1. History Is history taught differently depending on where you live?

7. The Civil War What do you know about the Civil War?

8. The Civil War Also known as: The War of Northern Aggression War for Southern Independence The Freedom War

9. Abraham Lincoln Won the Election of 1860 Nearly no votes in the South Pledged not to interfere with slavery 4/7 Cabinet members were political opponents

10. Fort Sumter First Battle of the War South (7 states) attacked Union Fort North lost. Forced Lincoln to call for militiamen What advantages does each side have in the war? Union? Confederacy?

11. Northern Advantages Population Economic Strength Navy (They actually had one…) Factories (Guns, Cannons, Ammo) Horses, Trains, Steamboats, etc. Agriculture (Why?)

12. Southern Advantages Defensive War Military Leadership The North had to win the war The South had to not lose the war

13. What strategy should each side use?

14. Northern Strategy The Anaconda Plan Winfield Scott Plan to: Blockade Southern Ports Control the Mississippi Capture Confederate Capital (Richmond) War of Attrition

16. Ulysses S. Grant West Point Graduate Commanding General of Union Army Served in Mexican- American War Aggressive General

17. Joseph Hooker “Fighting Joe” Lost a lot “Hard drinking ladies man” Influenced American slang…

18. Ambrose Burnside 1 st Bull Run Awesome facial hair

19. Southern Strategy Not lose. Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederacy Kentucky born (like Lincoln) Big fan of slavery

20. Robert E. Lee Virginia born Commissioned in Federal Army before secession Offered command of Union Army “I could not raise my hand against my birthplace, my home, my children”

21. Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) July 21 st, 1861: Virginia Ranks dramatically increased after Fort Sumter Both armies underprepared Results: Confederate Army wins battle Americans sobered to the realities of war What do you need to effectively wage war in the 19 th century?

22. Conscription in the Confederacy April 12, 1862: All white men 18-35 were declared members of the Confederate Army Draftee could escape by paying 500$

23. Conscription in the Union 1863: 18-35 year old men $300 buyout Widespread public outcry Increased political corruption in the citiespolitical corruption July 11, 1863: Riot in New York Irish Catholics Hatred of Blacks and the wealthy Massive violence

24. The End of the War

25. Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863: Lincoln freed all Southern slaves

26. Turning Points Vicksburg Gettysburg Sherman’s March: November, 1864 Marched through Georgia, burned it down Freed over 40,000 slaves Burned down over 12 towns Wanted to “whip the rebels, humble their pride, follow them into their upmost recesses, and make them fear and dread the Union” Why was the march important?

28. Appomattox Court House April 9 th, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant Officially ended war Wilmer McLean “Surrender with dignity”

29. Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination April 14 th, 1865 Ford’s Theater, DC John Wilkes Booth Virginian “Sic Semper Tyrannis” Alcoholic Kind of a jerk William H. Seward Andrew Johnson

30. President following Lincoln’s death No facial hair First President to be impeached Alcoholic Barely literate

32. Civil War Timelines Create a timeline of the Civil War using the events below and Chapter 10 in the textbook Lincoln's Election Ft. Sumter 1st Bull Run Anaconda Plan Vicksburg (both) Antietam Gettysburg Draft Riots Copperheads Embargo Bread Riots Lincoln's Assassination Sherman's March Appomattox Courthouse 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

33. Reconstruction Amendments 13 th Amendment: Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude 14 th Amendment: Establishes that anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the United States. Grants due process of law to all citizens 15 th Amendment (1870): Prohibits federal government from denying a citizens right to vote based on race, skin color, or prior servitude.