1. Who was in a better position going into the war?
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877

2. FLIP LEARNING
TASK:
You will need to research and create a top trump card on each of the following individuals (inc. a picture too!):
Jefferson Davis
P.G.T. Beauregard
‘Stonewall’ Jackson’
Robert E. Lee
Joseph Johnston
Albert S. Johnston
John B. Hood
James Longstreet
Abraham Lincoln
McDowell
McClellan
Burnside
Hooker
Meade
Grant
Sherman
Buell
Thomas
Your task for today was to complete a set of Top Trump cards for the following generals and take not of the points below:
With each one consider the following:
Position/role
Experience
Success
Controversy
Interesting fact
Whilst I come around and check your work, using your homework explain which side had the stronger leadership and why

3. Who was in a better position going into the war?
Good learning:
Describe the position of both the Confederate and Union on entering the war
Great learning:
Explain how strong both sides were politically and militarily
Even better:
Evaluate which side was in the better position going into the war.
Key Words:

4. How was the army structured?
Before we look at the position of each side, we need to think about how the army was made up.
TASK:
On your desk you have been given an A3 sheet. Number yourselves 1 to 4 (or 1 to 3 if there are less). When I call your number out you will need to come and look at the diagram, remember it and that recreate this on your sheet of paper. First team to complete it ACCURATELY wins!
LETS SEE HOW YOU ALL DID…

5. What was the position of both sides at the start of the war?
Union
Confederate
Lincoln (p )
Lincoln’s Cabinet (p. 127)
Lincoln’s Congress (p. 128)
Opposition: Copperheads, Clement Vallandigham and NY Draft Riots (p )
voluntary associations (p. 129)
military resources (look at diagram on p. 145 and p. 147 – 152)
(Also look at the advantages section on p )
Jefferson Davis (p. 114)
Jefferson Davis’s Cabinet (p. 115)
the Confederate Congress (p.115)
Opposition: draft evaders(pp.122-3) civil liberties (p.116)
voluntary associations (p.117)
(Also look at advantages p. 416)
TASK:
Firstly, you will be divided up to look at one of the two sides.
You will need to research each element carefully and then complete your worksheet.
In order to determine where their strengths and weaknesses lie, put the more successful element in the bigger shapes and the least successful in the smaller ones.
NOW TEACH YOUR INFORMATION TO THE OTHER SIDE AND COMPLETE THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR SHEET

6. How strong was each side going into the war?
Now that you have looked at each side in detail, lets think about how strong each side was both politically and militarily.
TASK:
Go back through your worksheet that you have just completed and in one colour highlight anything POLITICAL and in a second colour highlight anything MILITARY based.
Summarise the strengths of each side in no more than 20 words for each. 6

7. Make sure that you justify you opinion
Using the information in the textbook, decide how far the following issues were a weakness to the Confederate army:
State Rights
Died of Democracy
Rich Man’s war, poor man’s fight
Make sure that you justify you opinion
WEAKNESS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY

8. Rich man poor man
Conscription & class conflict
Hiring substitutes
Exempting (managerial role 20+ slaves)
Few shirked military duty in reality
Become critical of planter led govt.
Opposition not class based
Regional perhaps (upland)
Most commit until the end
Only wavers when battered to submission
States Rights
Need full cooperation of your states
Central govt. to make most of resources
Some states don’t want Richmond to have too much power
Resist many of Davis’s efforts
Governor Joseph Brown – not working for the common cause e.g. opposed conscription and exempted thousands from the draft by enrolling them into bogus state militia units
Most do cooperate
All 28 state governors were committed
Impressed slaves and declared martial law

9. Died of Democracy?
1862 Davis (quote)
Protecting individual rights seemed a main aim
David Donald – cost them the war
NOT convincing
Idea that Davis could create a government that suppressed civil liberties and that it would have won if so is nonsense
Davis was fighting for traditional American values
1862 Davis declares martial law
Suspended the writ of habeas corpus so draft evaders are not apprehended
NOT total freedom of speech
Vigilantes destroy opposition papers

10. post-it along with a reason why they were in the better
Overall, who was in the better position at the start of the start of the war?
UNION
CONFEDERATE
Write your name on the
post-it along with a reason
why they were in the better
position.

11. FLIP LEARNING
There is no flip learning this week for America, but please remember that is to compensate for the work you need to do for coursework and in preparation for gradebook.
TASK:
You need to continue to work on the improvements to your coursework and also revise for your gradebook assessment on Henry VIII.

12. Union Army
NOTE: The bigger the shape, the bigger the strength!

13. Confederate Army