SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.

The Civil War ( )

Immediate Causes of the Civil War 1. Compromise of 1850-proposed by Henry Clay CA. Would by admitted as a free state [gold had accelerated the westward movement]; No more slave trading in D. C.; Stronger fugitive slave laws; Mexican Cession would be divided into two territories popular sovereignty would decide free or slave status.

2.Kansas-Nebraska Act-popular sovereignty led to civil war in Kansas [Bleeding Kansas] in Dred Scott case (1857) Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that slaves were property and could be taken anywhere.

4. 4.John Brown’s raid (1859) Brown invaded Virginia with plans for an armed uprising, captured, hanged.

North vs. South in 1861 NorthSouth Advantages?? Disadvantages??

Rating the North & the South

Railroad Lines, What do RR lines provide in time of war? 2.How is the South at a disadvantage?

The Union & Confederacy in 1861

Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens

The Confederate Seal MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”

A Northern View of Jeff Davis

Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant

McClellan: I Can Do It All!

The Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart James Longstreet George Pickett “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Robert E. Lee

Battle of Bull Run July, 1861 Confederate Victory

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor (N) vs. The Merrimack (S) Who won?

Making the Connection What were the advantages to an iron clad vs. a wooden ship? What was the significance of the introduction of ironclads?

What were the advantages to an iron clad vs. a wooden ship? 1.w / stand cannon fire 2.R esist burning 3.S plitter wooden ships What was the significance of the introduction of ironclads? –S–S–S–Signaled an end to wooden ships being used in war

Damage on the Deck of the Monitor

Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

Battle of Antietam Lee headed toward Washington A Union corporal exploring a field found a copy of Lee’s orders wrapped around a bunch of cigars. –Orders reveal that Lee and Stonewall Jackson’s troops were separated and thus venerable. –McClellan went on the attack.

Union victory South lost ¼ of its men; retreated back to VA McClellan did not pursue Lee –Perhaps the Civil War would have ended sooner –Lincoln furious and fires McClellan –Who does Lincoln replace McClellan with?

Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 26,000 casualties September 17, 1862

The Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation in 1863

African-American Recruiting Poster

The Famous 54 th Massachusetts

August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

Black Troops Freeing Slaves

Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act

Battle of Gettysburg Union victory Lee would not recover; ended his Northern campaign 23,000 Union killed or wounded 28,000 Confederate killed or wounded

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Gettysburg Casualties

The day after Gettysburg… Lee heard of the Confederate lost at Vicksburg, Mississippi Union able to control MS river Confederacy was cut in two What does it mean “cut in two?

The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

Inflation in the South

The Progress of War:

Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)

Presidenti al Election Results: 1864

The Final Virginia Campaign:

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Casualties on Both Sides

Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

The Assassination

WANTED~~!!WANTED~~!!

Now He Belongs to the Ages!

The Execution