22014471 Slavery and the American Civil War

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Slavery and

The American Civil War

Starter:

Use the prompts and add some of

the things you would like to know.


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Learning Objectives: To assess the role of Abraham

Lincoln and the Civil War in the Civil Rightsmovement.

Success Criteria: To tell someone why the warbegan, decide whether Lincoln was an

emancipator or an opportunist.

Key Question:How important were slavery & racism in causing the

Civil War?


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Events leading up to the Civil War

As the expansion west

in search of new land

became more

extensive new states

were created. The

major question at this

time was whether ornot to allow slavery in

the new states.


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The North opposes slavery

Many Northerners were opposed to theextension of slavery:

Abolitionists had turned many against it.

Some objected to the presence of non-whitesin new states that they may wish to settle in.

Cheap slave labour may make it difficult to

gain employment. Some feared more slave states would increase

political power of the South within the Union.


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The Missouri Compromise

In 1819, Missouri applied to join the Union.

Northerners said no new state should

be allowed in with slavery.

Southerners were furious.

They felt Northerners were claimingsuperiority and threatening to decrease

Southern influence in Congress.

The answer was the Missouri Compromise:

Congress allowed the admission of

Missouri as a slave state but balanced

this with the admission of a non-slave

state Maine.

Tensions continued between North & South

regarding admission of new territories,

leading to the Dred Scott case.


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Dred Scott case 1857

Supreme court ruled thatblacks were not US citizens

and Congress lacked theconstitutional authority toexclude slavery from the

new states

Why would this annoy theNorth?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-A6fOh6Nk


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Outbreak of Civil War

Extrmeism on both sides increased tension.

Republican Party opposed slavery.

Election of Republican President Abraham Lincolnseemed to threaten the existence of slavery.

1860-1 Southern staes formed a new nation: TheConfederate States of America.

Lincoln raised armies in the North to bring theSouth back to the Union.

The Civil War had begun.


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After 4 years of fighting the North won


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What is your opinion of Abraham

Lincoln?


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Was the Civil War the war to end

slavery?Lincoln on Slavery:

the greatest wrong inflicted onany people.

However, Lincoln had been willing

to accept its continued existencein the South.

There must be the position ofsuperior & inferior

To a black audience

not a single man of your race ismade the equal of a single man

of ours

It is better for us to be seperated


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Was the Civil War the war to end

slavery?Lincoln opposed the extension of

slavery in new states but waswilling to protect it in existingstates, especially those who

supported him such as Kentucky,Maryland, Missouri andDelaware (these fought for the

North).

He told congress in 1861

We did not go to war to put downslavery

One abolitionist siad about Lincoln

He is a wet rag; halting,prevaricating(delaying),

irresolute(indecisive) and weak


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What is your opinion of Abrahm

Lincoln?


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The Empancipation Proclamation

Generations of black people felt grateful to Lincoln because ofthe E.P. However, many deemed it to be very cautious. TheProclamation said that

1. Slaves in the Confederate States were free

2. Allowed slavery to continue in slave-owning Union States &any other state occupied by Union armies

3. Or, that would return to the Union before Jan 1863

In practice, the EP did not liberate a single slave

The London Spectatorsaid the proclamations philosophy was

not that a being cannot justly own another, but that hecannot own him unless he is loyal to the United States

Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?


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Reasons for the

Emancipation Proclamation Many Republicans believed Slavery was immoral & made a mockery

of Declaration of Independence. Lincoln agreed.

Most Republicans blamed slave owners for the Civil War. If slaverywas not abolished, war would be for nothing.

Once the North was was committed to emancipation, the Southwould no longer receive any help from foreign countries like Britain.

Republicans preferred outright condemnation of slavery as it gavethem the moral high ground in the war.

Military necessity: Fleeing slaves from the South would head North.This would weaken the Confederates and strenthen the Union as

the freed black people could fight for the North. Nearly 250,000 black men fought for the North in the Civil War.

They entered the war just as the Norths Armies were becomingseverely depleted.


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Finally..

After Lincolns death in 1865,

the 13th Ammendment to the constitution

abolished slavery throughout the UnitedStates.

For Lincoln, as well as most Northerners, the

Civil War was not about racial equality but the

preservation of the Union.


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Task

In no more than 300 words, write an obituary forPresident Abraham Lincoln.

It is your decision how you see the President basedon the evidence from todays lesson.

You could begin your obituary

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 April 15,1865) the 16th President of the United States wasassassinated yesterday evening. He was ..


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Plenary

5 3 - 1

Summarise todays topic in 5 sentences.

Reduce to 3 phrases.

Now to 1 word.

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22014471 Slavery and the American Civil War