1. Gettysburg Address

2. Turning Points 1. Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

3. “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain- that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”
-Abraham Lincoln, November 19th, 1863

4. Gettysburg Address Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
To remind the American people what America represents and what they are fighting for- preservation of the union, freedom, and equality
What document was the Gettysburg Address referring to?
The Declaration of Independence
What was the overall of theme of the Gettysburg Address?
To honor the soldiers who fought

5. Gettysburg Address

6. Sherman’s March to the Sea
William Tecumseh Sherman leads march through Georgia which he uses total war
Total war- striking military and civilian targets
Greatly crippled the South

7. Election of 1864
Sherman’s large victory enables Lincoln to be re-elected
Defeats former Union general George C. McLellan

8. The South Surrenders…
At Appomattox Courthouse, General Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865

9. Ulysses S. Grant- General of the Union Army

10. Take out a sheet of paper… its show me time!!
What was Abraham Lincoln’s number one goal at the start of the Civil War?
What was the North’s strategy called? (Hint: Nicki Manaj)
What was one advantage of the South and one advantage of the north at the start of the Civil war?
Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the course of the war?

11. Lincoln’s Power writing assignment
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus in the Border States meaning he could put people in jail with little to no reason. Do you feel the President should have the authority to arrest people who could be a threat to the United States without cause or without being charged a crime in times of war? Please respond to the question with an ACES paragraph.

12. Knights Charge 12/16 Take a Knights Charge sheet off the blue table
What did the Emancipation Proclamation claim to do?
How did the Proclamation change the course of the war?
What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?