American Civil WarSS8

What events began the Civil War?

WARM UP: In your binder…

If you had just one word to

describe the Civil War,

what would it be? Why?

Read through Civil War

Vocabulary and put in

your binder

Q3 Expectations

Binders: bring with you everyday

DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR FIRST SEMESTER NOTEBOOK

Bookbags need to stay in your locker

No headphones or cell phones out unless instructed

Take notes, keep up with handouts, join in the discussions but

raise your hand

Be sure to turn your work in with your name on it!

High School recommendations: your teachers recommend

you for either regular or Honors courses. If you want the

Honors recommendations be sure to step up your game.

Current Events: due Wednesday, February 3.

Review: Causes of the War http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-

history/videos/meaning-of-the-civil-war

Slavery

The North wanted an end to slavery, the South said it was for their well-being

Keeping the balance of slave and free states for Congress

Compromises

Missouri Compromise: Missouri Slave, Maine Free

Compromise of 1850: California Free, Stronger Fugitive Slave Laws

Kansas-Nebraska Act: New states vote for or against slavery

Abolitionists:

Underground Railroad

John Brown’s raid of Harper’s Ferry

Election of Abraham Lincoln

The South Secedes

With Lincoln’s election, South Carolina secedes from the

United States of America

Secede: to leave, break away from

They were joined by 6 other states: Alabama, Florida,

Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas

Slavery: the South relied on slavery for it’s agricultural

economy

They were mad at the North for their lack of support with

the Fugitive Slave Law

State’s Rights: the South also said the government was taking

away it’s rights guaranteed in the 10th amendment - state’s

should choose whether or not they had slaves

The Attack on Fort Sumter• Occurred April

1861

• Marked the

beginning of

the American

civil War

• July 1861,

Congress

enacted a

resolution

declaring that

the Civil War

was being

fought to

preserve the

Union, not to

abolish slavery.

The Confederate States of AmericaAfter Fort Sumter, 4 other states

joined the CSA: North Carolina,

Arkansas, Tennessee, and Virginia

Jefferson Davis was elected as

the President

Anaconda Plan the Union’s plan to defeat the

Confederacy at the start of the Civil War

The goal was to defeat the Confederacy

by blockading southern ports and

controlling the Mississippi river. This would

cut off and isolate the south from the

outside world.

The plan was developed by General

Winfield Scott following the Confederate

attack on Fort Sumter

Many people did not approve of the plan seeing it as too passive and slow to

implement and wanted to lead an all

out attack on the south

The plan was never fully implemented

Map Activity

1. Color and

label the

Union states;

border states;

Confederate

states

2. Label

Washington

DC &

Richmond, VA

3. Label the

major battles

4. Label

Anaconda

Plan

5. Label

Sherman’s

march

What were the advantages and disadvantages

for each side of the Civil War?

Activity:

Draw a HOUSE in your notebook

Split the House into 2 floors: the top floor is the North, bottom floor

is the South

Watch video and note descriptions and comparisons

https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/62D69F85-

3F78-4C40-BDBA-5AAB433A78D8?hasLocalHost=false

With a partner, use someone’s device to go to the

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/facts.htm to find out the statistics of

the Civil War. Record information in the house.

NORTHDescription:Population:# soldiers:Economy:Money:Weapons:Generals:

SOUTHDescription:Population:# soldiers:Economy:Money:Weapons:Generals:

Describe the North- big cities, industrial/factories, highly populated, cold, long winters, European immigrants, railroads and canalsPopulation: Approximatley 19,000,000# of Soldiers: Approx. 2,600,000 Economy: Trade, manufacturing, industrialManufacturing: 80% of railroads, manufactured weapons Money: 91% of the US’s money: $234,000,000Weapons: manufacturing weapons: rifles, canons, ironclad ships Generals: Ulysses Grant, Winfield Scott, William Sherman

Describe the South- large plantations and small farms, warm climate, mostly White English and Scot-Irish, slaveryPopulation: Between 9,000,000-12,000,000 (4 million were slaves)# of Soldiers: Approx. 1,000,000 Economy: Agricultural- cotton Manufacturing: not a lot!Money: $74,000,000Weapons: rifles, submarines, revolvers Generals: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson

North vs South

Advantages

North Had many factories to make what

it needed for the war

More men available to fight the

war

Had hundreds of miles of railroad,

making transportation quicker &

easier

Had an organized and official

army and navy before the war

started

South

On the defense to protect their

land

Home field advantage

Confederates were fighting for a

reason, higher moral

Civil War ProjectDue: At the beginning of class, Thursday Feb 4

Choose 1, 2, or 3 topics to research

Begin to research using your device, textbook (p. 481-523), or packet

As you take notes, put the information in your own words so as not to plagiarize

To organize, make sure you get the 5 pieces of information needed under the topics

Choose your project presentation and create it

Cite your sources!

Tactic of war where the Union marched through the South and destroyed all resources the civilian population needed to survive.

Goal: To make war as horrible and destructive as possible to force your enemy to surrender.

Total war brings the civilian population into the war to demoralize the enemy and force them to surrender.

It is “in your face warfare” or you (South) started this war and until you surrender, we will destroy the you.

Emancipation Proclamation

January 1, 1863

President Abraham Lincoln issued the EP

declaring ALL enslaved persons in the SOUTH

were FREE

It came after the Battle of Antietam

Significance: It was a big Union victory and due

to the high number of dead soldiers, people were

willing to listen

Allowed African Americans to now join the

Union Army- BIG DEAL!

The losses both sides faced meant they needed

more soldiers

Battle of Gettysburg: Turning Point of

the War

July 1 3, 1863: Two years into a war we thought would last at most 2 months

Up until this point, the South was winning

Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania (PA) and was the furthest North the Confederate army had gotten

It was the BLOODIEST battle (until Antietam)

5,300 Union troops killed, 17,000 wounded

27,000 Confederates killed or wounded

After the Battle of Gettysburg the South begins to realize their war is lost

Gettysburg Address:

Who: Abraham Lincoln

When: November 19, 1863

Audience: Mainly US citizens in Pennsylvania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Bojjx_Dew

Sherman’s March

Major General William Tecumseh Sherman

On November 12, 1864, Sherman marched out of Atlanta toward the Atlantic coast.

Tracing a line of march between Macon and Augusta, he carved a sixty-mile wide swath of destruction in the Confederacy's heartland.

http://www.history.com/topics/a

merican-civil-war/shermans-

march/videos

The End is Near

Sherman’s March

The Union advancing into Virginia

Confederates try to rally in NC but the Union surrounds them in

Appomattax, VA

On April 9, 1865 General Lee surrenders to General Grant

Amendment 13

December 6, 1865

Law added to the US Constitution saying all slavery in the US is abolished

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United

States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

BrainPop and Casualties Activity

Watch the BrainPop Civil War video

Complete the timeline

Using the packets with graphs, pictures, and journals, complete the chart

about the casualties of the Civil War

What were the effects of the Civil War?

What would happen to the

Confederate States of America?

With the surrender, what would happen to the 13 CSAs

Lincoln wanted the states to reunite

Lincoln granted a full PARDON to those who pledged allegiance to the

Union

Some Southerners couldn’t let it go- they thought the SOUTH WOULD RISE

AGAIN!

Abraham Lincoln

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFRhfVFKcnY

Elected in 1864 to a 2nd term

John Wilkes Booth HATED Lincoln with a passion

He planned to assassinate Lincoln, his VP Johnson, and his Secretary of State Seward

April 14, 1865- Ford’s Theater- Our American Cousin

JWB a well-known actor entered the theater

Snuck into Lincoln’s balcony box and shot him in the head

He jumped down and yelled “Sic semper tyrannis”- Thus always to tyrants

Lincoln was carried across the street to a home where he survived the night

Booth was found hiding in a barn and was shot and killed

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination/videos

Those conspirators with Booth were captured and hanged

American Lives

An estimated 620,000-800,000

Americans were killed during the

war

Devastated the population

Workers were lost

Farms went under with loss of

owners

Freedom! Freedom?

Slavery was ended

The 13th Amendment was passed

The 14th Amendment will pass declaring ALL people born in the US will be considered citizens

40 Acres and a Mule

The promise made to newly freed African Americans

Freedom DOESN’T mean EQUALITY

Racism is EXTREME

Jim Crow Laws- new set of laws diving the nation into Black and White

Tennant Farming and Sharecropping

Many former slaves only knew how to farm so their job options were limited

Exodus from the South

Thousands of free blacks fled from the South to the Northern cities

There weren’t many jobs or houses!

Now the fight for Civil Rights begins

Destruction

The Civil War was fought at home

Homes, businesses, and entire cities were destroyed

The relationship between the North and South needed to be repaired

The nation literally had to rebuild

In the South…

The Government had to be changed

Carpetbaggers- Northerners who came into the South to buy cheap real estate

Scalawags- Southerners who supported the Norths changes