLS MORE THAN ALL PREVIOUS WARS COMBINED
SHILOH
CONFEDERATE LOSSES CAN’T BE REPLACED
*TURNING POINT OF WAR
SURPRIZE CONFED VICTORY/ STONEWALL JACKSON KILLED
CHANCELLORSVILLE
GRANT LOSES <12,000 MEN IN A FEW HOURS
COLD HARBOR
FREES ALL SLAVES
13TH AMENDMENT
1ST BATTLE OF BULL RUN
SHOCK TO NORTH BECAUSE THEY LOST (GONNA BE LONG)
SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY OR WAR (BOTH SIDES >10,000
ANTIETAM
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION FREES SLAVES IN REBELLIOUS TERRITORY
GETTYSBURG (AND ADDRESS) CONFEDERATE LOSES = 1/3 OF ARMY
LINCOLN RE-ELECTED
APPOMATOX SURRENDER LEE SURRENDERS TO GRANT—SOUTH IN CHAOS
UNION BEGINS BLOCKADE
VICKSBURG FALLS
SHERMAN’S MARCH SCORCHED EARTH POLICY—DESTROY EVERYTHING (MORALE)
GRANT TAKES COMMAND
LINCOLN ASSASSINATED BY BOOTH; JOHNSON BECOMES PRES
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
UNION STATES, INCLUDING THOSE ADMITTED DURING WAR
UNION STATES THAT HAD SLAVERY
TERRITORIES OF THE U.S.
CONFEDERATE STATES
1861
Bull Run
13th
14th
15th
FREED
CITIZENS
VOTE
1862
Shiloh
Antietam
1863
Turning Point
Emancipation
Proclamation
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg falls
1865
13th Amendment
Lincoln killed
Johnson becomes President
Surrender at Appomattox
1864
Cold Harbor
Sherman’s
March
Lincoln Reelected
Grant takes
over