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The American Civil War 1861-1865 Part I The Prelude to War. Is presented to you by Kathleen M. Price in association with Bishop Hafey Jr/Sr High School. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The American Civil War1861-1865
Part I The Prelude to War
Is presented to you by
Kathleen M. Pricein association with
Bishop Hafey Jr/Sr High School
Background and Causes
Economic issues
Political issues
Social/moral issues
“You might as well try to put out the burning flames of a house with a squirt gun, I think it is to be a long war, a very longer war than any politician thinks.”
William T. Sherman
Economic Problems:
The North
Industrial region
Favored tariff on imported
goods
The South
Agricultural region
Imported goods from Europe therefore not in favor of tariffs
Political Problems:The South favored State’s rights - loyalty to state before country
South losing political power to Northern and Midwestern states – larger populations
Therefore, the South was losing a balanced Senate- less amount of slave states.
And finally, a President from the North and against slavery
Social and Moral Issues Slavery – concerned over property
ownership by South. The constitution guaranteed the right to own property and protected against seizure of property
Slavery – a person owning another person is wrong in the eyes of many Northern citizens.
Background Events
Missouri CompromiseCompromise of 1850Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott DecisionJohn Brown’s RaidElection of Abraham Lincoln
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Country had 11 slave and 11 free statesMissouri requests statehood.This would unbalance the SenateHenry Clay’s plan was to admit Missouri as a slave state and admit Maine as a free stateLine was drawn across US, south of the line would be slave except for Missouri, and north of the line would be free.Agreed by both sides
Compromise of 1850
Dealt with question of slavery in WestAt time, 15 slave/15 free states in U.S.Idea of Henry Clay & Daniel WebsterCalifornia as a free stateNew Mexico and Utah territories citizens would vote on free or slave -- “popular sovereignty”Strict Fugitive slave laws put in effect
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Devised by Stephen Douglas Nebraska was a large territory, so divide into 2
territories (Nebraska and Kansas) making the “popular sovereignty” to be slave or free
South was in favor of Act because slave owners from Missouri could move their to vote for slavery
North was angry because Nebraska was always a free territory and knew South wanted slavery to move northward
Kansas territory became known as “Bleeding Kansas” as violence erupted as both sides tried to establish control of the government of Kansas
Dred Scott Decision (1857)
Scott was a slave whose owner moved into a free state. When the owner died, Scott argued that he should be a free man.Went to Supreme Court: the Court ruled that since Scott is a slave, he was not considered a citizen - -slaves were property.Court also ruled that Congress could not outlaw slavery in a territory therefore the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
John Brown’s Raid (1859)
John Brown & followers raided a federal arsenal (gun warehouse) at Harper Ferry, Virginia. They planned to give the guns to slaves in area to start a slave revolt.
Brown was eventually captured and at his trial was found guilty of treason. Brown was sentenced to death by hanging.
Brown became a hero to many northern abolitionists. Southerners felt even more threatened.
Election of Abe Lincoln (1860)
Lincoln defeated 3 opponents:
1. Stephen A Douglas ( Northern Democrat) 2. John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat) 3. John C. Bell (Constitutional Union Party)
Lincoln’s victory was the signal for the South’s secession and eventually war.
Vocabulary Terms to Know
Secession Compromise Civil war Tariffs Slave codes Abolition Underground Railroad
Sectionalism Fugitive Arsenal Martial law Emancipate Bounties Civilians Draft
Northern States outnumber Southern StatesThe number of senators from slave and free states were no longer even and with
the election of Abraham Lincoln, the South felt he would not be sympathetic to their way of life and would not treat them fairly. This caused the South to secede.
Graphics used this presentation can be located at the following sites:
webpages.marshall.edu/~hughesll/highlights.htmwww.civilwarhome.com/csa.htmwww.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/origin.htmlwww.eden.rutgers.edu/~sirak/uscwcc/highlights.htmwww.members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/grD2013.htm
The American Civil War1861-1865
Part II: The Battles and Generals
Political Leaders
North (Union) South (Confederate)
Abraham Lincoln Jefferson DavisAndrew Johnson Alexander Stephens
Military Leaders
The Confederacy The Union
BattlesUnion Victories Indecisive Battles Confederate
Victories New Orleans Fair Oaks Wilderness Campaign
Shiloh Perryville Fort Sumter
Charleston Harbor Antietam Bull Run
Port Royal Sound Jackson’s Valley Campaign
Stones River The Seven Days
Battle of the Ironclads The Second Battle of Bull Run
Fort Henry & Fort Donelson Yorktown
Vicksburg Fredericksburg
Gettysburg Chancellorsville
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Appomattox Courthouse