1. U.S. History Chapter 11 Civil War Events Essential Questions: How did President Lincoln increase the power of the Presidency in order to win the Civil War? How did the result of the battle of Antietam contribute to President Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

2. SSUSH9b & e: b. Describe President Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union as seen in his second inaugural address and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency powers, such as his decision to suspend habeas corpus. e. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.

3. Georgia Performance Standards SSUSH9d: Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle of Atlanta and the impact of Geography on these battles.SSUSH9d: Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle of Atlanta and the impact of Geography on these battles. SSUSH9e. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.SSUSH9e. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Essential Question: How did the result of the battle of Antietam contribute to President Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. Suspension of Habeas Corpus Habeas Corpus: Prisoner must be brought into court to determine why they are being detained – can’t be held in jail without going before a judge A.Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus to discourage disloyalty in the North 13,000 CSA sympathizers are put in jail without trial in the North B. Most people were quickly released, Lincoln often ignored the heavy protest of the Supreme Court and general public How does this action increase Lincoln’s power as President during the Civil War?

5. Great Britain & The Civil War Does Britain need cotton from the South? A.Recognition by Britain would give the CSA legitimacy. Also, the CSA could expect Britain to help break the Union naval blockade B.Why didn’t the South receive recognition from Britain?

6. Emancipation Proclamation A.Issued on 1-1-1863 by Lincoln. Although opposed to slavery, Lincoln did not think the gov’t had the power to abolish it After what battle does Lincoln issue this proclamation? Antietam B.Overtime Lincoln saw that he could not save the Union without ending slavery. How did Lincoln authorize the freeing of slaves? Seizing enemy “property” C. The Proclamation did not free any slaves immediately b/c it applied only to slaves in the CSA. It made the war into a struggle to free slaves

7. Gettysburg Address A.Given by President Lincoln on 11-19-1863 at Gettysburg, PA four months after the battle of Gettysburg B.Civil War not only a struggle to save the Union but also to protect freedom of all citizens C.“The United States are” vs. “The United States is”

9. Presidential Election of 1864 A.George McClellan vs. Abe Lincoln B.War drags on for the North, many people want to give up – A new Union President will pull the North out of the war. C. How did Sherman’s capture of Atlanta ensured Lincoln’s reelection? George McClellan Abe Lincoln

10. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address MARCH 4, 1865 “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” What was President Lincoln asking the nation to do? Heal and reunite as one country How does his speech give us insight into Lincoln’s intentions for reuniting the country?

11. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

12. 13 th Amendment A.Ratified (approved) on December 6, 1865 B. Officially abolishes all forms of slavery in the United States What document did not totally ban slavery in the U.S.? What vision from Lincoln does this accomplish? Did former slaves enjoy full freedom and equal treatment immediately?

13. How did President Lincoln increase the power of the Presidency in order to win the Civil War?How did President Lincoln increase the power of the Presidency in order to win the Civil War?