The Civil WarCoach Duke

Bell Ringer 8-31

Turn to page 15 in your textbook (use the Red)

Answers the 2 questions that are just below the map

We will discuss as a class

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Review

Following the attack at Fort Sumter; Americans were forced to choose sides

Seven Southern States Seceded as Lincoln took office

Lincoln wanted to save the Union.

Review

Fort Sumter was a Federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina.

Confederate forces asked for its surrender.

Lincoln refused and sent ships with supplies.

The Civil War had begun

Border states—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri—were slave states that did not join the Confederacy, but people were divided on the war.

Border States were “wedged between” the Union and Confederate States

Map

Chapter 1 Section 1 Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words1. Fort Sumter2. Border States3. Winfield Scott4. Stone Wall Jackson5. First Battle Of Bull Run6. Second Battle of Bull Run7. Robert E. Lee8. Seven Days’ Battle9. Battle of Antietam10. Ironclads

War in the East Notes

Union Naval Blockade

Union navy controlled the sea and blockaded southern ports.

The southern economy was hurt because the South was prevented from selling and receiving goods.

Some small, fast ships got through blockade, but the number of ships entering southern ports was reduced from 6,000 to 800 a year.

War In the East Notes

Ironclads

The Confederacy turned to a new type of warship—ironclads, or ships heavily armored with iron.

The Confederacy Captured a Union ship and turned it into ironclad, known as The Merrimack

Ironclads successfully attacked the wooden ships of the Union.

War in the East notes

Ironclads

The Confederate Ironclad –the MerrimackThe Union Ironclad- The Monitor

Met In a battle in Virginia

The Monitor won the battle and saved the Union’s fleet of Ships.

This allowed them to continue the blockade

Ironclads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ABzaEHQ4Hg

Battle Charts

You will use your textbook to complete the battle chart that I give you.

We will go over these charts tommorow

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Coach Duke

Bell Ringer 9-1

Finish your Battle Chart from yesterday

We will review and discuss

This information will be on your test, so make sure you are giving it the effort it deserves.

Battle Chart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjwb4eyAyo (?????)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jWlxQdp1Rc (use)

War in the East Notes

Gettysburg

Largest and bloodiest battle of Civil War

More than 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or went missing in three days.

It was an important victory for the Union because it stopped Lee’s plan of invading the North.

First Day

• Lee’s forces were gathered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 1863.

• Ran into Union forces under General George G. Meade, beginning the Battle of Gettysburg

• Union took up defensive positions

Second Day

• Lee ordered attack on Union troops on Little Round Top.

• Both sides fought viciously for control.

• Union forces held off Confederates.

Battle of Gettysburg

Third Day • Lee planned

attack on center of Union line.

• General George Pickett led 15,000 men in Pickett’s Charge, a failed attack on Cemetery Ridge.

• Lee began planning retreat to Virginia.

Gettysburg (War in east Notes)

Turning Point

Gettysburg was turning point of war—Lee would never again attack in the North

Some 23,000 Union and 28,000 Confederate casualties

Sherman Strikes the South

Lincoln needed victory for Union army to help him win reelection in 1864.

General William Tecumseh Sherman’s is known for his “march to the sea”.

Sherman’s troops marched south from Tennessee to capture Atlanta, Georgia

Sherman practiced total war, destroying civilian and economic resources, such as Railroads and farms. He hoped to ruin the South’s economy and ending its ability to fight. He hoped this would speed the end of the war.

Sherman’s March to the Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlMYmJE289w (use)

Exit Slip

Based on your knowledge of the Civil War Battles, summarize in a paragraph, which battle do you think was the most significant? Why? (explain your answer)

 

The War Ends and Life During the war

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Based on your knowledge of the Civil War Battles, summarize in a paragraph, which battle do you think was the most significant? Why? (explain your answer)

 

Life as a Civilian

The war effort involved all levels of society.

Women and males too young or too old for military service worked in factories and farms.

Women were the backbone of civilian life. On farms, they performed daily chores usually done by men.

Union volunteer Clara Barton organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield.

Clara Barton is known as the founder of the American Red Cross

In the South, Sally Louisa Tompkins established a small hospital that became a major army hospital.

Civil War Hosptials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35ksaVUKOzU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZODFBm3Sds

Grant broke through Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia, and Lee retreated to Richmond on April 2, 1865.

Grant surrounded Lee’s army.

Lee surrendered to Grant at the small town of Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.

The South Surrenders

Effects of the War

Civil War had deep and long lasting effects. Almost 620,000 Americans killed

The South’s defeat ended slavery.

Majority of former slaves had no homes or jobs.

Southern economy was in ruins.

Tremendous amount of hostility remained.

Many questioned how the United States could be united again.