Unit 6: A Nation Divided and

Rebuilt

1846-1877

In this Unit…

Chapter 15: The Nation Breaking Apart Chapter 16: The Civil War Begins Chapter 17: The Tide of War Turns Chapter 18: Reconstruction

Why It Matters Now

The Civil War represented the greatest threat to the survival of the American republic in our history. Why we fought,

how the Union won, and how we rebuilt the nation remain enduring matters of

discussion and debate.

Chapter 17: The Tide of War TurnsLesson 1: The Emancipation

Proclamation

In this Chapter…

Lesson 1: The Emancipation Proclamation Lesson 2: War Affects Society Lesson 3: The North Wins Lesson 4: The Legacy of the War

Essential Question

In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?

Key Question

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?

Vocabulary Emancipation Proclamation: Document

issued by Lincoln that declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free

54th Massachusetts Volunteers: Regiment of African-American soldiers that gained fame for its courageous assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina

Emancipate: To free

A War of Liberation As the Union troops went through the South,

thousands of slaves escaped Abolitionists were pressuring the government

to act Lincoln feared he did not have the power to

abolish slavery in every state Lincoln also wanted to preserve the Union Lincoln did not want to anger the border states Many Northerners also objected to

emancipation• Why?

Believed it was each state’s right to decide

The Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln needed to weaken the South January 1, 1863

• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• Declared all slaves in Confederate territory were free

“On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free.” – Abraham Lincoln

The Emancipation Proclamation Made a huge impact on the public But it actually free few slaves Only the Union army would enforce the

Proclamation Most states lived far away from where the Union

army was located Why only in the South?

• Lincoln believed he did not have the constitutional power to free slaves

• But the Proclamation could be seen as a military action• He had the military authority to do this

Now the goal of the Civil War wasn’t just to preserve the Union, but also to free millions from slavery

Response to the Proclamation

Abolitionists were thrilled• “We shout for joy that we live to record this righteous decree.” – Frederick

Douglass• Many believed the law should have gone farther• They were upset Lincoln had not freed all enslaved people, specifically in

the border states Many Northern Democrats were against the Proclamation

• They believed the Proclamation would lengthen the war by angering the South

• The proclamation was “monstrous, impudent, and heinous… insulting to God as to man.” – Ohio newspaper

Union soldiers support the Proclamation because it angered the rebels

White Southerners were angry• Many slaves began to escape to the Union army

No longer supplied the South with labor Began to provide the Union with soldiers

Fighting for Freedom The Emancipation declared that African Americans

could fight in the Union army African Americans rushed to enlist and brought intensity

to the Union About 180,000 total enlisted

• 166 all-black regiments usually led by white officers• Showed great courage on the battlefield and wore their uniforms

with pride• Some regiments insisted on fighting without pay instead of

accepting lower pay• Determined to destroy slavery, gain self-respect, and prove they

deserved equal treatment White officers often started off with racist views, but

changed their minds after seeing their determination and courage

“Come and Join Us Brothers”

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers One of the 1st African American regiments

organized in the North 2 of Frederick Douglass’ sons joined One of the most famous in the Civil War Earned its greatest glory in July 1863

• Led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina African American regiments faced great

danger if they were captured• Confederate government threatened to execute

them or return them to slavery rather than make them prisoners as war

The 54th Massachusetts

Key Question

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?

Chapter 17: The Tide of War Turns

Lesson 2: War Affects Society

In this Chapter…

Lesson 1: The Emancipation Proclamation Lesson 2: War Affects Society Lesson 3: The North Wins Lesson 4: The Legacy of the War

Essential Question

In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?

Key Question

What difficulties did the nation face as the war dragged on?

Vocabulary Writ of habeas corpus: Law that prevents

the government from holding citizens without formal charges

Clara Barton: Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross

A Divisive Time There were many disagreements within the

Union and the Confederacy Some Southern areas opposed secession

• Like West Virginia The Copperheads in the North were

Democrats who favored peace with the South• A copperhead is a poisonous snake that strikes

without warning Lincoln had protesters arrested He suspended the writ of habeas corpus

• This prevents the government from holding citizens without formal charges

The Copperheads

Slaves Undermine the Confederacy Enslaved people did their best to weaken the South

• They slowed their work or stopped working altogether When planters fled from Union armies, slaves refused to

join their masters They waited to join the Union army After the Emancipation Proclamation, more and more

slaves fled plantations “It was very touching to see the vast numbers of colored

[African American] women following after us with babies in their arms, and little ones like our Anna clinging to their tattered skirts. One poor creature, while nobody was looking, hid two boys , five years old, in a wagon, intending, I suppose that they should see the land of freedom if she couldn’t.”

- Union officer

The Draft Laws Enthusiasm for the war began to decline Both the North and South passed laws of

conscription (laws requiring men to serve in the military)

Southern Planters with more than 20 slaves were not required to serve in the army

In the North and South, the rich could pay substitutes to serve in their place

This caused resentment and anger The Draft was very unpopular Led to a 4 day riot in July 1863 in New York

City• Many destroyed property and attacked African

Americans• Over 100 people were killed or wounded• Union soldiers had to be called in to put down the

uprising

Economic and Social Change

North• Free African Americans were serving in the

military• Women were taking over jobs in factories

and hospitals• Poverty and hunger were spreading

South• Poverty and hunger were spreading• Suffering was worse in the South

Economic Effects of the War

South• Food shortages were common

Many farmers were in the army and could not harvest crops

Transportation was disrupted and prevented food from reaching markets

Armies seized food• Inflation (increase in the cost of goods and

decrease in the value of money) Prices rose steadily Life was harder

Economic and Social Change

Two federal government changes• Income Tax

Tax on earnings• Paper currency

Known as greenbacks Helped the Northern economy by making sure

people had money to spend Helped the federal government pay for the war

Women Aid the War Effort With so many men away at war, women had to assume more

responsibilities Women plowed the fields and ran the farms or plantations They took over office and factory jobs Thousands of women served as volunteer workers and nurses on

the battlefield• Clara Barton and Susie King Taylor• “Many lives were lost, - not men alone but noble women as well”

Relief agencies allowed women to work gathering supplies, washing clothes, and cooking food

Nursing became a profession About 20,000 nurses worked in hospitals Women also disguised themselves as men and enlisted

• Jennie Hodgers became Albert Cashier Women also served as spies

• Belle Boyd was arrested 6 times

War Transforms Society Opportunities opened up for many

groups• African Americans could serve in the

military• Women gained an active role in many areas

In the South, ordinary people began to resent the draft laws

Society was more divided because of draft laws, inflation and food shortages (especially in the South)

Key Question

What difficulties did the nation face as the war dragged on?

Chapter 17: The Civil War Begins

Lesson 3: The North Wins

In this Chapter…

Lesson 1: The Emancipation Proclamation Lesson 2: War Affects Society Lesson 3: The North Wins Lesson 4: The Legacy of the War

Essential Question

In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?

Key Question

What led to the surrender of the Confederacy?

Vocabulary Battle of Gettysburg: Battle in 1863 in

Pennsylvania when Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North

Pickett’s Charge: Failed assault on Union positions on final day of Battle of Gettysburg

Sherman’s March to the Sea: Union general Sherman’s destructive march across Georgia

Update Timeline The Emancipation

Proclamation January 1, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg

July 1-3. 1863 Union Victory

Update Timeline Sherman’s March to

the Sea November 15-

December 21, 1864

Fall of Richmond April 3, 1865 Union Victory

Update Timeline Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Union Victories Confederacy had won some key battles

in the East Lee decided to further invade the North

• In a recent Northern battle, Confederate troops accidentally shot and killed Confederate General Stonewall Jackson

• Lee thought another victory in the North would force the Union into talks of peace and bring European nations in as allies

• Lee crossed into Pennsylvania and stumbled upon Union troops in Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg Fighting lasted for 3 days 90,000 Union troops against 75,000 Confederate troops Union forces tried to hold their ground at Cemetery

Ridge while Confederates tried to remove them The Turning Point- Pickett’s Charge

• General George Pickett mounted a direct attack on the middle of the Union line

• It was a deadly mistake• 15,000 rebel troops charged up the ridge into heavy Union fire• Confederates were forced to retreat and waited for a counterattack• Lincoln’s army once again failed to finish off the Lee’s army

The furious Lincoln wondered if he would ever find a general that would defeat Lee once and for all

The Battle of Gettysburg The Union rejoiced over the victory Lee’s hopes were crushed Casualties

• North: 23,000 (about ¼ of the army)• South: 28,000 (about 1/3 of the army)

Lee led his army back to Virginia Although the war lasted 2 more

years, the South never recovered from the defeat at Gettysburg

The Siege of Vicksburg July 4, 1863 Confederate troops at Vicksburg surrendered to Grant Vicksburg was the last hold that Confederates had on the

Mississippi Grant began his attack in May of 1863

• Direct attacks failed, so he settled in for a long siege• Grant’s troops surrounded the city and prevented delivery of food and

supplies• Confederates ran out of food• Civilians moved into caves to protect themselves from the constant

bombardment• After a month and a half, the city surrendered

This victory fulfilled a major part of the Anaconda Plan- the South was split in two

The tide of the war had turned in favor of the Union President Lincoln had found the man who might be able to

defeat Lee

New Plans for the Union March 1864- Lincoln gives command

of all Union armies to Grant Grant would pursue Lee’s army in

Virginia General William Tecumseh Sherman

would push through the deep South

Sherman Takes Atlanta Sherman traveled from Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia In November 1864, Sherman burned Atlanta and set out on a

terrifying march to the sea Sherman’s March to the Sea

• The army cut a path of destruction across Georgia that was 60 miles wide and 300 miles long

• Sherman waged total war (a war not only against enemy troops, but against everything that supported the enemy) Tore up railroad lines Destroyed crops Burned and looted towns

He reached the coast at Savannah in December and continued north into the Carolinas to meet Grant in Virginia

His march tore into the heart of the Confederacy It also increase the size of the Union army

• In Georgia alone, 19,000 former slaves joined the Union army

Grant’s Virginia Campaign Grant pursued Lee’s army He had a brutal plan- keep attacking Lee’s army no matter

how many casualties the Union would suffer• The Union could replace soldiers and supplies• The South was running out

Lee would fight and then escape to fight another day after his troops recovered

It took Grant a year to corner and defeat Lee Grant said, “No matter what happens, we will not retreat!”

• Grant’s army suffered great losses but he pushed on• Union troops were so sure they would die in battle that they pinned

their names and addresses on their jackets so their bodies could be identified later

• Unable to break through Confederate lines just South of Richmond, Union forces dug trenches and settled in for a 9 month long siege

Richmond Falls April 1865- Lee realized he could hold out no longer He sent Jefferson Davis a note advising the

government to leave Richmond Lee hoped to move the army to food supplies to

prolong the war April 2- Confederate government fled the capital Leaders burnt anything that could be of use to the

Union army The city was in flames when the Union forces arrived

April 3 Lincoln came to visit the city

• Whites stayed indoors• African Americans cheered for the president who led the fight

for freedom

Surrender at Appomattox Lee fled west while Grant followed Lee wanted to continue fighting but knew the

situation was hopeless Lee sent a message to Grant saying he was ready to

surrender April 9, 1865

• Lee and Grant met in the small Virginia town of Appomattox Court House to arrange the surrender

• Grant wrote later that his joy at that moment was mixed with sadness

• Grant offered generous terms of surrender Confederates could return home in peace after laying down their arms Confederates could keep their private possessions and horses with

them Grant also fed the hungry Confederate troops

Key Question

What led to the surrender of the Confederacy?

Chapter 17: The Civil War Begins

Lesson 4: The Legacy of the War

In this Chapter…

Lesson 1: The Emancipation Proclamation Lesson 2: War Affects Society Lesson 3: The North Wins Lesson 4: The Legacy of the War

Essential Question

In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?

Key Question

How did the nation change after the war ended?

Vocabulary John Wilkes Booth: Confederate

supporter who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Thirteenth Amendment: Constitutional amendment that ended slavery

The Gettysburg AddressOn November 19, 1863, officials gathered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. They were there to dedicate a national cemetery on the ground where the decisive Battle of Gettysburg had taken place nearly five months earlier. Following the ceremony’s main address, which lasted nearly two hours, President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address in just over two minutes. In this famous speech, Lincoln expressed his hopes for the nation.

The Gettysburg AddressFourscore 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 battlefield 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 this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

The Gettysburg AddressBut, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate… we cannot

consecrate… we cannot hallow… this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us… that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead should not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Costs of the War The Union had be preserved but at a terrible

cost Deadliest war in American history In just 4 years

• 620,000 dead (360,000 Union; 260,000 Confederate)• 275,000 Union wounded; 100,000 Confederate

wounded• Many suffered health problems the rest of their lives• North and South spent enormous sums of money• Government was still paying interest on loans many

years later

The South in Ruins After the War

• Economic disaster in the South• Farms and plantations were destroyed• 40% of livestock were killed• 50% of farm machinery wrecked• Factories were demolished• Thousands of miles of railroad tracks were torn up• Only had 12% of the nation’s wealth (30% before

the war)• South remained locked in poverty long after the war• Economic gap would last for decades

Lincoln’s Assassination April 14, 1865 (5 days after Lee’s surrender) President Lincoln was shot while watching a

play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate supporter

escaped but was killed by troops 11 days later Lincoln was wounded and carried to a house

nearby A bullet in his brain could not be removed He died the next morning as the first American

President to be assassinated Many Americans wept in the streets

The Nation Transformed The Civil War had created a new nation economically

and socially The issue of state’s rights was settled- states did not

have the power to secede The national government expanded

• New paper currency• New income tax• New federal banking system• Funded railroads• Gave western settlers land• Provided for state colleges

South’s economy was destroyed (now had to pay for workers)

Industry in the north grew rapidly (steel, petroleum, food processing, and manufacturing)

Greatest effect was the freeing of millions of enslaved Americans

“After the reading we were told that we were all free, and could go when and where we pleased. My mother, who was standing by my side, leaned over and kissed her children, while tears of joy ran down her cheeks. She explained to us what it all meant, that this was the day for which she had been so long praying, but fearing that she would never live to see.” – Booker T. Washington

January 1865- Congress passed the 13th Amendment• Ended and banned slavery• Approved by 27 states including 8 southern states

Challenges• South had to be brought back into the Union• 4 million former slaves had to be integrated into national life• Americans had to turn their energies into rebuilding the nation

In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?

Economic Change• Income tax• Paper currency• Growing industry• Destroyed southern

economy• Factory production increases

Social Change• Slavery is abolished• African Americans serve in

the military• Draft laws are introduced• Women become active in

society

Political Change• Federal government

grows more powerful• United States pulls

through as a union

Changes in Warfare• Modern rifle and minie

ball• Increases number of

casualties• Ironclads

Key Question

How did the nation change after the war ended?

Essential Question

In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?