1. Tuesday April 4th 2017.
Pick up your spirals/folders from the front, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork.
We are taking notes today.
CA’s: Wednesday/Thursday. Will do a worksheet, don’t complain.
Bellwork: Who do you think had the advantage (North or South) at the beginning of the Civil War? Why?
For Wednesday, write the following.
13th Amendment – Free
14th Amendment – Citizen
15th Amendment – Vote

2. The Civil War
Show Civil War in
4 Minutes

3. The Confederate States of America
State’s Rights
States have the right to cancel the Constitution if their survival is threatened
Strict interpretation of the Constitution – elastic clause does not apply
Slavery is the primary cause of the war
11 States secede: VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, AR, TX, TN, LA
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee

4. Scorecard Goals South North North South Confederate States of America
Confederacy – “Rebels”
Gray uniforms
Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee
Richmond, Virginia
North
United States of America
Union – “Federals”
Blue uniforms
Abe Lincoln & Ulysses S. Grant
Washington D.C.
Goals
North
Restore the Union
Conquer and control the South
South
Win Independence
Maintain Southern territory

5. Advantages South North Superior Generals Motivation to fight
Fight on home territory
Skilled soldiers
North
Lincoln’s leadership
Higher population
Industrial power
Greater wealth
More railroads
U.S. Navy (blockade)

6. Anaconda Plan

7. Fort Sumter First battle of the Civil War (like Lexington & Concord)
Union fort bombarded by Confederates until a surrender (no casualties)
Lincoln calls for 75,000 men to join army

8. First Battle of Bull Run
First major battle – surprising victory for the Confederacy
Thomas Jackson rallies the southerners and earns the nickname “Stonewall”
Both sides realize the war will not be won easily

9. Antietam
First battle on Northern soil; Union could have destroyed Lee’s army
Bloodiest one-day battle in history (23,000 casualties)
Lee forced to retreat back to Virginia
Gives Lincoln an opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

10. Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Writ of Habeas Corpus: the arrest of someone must be justified before a court
Lincoln suspended the writs for Confederate prisoners
A federal judge ruled Lincoln could not do this – he ignored the judge and did it anyway
Judge was Roger B. Taney (Dred Scott decision)
Supreme Court later ruled Lincoln’s actions unconstitutional

11. Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln: “all slaves in states of rebellion are free” – did not apply to border states
No immediate effect – South does not recognize Lincoln’s authority
First official step to abolishing slavery – war is now focused on freedom for all
Encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union

12. New York Draft Riots
Congress passed the Conscription Act to draft more men into the Union army
Wealthy men could pay a fee to avoid being drafted
African Americans were ineligible because they were not considered citizens
Poor working class (Irish) protested with violence and destruction

13. Battle of Gettysburg Turning point of war
Only time the Confederate army invaded North

14. Battle of Gettysburg
Lee invades; massive armies collide at Gettysburg and fight for 3 days
Lee forced to retreat after Pickett’s Charge
Casualties: Union 23, Confederacy 28,000

15. Gettysburg Address
Delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery
Themes
Equality and liberty (“all men are created equal”)
The Constitution and Democracy
“government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish”
Strength of the nation – war was being fought to secure liberty for all

16. Siege of Vicksburg Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River
Grant’s army captures the city on July 4, after months of fighting
Outcomes
Split the Confederacy in two (Anaconda Plan)
Cut of trade from other states and Europe
Tide of war turns for the North (Gettysburg was day earlier)

17. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Grant’s plan to cripple the South and force a surrender
Ordered General William T. Sherman to march across the South (Georgia)
Destroy industry, property, transportation – Devastate economy and supplies
Sometimes referred to as “Total War”

18. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
We must not give up the fight
Slavery is wrong and will not continue
We must “heal” the nation, not punish the South (“bind up the nation’s wounds”)

19. Surrender at Appomattox
End of the Civil War!
Richmond falls on April 3 – Lee surrenders to Grant on April 9
No prisoners, Confederates go home and remain peaceful
Began reconstruction process

20. Lincoln’s Assassination
Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
Andrew Johnson (a southerner) becomes president
Booth killed 12 days later while on the run