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United States History United States History Mrs. O’Shea
7/21/2018 Civil War United States History Mrs. O’Shea
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1860 Presidential Election
United States History 7/21/2018 1860 Presidential Election Abraham Lincoln won 39% popular vote 180 electoral votes not a single electoral vote from South Name did not appear on many southern ballots
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United States History 7/21/2018 1860 ELECTION RESULTS
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Southern Secession South Carolina seceded in Dec. 1860
United States History 7/21/2018 Southern Secession South Carolina seceded in Dec. 1860 6 others states followed = Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Florida Georgia Created Confederate States of America
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Fort Sumter Federal fort outside Charleston, SC
United States History 7/21/2018 Fort Sumter Federal fort outside Charleston, SC Federal supply ship shot at by Confederates Lincoln wanted to preserve Union – must protect fort April 12, 1861 – Confederates seize fort
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United States History 7/21/2018 Strengths – p.382 North South
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United States History 7/21/2018 Strategies – p North South
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Review Lincoln elected President - 1860 Southern states secede
United States History 7/21/2018 Review Lincoln elected President Southern states secede Fort Sumter – beginning of war North – Preserve the Union South – Federal government no longer represents our interests. We voluntarily joined United States, we choose to leave it.
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Battle of Bull Run Union troops – not prepared
United States History 7/21/2018 Battle of Bull Run Union troops – not prepared Sent by Lincoln to capture Richmond – Confederate capital city Met with 32,000 Confederate troops outside of Manassas. Union troops were sent running back to Washington, D.C. IMPORTANCE Boosted Confederates morale Signaled to Union that they needed to prepare for a real war
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United States History 7/21/2018 CASUALTIES Heavy casualties on both sides – killed, wounded, captured, or MIA Disease (typhoid fever, dysentery, salmonella, gangrene, malaria)
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Casualties (deaths) Revolutionary War = 4,400
United States History 7/21/2018 Casualties (deaths) Revolutionary War = 4,400 Mexican American War = 13,000 Civil War = 600,000 WWI = 115,000 WWII = 407,000 Korean War = 33,000 Vietnam War = 58,000 War in Iraq = 4,244 (as of February 13, 2009) Really rough estimates – Mrs. O’Shea
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United States History 7/21/2018 Casualties (deaths)
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United States History 7/21/2018 GROUP 1
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United States History 7/21/2018 GROUP 3
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United States History 7/21/2018 GROUP 4
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Lincoln and Slavery “Preserve the Union” Personally opposed to slavery
United States History 7/21/2018 Lincoln and Slavery “Preserve the Union” Personally opposed to slavery Came to regard abolishing slavery as a strategy for winning war Slave working in field = one more Southerner fighting in fields
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Emancipation Proclamation p. 396
United States History 7/21/2018 Emancipation Proclamation p. 396 Who was freed? slaves under Confederate control Some Northerners feared … freed people would increase unemployment Abolitionists criticized Lincoln for … not going far enough by freeing all slaves Southerners … condemned it
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African Americans in War
United States History 7/21/2018 African Americans in War July 1862 – Congress allows African-Americans to join military January 1, 1863 – Emancipation Proclamation – encouraged freed slaves to fight By 1865 – 180,000 African Americans had enlisted (10% of troops) Less pay Black regiments – white officers 54th Massachusetts Infantry – bravery in attack on Ft. Wagner – first medal of honor (Sergeant William Carney) GLORY
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United States History 7/21/2018 Plans to Win!!! Union – attacked from West and East – Anaconda Plan (choke them) Confederacy – attacked Union through Virginia (scare Northerners – fuel anti-war movement in North)
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North – Strategy
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Gettysburg 3 days – July 1-3, 1863
United States History 7/21/2018 Gettysburg 3 days – July 1-3, 1863 Greatest battle ever fought in North America Bloodiest battle of war Union = 23,000 casualties Confederacy = 28,000 casualties IMPORTANCE Union victory ended Lee’s invasion of North Referred to as “turning point of war”
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Gettysburg Address Dedication of cemetery Honors Union soldiers
United States History 7/21/2018 Gettysburg Address Dedication of cemetery Honors Union soldiers Expresses grief of nation Necessity of preserving the Union
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“War is cruelty. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”
United States History 7/21/2018 “War is cruelty. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”
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Sherman’s March p. 412 Union General William Sherman’s total war
United States History 7/21/2018 Sherman’s March p. 412 Union General William Sherman’s total war GOAL = destroy the Confederacy's ability to wage further war 300 mile path of destruction – destroying railroads, bridges, factories, livestock, crops, etc. Most likely speed up the ending of the war
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United States History 7/21/2018 South Surrenders Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia (private home – not a court building) -take horses and go home -obey laws April 9, 1965
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Lincoln Assassinated April 14, 1865
United States History 7/21/2018 Lincoln Assassinated April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth – wanted to kidnap in exchange for Confederate prisoners. Changed plans – killed Lincoln Ford’s Theater
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