Do Now – United States History  Take out your completed homework. Pass it over.  In your notebooks, explain what the following quote is giving justification to: “You cannot define war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the punishment people can dish out.” --William Tecumseh Sherman Letter to the city of Atlanta, 1864

Total War  What is the idea of “total war”?  How did General William T. Sherman use the concept of “total war”?  What are other ways to severely punish the South?

African-Americans & the Civil War

Essential Question (to be answered at the end)  How did the Northern focus of the war change during the course of the Civil War?

North’s Original Motivation  From the start of the war, what was the North’s motivation for fighting the war?  KEEPING THE UNION TOGETHER!

Emancipation Proclamation  After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln developed the Emancipation Proclamation  Did Lincoln free the slaves?

Emancipation Proclamation  Did Lincoln free the slaves?  AssetId=C3EDBAB5-3AAE-458E-9C47- 2C650A40C639&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US AssetId=C3EDBAB5-3AAE-458E-9C47- 2C650A40C639&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US  You will examine documents and answer the accompanying questions to decide for yourself the answer to the question above.

Document A Questions  The Civil War ended in Why did Lincoln decide to free the slaves before the war even ended?  In the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln does not mention Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. These states had slaves but were not part of the Confederacy (they were not fighting against the Union). What happens to the slaves in these states?  Why do you think he calls the act a “military necessity” in the last section?

Document B Questions  According to Douglass, what was happening in the North in 1863?  What was Lincoln worried about?  What is Douglass’s conclusion about Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation?  Douglass wrote about his meeting with Lincoln almost 20 years later. How might the passage of time affect Douglass’s memory of Lincoln and his evaluation of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Do Now: US History  In your notebooks, answer:  How did the issue of slavery play a role in foreign countries’ involvement in the war?

Emancipation Proclamation (Quiz)  How did the issue of slavery play a role in foreign countries’ involvement in the war?  Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? (There are many reasons, state them all.)  Did Lincoln free the slaves? Explain your opinion.

Emancipation Proclamation (Discussion Questions)  How did the issue of slavery play a role in foreign countries’ involvement in the war?  Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? (There are many reasons, state them all.)  Did Lincoln free the slaves? Explain your opinion.

 If you were to design a monument for the Battle of Fort Wagner, what would it commemorate or honor? Why?

 What does this notice say?  How has the motivation of the war changed?  How does this notice go along with this change in motivation?

Battle of Fort Wagner  What was unique about the 54 th Massachusetts Regiment?

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Battle of Fort Wagner  What did the Battle of Fort Wagner prove to Northerners?

Essential Question Revisited  On a separate sheet of paper, answer in a paragraph format:  How did the Northern focus of the war change during the course of the Civil War?