1. Major Events of the Civil War
Get out your binder, pencil or pen and open to a new warm-up page.
Turn in vocabulary it is LATE!!!

2. Warm-Up January 18, 2018
One fear among Southerners after the election of was that —
A most Southerners would move to the North
B slaves would soon revolt
C Congress would try to abolish slavery
D farmers would lose their land

3. Learning Target: Success Criteria:
We will understand identify important individuals and events concerning the Civil War.
Success Criteria:
I will analyze different visual aids to help me identify significant individuals and events over the Civil War.

4. Class Civil War Battles
1st period: North-30 total South- 34 total
3rd period: North-33 total South- 27 total
4th period: North-24 total South- 33 total
6th period: North-20 total South- 30 total
7th period: North-27 total South- 30 total
Battle today is based on the grades for today’s assignment!!

5. Name the Causes of the Civil War

6. Major Events of the Civil War
Timeline

7. November 1860 Abraham Lincoln Elected US President
Lincoln was an abolitionist, so many Southerners feared he was going to abolish slavery.

8. February 23, 1861 TX Votes to Secede
Texans voted to approve secession from the Union and join the Confederacy

9. March 1861 TX Governor Houston Removed from Office
Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, so he was removed from his job as Governor of Texas.

10. April 12, 1861 Civil War Begins – Battle at Fort Sumter
First battle of the Civil War.
Confederate troops attacked Union troops at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, South Carolina.

11. April 16, 1862 Conscription Act
A law that required all men between the ages of 18 and 35 to serve in the Confederate armed forces. Before this law only 25,000 Texans served, but with this law the number of Texans that served during the war had rose to over 70,000.

12. Late 1862 Union Blockade
Union forces set up a blockade along the entire Confederate coastline. A blockade kept the Confederacy from shipping cotton to Europe in exchange for supplies. On October 4th, the Union took control of the port at Galveston, Texas.

13. January 1, 1863 Confederacy recaptures Galveston
Confederate forces attack the Union forces at Galveston and win. Being able to control Galveston once again reopens an important port, and keeps open a link to the Confederate chain of supplies.

14. January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation
Union President Lincoln makes an executive order that said, "all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." The Confederate states weren’t listening to Lincoln, so in most cases slaves weren’t truly free until the Union forces had taken over that area of the Confederacy.

15. September 8, 1863 Battle of Sabine Pass
Union forces tried to attack Sabine Pass, which is where the Sabine Rivers flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Union thought it could be a place to set up base and attack further into Texas. Confederate forces didn’t allow them to take control of Sabine Pass, so it ended the Union’s plans to launch further attacks in Texas.

16. January 31, 1865 13th Amendment Passed
13th Amendment = End of slavery
The amendment was passed by the US Senate in April It passed the House of Representatives on January 31st. Lincoln signed it as a joint resolution on February 1st, so it was then sent out to the states for ratification.

17. April 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Confederate forces, under Robert E. Lee, surrender to Union forces.
Civil War Ends = North Wins!!

18. April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play at Ford’s Theater.

19. May 13, 1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch
Despite the surrender of Confederate armies in the East, some southern Confederate soldiers want to continue fighting. When Union forces went to Brownsville and found Confederate forces weren’t withdrawing, a fight broke out at Palmito Ranch. Confederate troops won but were later advised to quit fighting.

20. Effects of the Civil War
The Confederacy was dissolved.
Slavery was ended in the United States.
600,000+ people died.
Lots of property was damaged, especially in the South.

21. Civil War Battles Assignment
You will read about the Civil War, how it was started, and important events.
You will need to answer the question(s) with complete sentences for each slide.
You will turn the assignment in for the grade TODAY.

22. Friday, January 19, 2018
Get your history binder or ISN, pen/pencil and sit down at your seat silently.
When the bell rings the warm-up will begin.

23. Warm-up
Read the Emancipation Proclamation while the speaker reads the order given to the South by President Lincoln.

24. Learning Target: Success Criteria:
We will understand identify important individuals and events concerning the Civil War.
Success Criteria:
I will write an essay explaining the beginning, middle and end of the Civil War.

25. Class Civil War Battles
1st period: North-37 total South- 36 total
3rd period: North-33 total South- 27 total
4th period: North-24 total South- 33 total
6th period: North-20 total South- 30 total
7th period: North-27 total South- 30 total
Battle today is based on the grades for today’s assignment!!

26. Civil War Battles in Texas
Battle of Galveston: October 4, 1862; January 1, 1863
Battle of Sabine Pass: September 8, 1863
Battle of Palmito Ranch: May 12-13, 1865
have the students write this down for a timeline of events

27. Battlefields of Texas

28. The Battle of Galveston
You will read pages from the Textbook
The purpose of reading is to examine the battles in Galveston
In your notebook, summarize the battle, include the leaders if possible, the description and outcome of the battle(s), and anything relevant to the battle.
5:55

29. Battle of Sabine Pass You will read pages 416-417 from the Textbook
The purpose of reading is to examine the battle of Sabine Pass
In your notebook, summarize the battle, include the leaders if possible, the description and outcome of the battle(s), and anything relevant to the battle.
8:48

30. CIVIL WAR ENDS AND SLAVES ARE FREE!
Surrender at Appomattox
•Union General Ulysses S. Grant trapped Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Petersburg, Virginia.
•Grant accepted Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865
Students need to write both of these down

31. The Battle of Palmito Ranch
You will read pages 424 from the Textbook
The purpose of reading is to examine the battles in Galveston
In your notebook, summarize the battle, include the leaders if possible, the description and outcome of the battle(s), and anything relevant to the battle.
19:50

32. Exit Ticket
List the order of the events of the Civil War in chronological order. Star the battles that occured in Texas.