Warm-Up (10 mins)Connections to the Civil War

TODAY’s Activity1. Notes

Monday Mar 16,2015OBJ: Explain how the differences in North and South threatened to tear the nation apart

Learning Target: I can explain how the causes of the Civil War impacted society economically, socially, and politically?

Tasks Due Date Comments

Unit 5 Vocab Test – Civil War & Reconstruction

Fri, Mar 20 Quizlet is on Netschool

Journal Review Be Ready

Mo. Compromise

The Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Kansas-Neb Act

ESP Prove IT

Connections to the Civil War

The Last Moments of John Brown (1884) by Thomas Hovenden

Harper’s Ferry (1859) – raided arsenal to capture weapons and inspire slaves to rebel against slavery.

Lincoln’s Election and Southern Secession

Main Idea: The election of Lincoln led the Southern states to secede from the Union.

Why it Matters: This was the only time in U.S. history that states seceded from the Union.

http://elections.harpweek.com/1860/cartoon-1860-large.asp?UniqueID=40&Year=1860

•In the election of 1860 the Democrats split their vote between 2 candidates

•Douglas (popular sovereignty) Breckinridge (States Rights)

•Others joined a new party “Constitutional Union”

•John Bell (preserve the Union)

•Lincoln was the Republican candidate.( Stop Slavery)

Lincoln 40%Douglass 30%Breckinridge 18%Bell 12%Lincoln wins the election, but only receives 40% of the popular vote….and not 1 electoral vote from the South.

Outraged…the south threatens to secede.

Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas soon follow

South Carolina seceded on Dec 20, 1860……Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas also left.

These states formed the Confederate States of America and named Jefferson Davis as President

“We ask only to be left alone”

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Visual Summary

1846 Wilmot Proviso

Compromise of 1850

1854 Kansas–Nebraska Act

1855 “Bleeding Kansas”

1856 Caning of Sumner

1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford

1859 Attack on Harpers Ferry

SECESSION

Election of 1860

Complete the following analogies in your notebook

______________________ is like (a cause of the Civil War) because _____________

Tues, Mar 17 2015

Warm-Up:Journal Review

TODAY’s Activity1. Lincoln vs Davis (page 260 -261 in Mastering Teks)2. Quickwrite

OBJ: Analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about succession and contrast them with the ideas of Jefferson Davis.

Learning Target: I can evaluate the which President made the best decision regarding South’s succession

Tasks Due Date Comments

Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War & Reconstruction

Fri, Mar 20 Quizlet is on Netschool

Journal Review Be Ready

Abraham Lincoln: Union President

Jefferson Davis: Confederate President

United States (Union)

Confederate States (Rebels)

Lincoln promised he would not abolish slavery,

but also promised he would NOT let the southern states secede.

Border States“Choosing Sides”

Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware were slave states that were against secession..

They joined the Union and tipped the balance of power to the North……24 Union States v 11 Confederate States

Wed, Mar 18 2015

Warm-Up:Vocab Review

TODAY’s Activity1. Strategies and Advantages

OBJ: Explain the significant events surrounding the Civil War.

Learning Target: I can evaluate why the North with its greater advantages were unable to quickly defeat the South

Tasks Due Date Comments

Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War & Reconstruction

Fri, Mar 20 Quizlet is on Netschool

Journal Review Be Ready

Advantages & Resources: The North

• A very strong navy and almost all the shipyards were in the North.

• More factories (about 85% of all factories)

• Larger population (22 million to the South’s 9 million)

Advantages & Resources: The North

• Booming Economy• Railroads!!!! Better organized and much

more mileage of track.• LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT

LINCOLN!!!– He was able to convince Northerners that

democracy depended on preserving the Union.

Advantages & Resources:The South

Knew the land (home-field advantage)

• Were trying to preserve their way of life (had the HEART… this war meant everything to them)

• Much better military commanders– Many were trained at military colleges

like West Point– Had fought Mexico in the Mexican-

American War so they were experienced.

Advantages & Resources:The South

• Was able to fight a defensive war, requiring the Union to stretch their resources to the limit in order to reach the Rebels.

• They weren’t trying to concur the North, they just wanted to be independent.

What do you think?- Discuss with an elbow partner. Be prepared to share with the class.

• How might the use of the telegraph affect the outcome of a war?

• Why do you think the military chose to use hot air balloons? Was this choice beneficial? Why?

• How did changes in weapons and technology affect the way war was fought?

New inventions used during the war

• .Telegraph– While the telegraph had been around for a little while this was

the first time it had been used by the military.

• .Hot Air Balloons– These were used to spy on troop movements and locations

during the war.

• Ironclads– Warships covered with iron– Were a big improvement over wooden ships of the past

• New rifle technology allowed people to shoot further with more accuracy

• Railroads!!!! They weren’t new but they played a big role in the war.

Strategies of the North

The Anaconda Plan: Designed to smother the South’s economy

– Blockade of the South’s coastline (use of the Navy) so no goods or people could get in or out.

– Take control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two

– This plan’s drawback was that it would take time

– It worked!

Strategies of the NorthEmancipation Proclamation

– Issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in

states currently in rebellion after January 1, 1863 were free– It DID NOT free slaves in the Border States (only ones in

Confederate States)

Strategies of the North Cont.• C.Sherman’s March to

the Sea (total war)

– General William Sherman and his men marched from Tennessee, living off of the land, to the Atlantic Coast of Georgia.

– The soldiers destroyed EVERYTHING in their path (enemy soldiers, entire towns, crops, livestock, railroads….everything!)

Strategies of the SouthDefensive position only

– They hoped that the North would soon get tired of fighting and agree to leave them alone.

King Cotton– Planned on using their cotton production as leverage in

the war.– The world needed cotton made in the South so they

thought by withholding cotton to the rest of the world they might get other nations to help them

– This failed because other nations had A LOT of cotton from the year before so they didn’t need more.

Strategies of the South Cont.

Morale Wreckers

•Once the South’s other plans didn’t work they tried to go on the offensive and hurt the North by wrecking their morale (then maybe they would get tired of fighting)

Thurs, Mar 19 2015

Warm-Up:1. Journal Review

TODAY’s Activity1. Strategies and Advantages2. Vocab Review

OBJ: Explain the significant events surrounding the Civil War.

Learning Target: I can evaluate why the North with its greater advantages were unable to quickly defeat the South

Tasks Due Date Comments

Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War & Reconstruction

Fri, Mar 20 Quizlet is on Netschool

Journal Review Be Ready

What’s the 411?Strengths, Weaknesses, Strategies

Directions:

1. Use your electronic device or draw the chart that is on slide 2 on a separate sheet of paper.

2. For each letter that spells out “Four One One”,

1. Describe the Strengths, Weaknesses, or Strategies from either side. Do not duplicate words.

2. Select the one you believed had the biggest impact and illustrate it

3. Be Ready to present

What’s the 411?Strengths, Weaknesses, Strategies

Foreign Support Denied for the South

Fri, Mar 20 2015

Warm-Up:

TODAY’s Activity1. Vocab Test 2. Emancipation Proclamation Readings and Questions

OBJ: Explain the causes and effects surrounding the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation[8.8.B]

Learning Target: I can explain the Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on the Civil War

Tasks Due Date Comments

Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War & Reconstruction

Fri, Mar 20 Quizlet is on Netschool

Journal Review Be Ready